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Go-Getters Showcase

Mike Michalowicz

My wife Mirta, a professional chef from Paraguay, and I started the business in 2004. I have worked as a periodontist since graduating from Baylor College of Dentistry in 2004 and have owned a practice for 15 years. Now we have 70 employees and serve 5000 children every day. Contact me at simon.rothschild@eltucano.de or 608-542-0880.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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His findings are based on data from more than 2,000 companies that received venture funding, generally at least $1 million, from 2004 through 2010. Mr. Dreymann moved his family from Israel in 2004 after co-founding Goodmail in Mountain View, Calif., "Were just getting more light on the entrepreneurial process," he says. Comcast Corp.,

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

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ignited the current trend by adopting a dual-class voting structure before its IPO in 2004. Ohio Freight Train Derails, Catches Fire. Zynga went public last December with three classes of stock. Groupon went public in November with two classes of stock. Google Inc. Amazon Testing a Smartphone. RIM Moves to Appease Shareholders.