Remove 2005 Remove Global Remove Green Remove United States
article thumbnail

Why the Former President of Nickelodeon Joined mitú as CEO.

Both Sides of the Table

He oversaw the launch of iconic properties including Dora the Explorer, SpongeBob & Rugrats — all multi-billion-dollar global powerhouses. I’m not sure what it takes to get through to people who green light traditional media. In fact, for every retired person in the United States, they are supported by 2.9

article thumbnail

30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

The company didn’t turn a profit until 2003, but by 2005 business was booming – Netflix was shipping out a million DVDs daily. Reddit, a popular website for news and discussion, was founded in 2005 by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian. Photo Credit: Rob Greene. Thanks to Rob Greene, Price of Meat. #13- 12- Disney.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The new startup arms race (for Huffington Post)

Startup Lessons Learned

Luckily for the rest of us, he was able to find his path to a green card, and now employs 24 Americans in West Lafayette, Indiana. Like other industries -- from publishing to automobiles -- entrepreneurship is in the process of being disrupted by globalization. We will not lose on their products -- after all, most of them are global.

article thumbnail

Entrepreneurship in the Fast Lane

Growthink Blog

Pursue Global Markets 2. Pursue Global Markets. If you don’t have a business that can scale globally, then either don’t bother or just content yourself with staying small. In that same time frame, United States IPO volume declined 75% in real terms and now accounts for less than 11% of the global total.

Africa 104
article thumbnail

Working for Equity Instead of Cash

genylabs.typepad.com

EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy. The Global Small Business Blog. Member since 01/2005. Deskmag: Profiling Coworkers in the United States. NPR Marketplace: Businesses save off green incentives. Globalization. Emergent Research.

Equity 40
article thumbnail

CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

With population reaching 7B, food shortages around the world, deforestation accelerating global warming — there simply is no way we can continue to increase the carbon foot print and sustain the human species in the next 100-200 years. The only sustainable way to live in today’s society is to become vegan, or at best vegetarian.

Java 107