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Entrepreneur and Consultant Luke Lazarus Replicates His Success for the Benefit of Clients

The Startup Magazine

He became a business owner for the first time at just eight years old and continued to own and operate his own businesses until he graduated from high school. Colleges and universities across Australia and even several from the United States tried to recruit Lazarus to attend their school after his high school graduation.

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Kat Loterzo: From Personal Trainer Trading Hours For Dollars, To Making $80,000 A Month Online, Traveling The World And Living The Laptop Lifestyle

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

Kat Loterzo was a successful personal trainer based in Melbourne Australia. She wanted to do more, help more people and gain freedom from the hours-for-dollars business model. Kat Loterzo was a successful personal trainer based in Melbourne Australia. Download MP3 | Transcript | iTunes | Soundcloud.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 38: Ryan Smith and Lane Merrifield

Steve Blank

Lane’s first startup was Club Penguin , the largest online virtual world for kids, which was acquired by The Walt Disney Company in 2007 for $350M. I was sitting in a press interview in Australia talking about Club Penguin, and the reporter asked, “Your kids must think you’re the coolest dad in the world.”

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 38: Ryan Smith and Lane Merrifield

Steve Blank

Lane’s first startup was Club Penguin , the largest online virtual world for kids, which was acquired by The Walt Disney Company in 2007 for $350M. I was sitting in a press interview in Australia talking about Club Penguin, and the reporter asked, “Your kids must think you’re the coolest dad in the world.”

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10 Mom-and-Pop Businesses That Turned Into Empires

YoungUpstarts

Despite its success and growth as a partnership, Party Pieces has maintained its family business model and Carole continues to be involved in the sourcing and developing of new party products. In 2007, Burt’s Bees was bought out by Clorox for a reported sum of $925 million. Yankee Candle Company.

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Isidoro Quiroga: “South America’s Warren Buffet” Mogul Makes Next Move

The Startup Magazine

Quiroga has invested in companies in North America, South America, Europe, and Australia. He currently owns businesses in Chile , Argentina, and Australia. He soon expanded to Argentina and Australia where he invested in wine, olive oil, and grape producers.

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Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium

Startup Lessons Learned

SlideShare, founded in 2007, started experimenting with MVPs and A/B testing this year. That is the essence of proving the business in micro-scale. Well see if the marketing launch results follow the predictions of SlideShares validated business model. That is the essence of proving the business in micro-scale.