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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

states for-profit companies can accept donations and nonprofit companies earn revenue, which dispels the myths that a nonprofit can’t make money, or a for-profit venture would miss out on donations. They also note that after the 2007 recession—when things looked grim for the U.S. economy in general—U.S.

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Oppose HB 1192 – The “Software Tax”

VC Adventure

My longtime friend Marion Jenkins, CEO of IT consultant QSE Technologies wrote what I think is one of the most eloquent and well thought out rebuttals to the proposed Colorado “Software Tax” (HB 1192). My family and I have lived in Colorado (Centennial) for nearly 12 years. With his permission I’m posting it here in its entirety.

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Zayo Group – One of Boulder’s Amazing Startup Stories

Feld Thoughts

Today, Zayo has eclipsed $1.1Bin revenue and $600M in EBITDA, leading to an estimated Enterprise Value in the vicinity of $6B. We have 3 offices in Colorado, with our headquarters on the 2nd floor of 29th Street mall. Dozens of recent graduates of Colorado’s university system are Zayo-ites. and London.

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Where Will Techstars Fit Into The Narrative of the Boulder Entrepreneurship History?

Feld Thoughts

I was having a conversion on Friday with Brad Bernthal , an Associate Professor at Colorado Law School who directs the Silicon Flatirons Center’s Entrepreneurship Initiative. Is it time to think about Techstars as historically significant in Colorado? The first Techstars class matriculated in 2007. Yes, it is.

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15 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I had already left my good paying job when my son was born in 2007 so failure was not an option. For example, ater working with a handful of small businesses, I realized buzz words like “SEO” were often thrown about as a way to generate revenue, but few knew how to make them work for their business. Then that SEO service is pointless.

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Transcript of The Key to Success? Taking Care of Your Community

Duct Tape Marketing

We got to thousands of customers and millions in recurring revenue. Every year since ’98 was the year of mobile and it didn’t really happen until the iPhone 2007. Congratulations on the new ventures and hopefully we’ll see you soon somewhere in Colorado. Remember how long we talked about mobile is coming?

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6 Tips to Maximize Your Coffee Shop’s Revenue

Up and Running

It’s about being clued-in to key strategies that have been proven to boost revenue. By 2019, Starbucks projects that Evenings will add about $1 billion to overall sales revenue, and that by the end of 2019 the program will be in operation in 20 to 25 percent of stores across the U.S. The more tables you turn, the greater your revenue.

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