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Female Founder Interview: Latina Leader Elizabeth Colón

The Startup Magazine

Elizabeth: Metaphrasis Language & Cultural Solutions is an award-winning interpreting and translation company located in Chicago that I founded in 2007. The software is easily downloadable on cell phones, Mac and desktop computer and, to me; it is like having an interpreter in your pocket. Tech development? Raising capital?

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All The Questions You Wanted Answered about Bird Scooters and Their Recent $300 Million Funding

Both Sides of the Table

Because Bird was first to market, extremely innovative, quick to hire talented leadership and an experienced founder it was able to raise $125 million in an extraordinarily short period of time. Ah, but Bird doesn’t have network effects! There is nothing viral! Anybody can launch a scooter service! Not really. Do you buy one?

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Build Success from a Struggling Agency with a Multimillion-Dollar Pivot

Duct Tape Marketing

Connect with John Jantsch on LinkedIn Duct Tape Transcript Email Download New Tab John (00:08): Hello and welcome to another episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast. Chris (01:04): Yeah, so well, let's go back to 2007. We had first we had a big giant office in Tijuana, but then we expanded and started hiring people all over Mexico.

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Transforming Marketing With Artificial Intelligence

Duct Tape Marketing

One of my favorite episodes who should be your first hire, what's your funding plan, Dr. Lisa Cravin shares her top advice from building spotlight oral. You know, I don't have to hire anybody anymore. You know, should we get on Twitter, this, you know, circa 2007 or something like that. Connect on Twitter. Like this show?

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After Raising $6.7M For Startups And Winning SEC Approval, AngelList Opens Up Investment Platform To More Companies

techcrunch.com

From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. It’s clear that AngelList wants to help bring much of the transactional conversations and introductions that happen at the early stage of hiring and fundraising via word of mouth or in meetings online.

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What is Sweat Equity Worth?

www.entrepreneur.com

July 31, 2007 |. However, your partner could just as easily have argued that her sweat equity is worth $250,000 since that's what a prototype would have cost you to make had you hired a prototype development firm. Download Entrepreneur. Download Entrepreneur. What is Sweat Equity Worth? BY Asheesh Advani. |.

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

Steve Blank

Listen to my full interviews with Ryan and Lane by downloading them from SoundCloud here and here. And download any of the past shows here.). 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. Lane Merrifield.

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