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Odis Jones Explains How to Strengthen Your Rural Community’s Economy

The Startup Magazine

Paducah, Kentucky followed this method by constructing an identity that is connected to the Ohio River and its remarkable history. million dollars in 2007, all of it owing to the nonprofit arts and culture organizations that are present. The Greater Paducah region generated $39.9

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5 Successful Entrepreneurs Who Started Late In Life

Mike Michalowicz

Colonel Harland Sanders, Founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken. Sylvia Lieberman became an entrepreneur in fall 2007 when she was 90. She goes to work every day, and at the age of 84 is bringing into the business about $350K annually. Colonel Harland Sanders, Age 90 d. A few months later she struggled with ovarian cancer.

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Congrats to Backupify! A Great Exit Story for the First Company I Ever Backed

This is going to be BIG.

It was written by a guy about my age down in Louisville, Kentucky. I didn''t actually get to meet him in person until SXSW in 2007. In fact, my history with Rob and Backupify goes back almost ten years, well before the idea of cloud backup was ever a glimmer in anyone''s eye. That was the year Twitter took off.

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Publicity Stunts: When Good Ideas Go Bad

crowdSPRING Blog

In 2007 Todd Davis, CEO of the identity theft protection company LifeLock, decided to pursue a great new marketing effort. These efforts and others like them garnered tons of free press coverage for their sponsors, generated millions of impressions, and ultimately led to increased awareness and sales. Identity Theft Role Reversal.

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