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Iron Tribe Fitness – From A Garage To A Thriving Business

YoungUpstarts

Forrest Walden had converted his 400-square foot garage to a makeshift gym in late 2007, setting up workout equipment in a space meant for two cars. million in revenue (for just the two locations) and another two outlets sprung up earlier this year. Here’s a more humble example of a small business that began in a garage.

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Beware The Consultant

infochachkie.com

For instance, if a consultant proposes to help you with public relations, pay them a commission equivalent to the greater of a flat fee per story placed or a percentage of revenue generated from the PR coverage. John, We have an early stage startup here in Nashville called Enterstream. We are in Nashville which is not tech friendly.

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White Collar Crime Spree

Altgate

40-old founder and CEO of CRM software startup Entellium raises $50 million from a list of blue chip venture investors who later learn he was cooking the books (overstating revenue by $400K per month since 2003). Paul Johnston. Apparently the CFO was in on the act as well. Nice teamwork guys. Del Biaggio.

SEC 28