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How to Successfully Approach Trade-Offs as an Entrepreneur in 2021

Up and Running

In fact, Americans are becoming small business owners at an accelerated clip: New filings for employer identification numbers are higher than they’ve been since 2007 , according to the U.S. Joanna Gaines started out with a small home goods store in Waco, Texas. Census Bureau. Many entrepreneurs rightly see opportunity amid a crisis.

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #17: On failure and resilience

Austin Startup

This wasn’t his first rodeo, as we say in Texas. Last night, Cotter was one of our keynote speakers, along with Mark Cuban, at the University of Texas for Longhorn Startup Demo Day (the event was just fantastic, by the way, and Josh Baer, Ben Dyer, and Bob Metcalfe deserve a huge round of applause for it). and I bet he’ll be back.

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Publicity Stunts: When Good Ideas Go Bad

crowdSPRING Blog

Back in 1896, executives at the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway were looking for a way to gin up some excitement, build awareness, and gain some customers who would be willing to buy tickets to Texas. Two trains were designated to travel around Texas to advertise the event. We Built This City. PR Destroyed It.

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Facebook to Open Austin Office of 200

Austin Startup

million through the Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF) for Facebook to create a sales and operations office in Austin. The TEF continues to be a critical, deal closing tool for Texas, helping to attract jobs and businesses and grow our state’s diverse economy,” Gov. This investment will create 200 jobs and more than $3.1 Perry said.

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Oppose HB 1192 – The “Software Tax”

VC Adventure

Do you tax a business traveler from Texas who orders TurboTax on his WiFi at Starbucks in Cherry Creek or a tourist from Oklahoma who does so from his SmartPhone while sitting on the chairlift at Vail? On the low end, think of a download of small mini-apps: a $.95 95 ringtone, a $1 MP3 song, a $2 e-book, a $5 upgrade to your GPS.

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10 Mom-and-Pop Businesses That Turned Into Empires

YoungUpstarts

In 2007, Burt’s Bees was bought out by Clorox for a reported sum of $925 million. and sells products through a wholesale customer network of nearly 20,200 stores. In 1978, John Mackey and Rene Lawson Hardy opened up a small natural foods store called Safer Way Natural Foods in Austin, Texas. Yankee Candle Company.

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What is Coworking? Everything You Need to Know

Austin Startup

In 2007 the word “coworking” got its own Wikipedia page and started to trend on Google, and the rest is history! - Throughout the day, you might chitchat and network with other people in the common areas?—?people Networking People benefit from being part of a community?—?from Travel Network Do you work while you travel ?

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