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[Review] YOUtility

YoungUpstarts

They include: - Clorox with its myStain application which helps consumers to get rid of inconvenient stains wherever they are; - Phoenix Children’s Hospital and their Car Seat Helper app ; - Greg Ng’s Freezer Burns – a video blog dedicated to reviewing frozen foods in the US; and. This allowed him to achieve a massive US$4.5

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Our 2016 Foundry Group Fund and A Little History

Feld Thoughts

In 2007 we raised our first fund – Foundry Venture Capital 2007. Burlington, and Phoenix.). Our investment strategy has been unchanged since we raised our first fund in 2007. Yesterday we closed our fifth fund, Foundry Venture Capital 2016, L.P. As with all four of our other funds, it’s a $225 million fund.

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“It takes a very special founder to build a media business long term. I have not met many.” Five Questions With Howard Lindzon

Hunter Walker

Hunter Walk: You’re a Canadian who moved to Phoenix and then San Diego. HL: I get approached on media startups all the time and was an angel investor in Business Insider back in 2007. Although he takes way more “foot selfies” than Tay Tay does. Explain this geography. what guidance would you give them?

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Some Context on Size of Higher Ed Market and Opportunity for Entrepreneurship

Campus Entrepreneurship

Very interesting piece from Good: Education (which is partnered with the University of Phoenix). From 1982 to 2007, though median family income rose only 147 percent, college tuition and fees grew a whopping 439 percent. From Cord Jefferson: In 1973, less than a quarter of 18- to 24-year-olds were enrolled in college.

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Lousy Products Might Break Your Bones – But A Name Will Seldom Hurt You

infochachkie.com

These “Acme”-sounding names often couple empty words with proper nouns, such as: Phoenix Technology, Eagle Systems, Lewis Enterprises, Malibu Industries, or suffixes such as, “plex” or “tronics.” Copyright © 2007-9 by J. Copyright © 2007 - 2011 infoChachkie. Get hands-on advice from your John Greathouse, Subscribe Today. —.

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Transcript of Building a Fanocracy Around Your Business

Duct Tape Marketing

I was invited to HubSpot, Brian is the CEO of HubSpot, to their office back in 2007. It’s been downloaded thousands of times, commented on hundreds of times. I’m a Harry Potter geek. You’re a live music, Grateful Dead geek. They had just started the company, they only had eight employees and no customers yet.

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43 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

Soon, we were getting referrals in states (outside of Phoenix, where I was at the time) and instead of telling those clients no (because I realized if I said no, they would find someone else) I flew to the different areas, reached out to my network and would hire and train sitters in those cities. 26) The Great Recession.