Up and Running

MAY 30, 2016

To provide an inside perspective on what it takes to run and maintain a successful B&B, I interviewed Kathleen Karamanos, owner and operator of Fundy Heights Bed and Breakfast in Saint John, New Brunswick, on Canada’s scenic East Coast. Step 2: Consider your startup financing. What is a bed and breakfast?

SBA 60

SBA United States Hiring Detroit 60

Women Entrepreneurs Can

MAY 5, 2020

Occurrences such as the global financial crisis of 2008 and COVID-19 outbreak both fall into this category. If you have developed a great reputation and have clients that keep coming back to do business with you, your business will be much more valuable and easier to sell than a business that is trying to run away from a bad reputation.

Private Equity 52

Private Equity CPA Equity Reputation 52

YoungUpstarts

JULY 29, 2015

The right software will unite your workforce whether they are in finance, distribution or manufacturing so that everyone is up-to-date on all processes. By learning the area’s customs and traditions, you are able to relate with locals better and establish a positive reputation. Communicate often and clearly.

Global 100

Global Cloud Agile Employee 100

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Outspoken investor Paul Kedrosky characterizes Color’s reputation: “It’s become a punch line. After I sold Smart Bear, that division has increased revenue and profit every year, for five years, even through the 2008/2009 economic disaster. The launch, by the way, was a failure. And it’s now bankrupt.)

IPO 240

IPO Flash Bootstrapping Private Equity 240

Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

If you have a reputation for cutting corners, not treating employees or partners right, it will become very difficult to do business. The business environment is much more complex today, and the hopeful entrepreneur need to understand more of the environment in which they will operate. ► 2008. (14). ► May. (1).

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San Jose Silicon Valley Las Vegas Venture Capital 43

Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 26, 2021

One of the things a financing round brings is an opportunity to strengthen the startup’s overall network. Financing can be one of these things. For example, let’s say you’re an entrepreneur and you get one financing offer from one venture capitalist. Based on David’s advice, we raised our Series D in September of 2008.

Startup 36

Startup Equity Early Stage Green 36

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Across the country, the pandemic forced many of them to close their operations temporarily – or permanently – and the continued economic uncertainty threatens to kill the ambitions of entrepreneurs who planned to launch businesses but now must put their dreams on hold. Today’s COVID crisis is far larger and deeper than the 2008 crisis.

Small Business 165

Small Business SBA Cofounder eCommerce 165

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

You know a lot about marketing or finance or… whatever. Branding provides a reassuring level of professionalism that very small operations may struggle to establish. Your reputation relies on whether your clients trust in you and the services that you offer them. But, your operating costs are only a starting point.

Small Business Administration 86

Small Business Administration Small Business Social Media Elevator Pitch 86

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 23, 2019

Jenny Blake: And so, under the People Operations Department, they created a Career Development team, and I had been doing side projects related to this. Jenny Blake: That’s how I feel too, and of course we can say it’d be nice if finances were an option at that point, we’re not having to work incredibly hard just to survive.

Programming 61

Programming Finance Turkey Stock Options 61

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

With the launch of Airbnb in 2008 and Uber (*) in 2009, these two companies established a new category of marketplaces known as the “sharing economy.” Airbnb was founded by Joe Gebbia and Brian Chesky in 2008. The estimated annual GMV of GOAT and its leading competitor Stock X is already over $1B per year (on a combined basis).

Internet 88

Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

Tim Keane

MAY 27, 2010

.   In the EU, for instance, it’s virtually impossible to dismiss anyone – for non-performance or anything short of outright theft – caught on video tape by a government certified camera operator. Entrepreneurs are risk-takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or their reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise.

Bootstrapping 60

Bootstrapping Startup America Employee 60

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 23, 2015

And this is following mega financings at Honest Company ($75 million), JustFab ($85 million), Victorious ($25 million) as well as the obviously known standouts like Tinder and SnapChat. Our ecosystem is operating at a whole new level. But that was so 2008. This is not your dad’s LA. They had only one problem.

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles Silicon Valley Cofounder Early Stage 150

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

iKarma – A reputation management service that allows you to compare customer comments, display testimonials, get customer referrals and manage your word-of-mouth. ReputationHQ – Online reputation management app that searches for your desired information across millions of websites. concerts, records, and more, all online.

Software Review 78

Software Review Social Media Social Network Software 78