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The Crazy Marketing Campaigns That Actually Worked

YoungUpstarts

Unusual, unique and eye-catching marketing campaigns are often pursued in an attempt to become separate from the herd. Here are five crazy marketing campaigns that paid off for start-ups and new businesses: Uber. The positive reception of the brand increased to the point of being named Tech Company of the Year by USA Today.

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Five College Startups That Help Others

YoungUpstarts

The company was originally started in March of 2010 by a Californian high school student who now attends the University of California, Berkeley. Shortly after starting Waybu, Michael teamed up with the inventor of a solar water cleaning device called the AquaPak in order to help people in need of clean water in Haiti.

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50+ Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

With a baby on the way, me and my wife bought our first home in 2010. When I decided to leave my mobile data start-up in 2013, I remembered my mortgage experience from 2010, and found that nothing had changed – the model was broken, antiquated and inefficient. #21 Image Credit: Nick Stamos. 21 – How We Work & Our Approach.

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Out of the Crisis #22: Ron Klain on pandemic response and preparedness, entrepreneurship, and rebuilding trust in institutions

Startup Lessons Learned

At the time, he was advising the campaign while also serving as Executive Vice President and General Counsel at Revolution, a DC-based VC firm created to fund startups led by diverse founders all over the country. And 10 years later, the people who made those decisions in 2009, 2010 are the political winners from having been on that side.