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How To Find A Business Idea In The Pandemic

The Startup Magazine

Business Insider reports that chain restaurants across the country are closing more than 1800 outlets. Some companies, most noticeably providers of storage pods and smaller, more agile enterprises can change their business model and adapt to the changing economy. Recovery is a certainty. Look For Proactive Ideas.

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Helping Entrepreneurs Get To Where They Want To Go Faster

Duct Tape Marketing

Carolyn Rodz (08:45): We're very traditional main street small businesses. So everything from a retail operation to, you know, a dry cleaner on the corner to a consultant, it's really typically most of our business owners are less than 10 employees. They're, we always say small and growing businesses. Business model.

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How Black People Leveraged Tech Bigotry to Boss the Blockchain Below the Radar

Austin Startup

The Afro-Tech operates on a basis of permissionless innovation — we do not need pre-approval to be black and innovative in tech and as for me, I been doing advanced and epic Internet tech stuff since 1994 so I’m not exactly someone that is easily impressed by an “ex-Google engineer” like the rest of yall, just saying. Bot-Driven.

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Don’t Settle When You Decide Where to Settle

Austin Startup

Many of you have probably read by now that I am returning from Austin to my roots in Atlanta. Even in the early Peachtree Software days, the decision to build our company in Atlanta was not made without some careful consideration. You are, after all, attempting to run a business. Where does cost enter the equation?

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13 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Companies They Admire Most For Innovation

Hearpreneur

One of the companies that I admire is United Wholesale Mortgage(UWM) for their innovative business model. The reason I really am impressed by this company as a marketer, is because they hit all the marks in terms of proper branding, their social media story, their vision and their operations sustainability. 5-Patagonia.

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Howard Charney on Cisco, Growth, and Cloud Computing

Austin Startup

In these uncertain economic times, how has Cisco been able to expand its business operations? Well, first off, Cisco has a focus on operational excellence and productivity. But we’re also fortunate that Cisco’s products and services are fundamental to business operations and consumer. billion business.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

With a portfolio that includes food, tech, and services, the fund is industry-agnostic and focused on the overlooked and underrepresented with high-margin business models. We identify great innovative companies with solid business models and help them determine the right growth path for their businesses.

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