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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

After former CEO Steve Jobs departed the business in 1985, Apple entered a ten-year downward spiral as competitors' lower-priced products notably Microsoft Windows, dominated the personal computer market. Seven years ago I launched a business that would eliminate my savings and push me to the verge of bankruptcy within 18 months.

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Facebook Advertising / Marketing: Best Metrics, ROI, Business Value

Occam's Razor

Client posted a video of a soon to be released product on their Facebook brand page. The new product became the number one selling product in the company's history in that country. Even if there were millions of Likes on the post with the deeply emotional video about the new product. Gets more Likes. It was huge.

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Paying Attention > Any Business Book

Austin Startup

Cleaning up Kebap Last week, I read that Noon Mediterranean filed for bankruptcy. Design Typecasting IRL A very talented friend who designs brands took on a restaurant project that went a little viral. Vignelli would often remind clients that the brand is the product. Think of it as branding story-advice-mixtape you can read.

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7 lessons we learned from the bankruptcy of Whatser

The Next Web

Although we got some early traction, we were unable to prevent a bankruptcy from happening in October 2011. Additionally, this focus will allow everyone within the team to make more accurate decisions faster, as it’s clear who you are building your product for. Most start-ups fail.

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15 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

For every Twill product we sell, another is given to a local friend in need, you choose. With only 18 months into selling Twill products to date, we have been able to help nearly 3,000 friends in need. Our goal was to create a viral environment where personal networks and recommendations helped drive online store purchases.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Automation allows you to spend less time on tedious tasks and will help boost productivity, especially within a small marketing team. Russell Rothstein, Founder and CEO, IT Central Station , a product review site, said, “We see VCs on our site very often. They read reviews of the products of target investments.

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Twitter Link Roundup #51 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

There, I Said It: Screw Viral Videos – [link]. Bankruptcy is what happens when business dinosaurs ignore or delay the need to evolve – [link]. If Apple made other products, they might look like this – [link]. Marketing Is About Values – [link]. Learning About Marketing Through Physics – [link].