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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

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Marvel’s fascinating turnaround story is no less than a heroic action story where the protagonist flips the scales at the last moment and arises like the phoenix, just like the many superheroes it helped become household names. This included health insurance and making them domestic partners. Photo Credit: Brian David Crane.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

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3- Due to financial difficulties in my family. I started my business when I was forced to drop out of Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA due to financial difficulties in my family. I now am the CEO and founder of Berri Properties in Asheville and Charlotte, NC. Things are no different where I live in the Phoenix Metro Market.

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17 Entrepreneurs Celebrate Summer Business Accomplishments

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Due to the overwhelmingly positive response this Masterclass received, we launched a new workshop series, Sunset Social Series, and we’re teaching one social media workshop per month at our office in Venice, CA. 2 – Technical Projects. Thanks to Trina Albus, MAGENTA ! #2 Image Credit: Steve Gibson. 5 – New Business.

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29 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

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I have been working with my Partners since November 2000. My entire staff had been laid off due to an acquisition by an aggressive v.c. After our initial shock ended, we decided that we were doing some of the best marketing in the technology channel and wanted to take it to other companies like ours. 14- A number of reasons.

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

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To illustrate the extent to which a company’s name is largely irrelevant to its ultimate success, let’s examine the genesis of six successful technology companies’ names. Jerry Yang and David Filo, Yahoo’s Founders, chose the name, as they considered themselves to be “Yahoos.”.When

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43 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

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One of the main reasons why my partners and I started TopFire Media is to fill a void within the franchise arena. The co-owners, including myself, put our heads together to create a first-of-its-kind integrated digital marketing and PR agency, catering to both start-up and seasoned franchise companies. So my team and I built it.