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21 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

When a couple of Chicago software developers working on Apartments.com's lookup searches got tired of phoning restaurants to order takeout, it dawned on them: Why isn't there a one-stop shop for food delivery? It cost him $4.8B As soon as Smith's funds dwindled down to $5,000, he decided to gamble with it in Las Vegas.

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The 20 Coolest CoWorking Spaces In The U.S.

YoungUpstarts

Located in both San Francisco and San Jose (and soon to be Las Vegas), Citizen Space bills itself as simply, “a nicer place to work.” Creatives searching for a coworking spot in Phoenix can check out Co+Hoots, offering possibly the most cost-effective office space in downtown Phoenix. Citizen Space.

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4 Founders & Harvard MBAs on Finding Startup Traction & MBAs-as-Entrepreneurs

View from Seed

It took us three months to sign up the first 100 customers when we launched (we now do that every 20 minutes) and when we hit 100 customers, we went to Las Vegas with the whole team to celebrate. NextView Ventures: Did you start to seriously work on the idea during business school or after?

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TEDx Bay Area Women, quick fire talks

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

There was ZERO cost for attendees because the costs were covered by sponsors (Thank you sponsors!). CEO of a software development outsourcing firm (Ukraine). Business development consultant. In the bayarea, TEDx Bay Area Women organized an event hosted at SAP in Palo Alto, California. President of The Tech Museum.

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TEDx Bay Area Women, quick fire talks

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

There was ZERO cost for attendees because the costs were covered by sponsors (Thank you sponsors!). CEO of a software development outsourcing firm (Ukraine). Business development consultant. In the bayarea, TEDx Bay Area Women organized an event hosted at SAP in Palo Alto, California. President of The Tech Museum.

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Product design debt versus Technical debt

andrewchenblog.com

Why homepages becomes a Las Vegas visual experience Incrementally-developed UIs that are never refactored often turn into a Las Vegas visual experience over time. Ya know, something that looks like this: Why does Vegas look this way? There went my Las Vegas light show. Listen to your customers.