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I Tried 10+ Different Food Delivery, Clothing Boxes and Online Subscriptions

Austin Startup

Scroll through to find some local Austin favorites (all promo codes are linked to the title name)! One day I decided I would look up reviews about them. I was completely sold as I have been a huge lover of local foods ever since my visit to Vermont/upstate NY (the top places with local food). Well, you guessed it.

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Be a Benevolent Dictator (And Eight More Lessons For Getting Your Stalled Start-up Off The Ground)

YoungUpstarts

Whatever kind of business you’re running — whether it’s a retailer, software development firm, restaurant, accounting firm, or manufacturer — it’s imperative to listen to what your customers are really saying when they tell you what they want from your business. Editor’s note: Read our review of “The Benevolent Dictator&# here.).

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21 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Durant lost control of GM to a bankers' trust just two years later, in 1910, due to enormous debt and a crumble in automobile sales. Saturn, Pontiac, and Hummer were all shuttered due to GM's bankruptcy, which occurred on June 1, 2009. General Motors comeback is by far the most striking success story in business turnarounds.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

Computer Software. Media & Marketing. Small Business. More Industries. Accounting. Advertising. Broadcasting & Entertainment. Computer Hardware. Consumer Products. Defense & Aerospace. Financial Services & Insurance. Food & Tobacco. Hospitality. Industrial Goods & Services. Marketing & Strategy. Media Agencies. Metals & Mining. NAME Comcast.

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How to Decide, Convey vs. Convince, & More

Ben's Blog

And there’s obviously opportunity costs to those — to not choosing those options. That happens in software development — where you’re, sort of, trying to decide between two features. I mean, no one in San Antonio is going to know what you did in Montpelier, Vermont. Can we get off the route? I could actually do both at once.