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Calm Capital Founders David Horne And Marty Balkema On How They Finance Acquisitions, Strategies For A Holding Company, Why This New Form Of Investing Is Just Getting Started (VC EP2)

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

David Horne and Marty Balkema are founders of Calm Capital, a holding company with at the time of this recording, 10 companies under management with $8 Million in total annual revenue.

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Why is Dragon Army so laser-focused on mobile?

Jeff Hilimire

How can a full-service digital agency possible claim to do that, when – and I’m just guessing but I know the space as well as anyone – maybe 10% of their revenue is coming from mobile? If 60% of your revenue is coming from social media, then your best people HAVE to be working on social! More likely it’s sub 5%.

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9 Common Things that Stunt Business Growth (and What to Do about Them)

ConversionXL

Before we get to that though, I asked my LinkedIn connections about the #1 thing holding back their companies. It’s clear from the 80+ answers that many things hold companies back, so consider these nine a starting point in your quest to improve your business. (As View the post and the answers. Okay, let’s get into it.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

The company didn’t turn a profit until 2003, but by 2005 business was booming – Netflix was shipping out a million DVDs daily. Over the years, despite massive losses, Netflix was able to bounce back and improve its revenue by 47%. GM was first a holding company when it was established in 1908 by William C.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 20: Nayeem Hussain and Will Zell

Steve Blank

He previously founded N&N Investments LLC, a real estate investment holding company; and is a program leader and fellow of the Startup Leadership Program. . He stressed that your product and company vision needs to match your appetite for funding: One thing that we learned very early on was, have a plan for fund-raising. …

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The Best Entrepreneurial Advice from Top Influential Speakers in 2021

Up and Running

She focuses on how failing to speak up holds companies back. Mr. Bush talks about the companies where employees are happy to have three times the revenue growth of others. Margaret Heffernan is the former CEO of five businesses. She asks what constructive conflict requires. .

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How Finding Your Purpose Can Build Your Business

YoungUpstarts

My company is an intellectual property holding company, but it ultimately aims to accelerate and regulate the utilization of regenerative technology. Sure, a company’s goal may be to generate a revenue, but corporate purpose focuses on a business’s aspirations beyond that.