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The Care And Feeding Of A Startup

YoungUpstarts

By comparison, Brian Morgan, who founded Adventure Life , from Missoula, Montana, started in 1998 with 16 employees and a decade later was earning $11 million after an initial investment capital of $3,000 spent on a laptop and two brochures. Leverage the power of the Internet to reach a global audience.

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5 Lessons Learned Launching a Startup With No Plan, No Cash, and No MBA

Up and Running

When I started, I knew enough about internet marketing, SEO, and maintaining a website to get the company off the ground. But when I was working as a reporter in 2007, I covered the purchase of a local ski resort in Montana by business mogul Bill Foley. See Also: Creating a Business Partnership Agreement.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

Butte, Montana was a copper mining town. To have a positive impact in the field of parenting, one of the biggest niches on the Internet, we needed a catchy and welcoming name. #3- After the special feature of our community. Photo Credit: Mackenzie Quinn. Miners went underground, up to a mile deep, to mine copper, risking life and limb.

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What eCommerce Startups Need to Know About Online Sales Tax

Up and Running

Follow internet business tax laws to stay compliant with applicable government agencies, like the IRS and your state. You need to be familiar with rules for sales tax on internet sales and penalties for not collecting it. There are five states that do not charge sales tax: Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, and Oregon.

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Technology versus market risk in angel investments - Startups and.

Tim Keane

 This tends to lead them down the path to market risk dominant companies, including a lot of consumer internet deals.   Greg Gianforte at RightNow Technologies in Bozeman, Montana (recently sold to Oracle) is a famous proponent of bootstrapping for this exact reason.

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37 Entrepreneurs Share Their Favorite Inspirational Business Quote

Hearpreneur

In 2009, during a hunting trip in Montana, I realized there wasn’t a “go-to” brand on the Internet to research hunts and outfitters and connect with other people. #22 – A man must take advantage of any opportunity that comes along – Ray Kroc. Image Credit: Bryan Koontz.

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52 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

After creating many successful start-ups- from internet fashion companies to home market businesses- I spent several years researching a category that intrigued me from a health-standpoint. And being from Montana, I also wanted a belt that could transition to all of my active lifestyle endeavors. Image Credit: Gail Levy.