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26 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

We knew that we wanted our new consulting firm to focused on improving customers top line revenue growth. At the time of its incorporation (2001), I had seen an article published by the University of Chicago showing that 82 % of CEOs had revenue growth as their #1 objective. That’s it, let’s call our company Revenue Storm!

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People-First Capitalism

Reid Hoffman

Greylock Partners · Brian Chesky | People-First Capitalism. And all of the other smart and operational decisions that have enabled Airbnb to weather the storm and go on to have one of the most successful public market debuts. So we have to think of ourselves as partners. I always saw it as the opposite.”. EPISODE TRANSCRIPT.

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MassChallenge + Stadia Ventures Team Up for Sports Tech

Austin Startup

These innovations will make their way to commercial markets within the next 5–10 years.” As MassChallenge learned when it launched at the height of the recession in 2010, we must all take action and identify new paths to market and discover solutions that resonate with our teams and our customers. We’re here, and the game is still on.

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7 Counterintuitive Rules for Growing Your Business Super-Fast

Reid Hoffman

Revenue guidance. s**t, eBay, our most important business partner, just started its own venture to directly compete with us. Rather, if you need to choose between getting to market quickly with an imperfect product or getting to market slowly with a “perfect” product, choose the imperfect product nearly every time.

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

online.wsj.com

Loading… Markets. Loading… Market Data. Media & Marketing. Marketing & Strategy. If failure is defined as failing to see the projected return on investment—say, a specific revenue growth rate or date to break even on cash flow—then more than 95% of start-ups fail, based on Mr. Ghoshs research.

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People-First Capitalism

Reid Hoffman

Greylock Partners · Brian Chesky | People-First Capitalism. And all of the other smart and operational decisions that have enabled Airbnb to weather the storm and go on to have one of the most successful public market debuts. So we have to think of ourselves as partners. I always saw it as the opposite.”. EPISODE TRANSCRIPT.

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Out of the Crisis #7, Brian Chesky Part 1: running Airbnb in crisis mode, being multi-stakeholder, and re-founding the company

Startup Lessons Learned

What if you get product market fit beyond your wildest dreams? One by one the markets in which you operate shut down. A complete collapse of revenue that simultaneously affects your employees and your customers, your partners, your investors, everyone all at once and all the news is bad. 37:30) Compassion in layoffs. (39:37)