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

YoungUpstarts

It’s a lot like investing in the stock market — once everyone else starts jumping on the bandwagon, you’ve missed the window. I was thrilled that what I did employed 50,000 people and did business in every state but Vermont, with international operations in China, Japan, Brazil, and Mexico. I apologize. You’re right.’

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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. A dramatic proxy war in 1915 helped him retake control, but the new vehicle market crashed in 1918, and he lost it forever. It was originally a holding company founded by William C. Durant in 1908.

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How to Decide, Convey vs. Convince, & More

Ben's Blog

And when to spend time deciding or not, especially when not all decisions are equal and some may seem bigger and more impactful — whether it’s investing in life decisions, like getting married, or business decisions, such as what product to invest in, or what strategy to pursue, or what market or what investment. That’s what a market is.

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

online.wsj.com

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How to Make Mobile eCommerce Convert: What???s Effective In Mobile Design Right Now

ConversionXL

In this example, Tommy received an email from Amazon Local about a weekend getaway in Vermont, and these were the series of screens he received in order to complete the purchase. Notice how the size of the photo, reviews & “See Options & Buy” are the main elements of this page? Step 1 – The Initial Email.

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How To Identify & Improve Crappy UX Issues

ConversionXL

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but according to recent research done by CEB Marketing , this might just be the case. What’s even more frightening, is how highly marketers (that is you and me) think of themselves. Turns out, the marketers were wrong. Less than ? We really do ruin everything. image credit. Written Copy - 5.59

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How to Find & Fix Terrible UX On Your Site

ConversionXL

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but according to recent research done by CEB Marketing , this might just be the case. What’s even more frightening, is how highly marketers (that is you and me) think of themselves. Turns out, the marketers were wrong. Less than ? We really do ruin everything. image credit. Written Copy - 5.59