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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, naming your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. . #1- Being a small cozy design studio at first, we understood we had to have a catchy name. That’s why ein (one in German) is present in the name.

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Leaving Government for the Private Sector – Part 2

Steve Blank

Often companies will put you on their advisory board just to use your name and image (and not really want your advice). Advisory Board members are often paid in a balance of equity (stock options) and cash (“cash” is the industry term for money wired to your bank account). An Advisory Board provides advice.

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The Future Of Retail And America In The Post-COVID World

YoungUpstarts

Consumer purchase drivers now favor speed, value, and convenience – these attributes are the new table stakes in retail, and can be met by a handful of the largest retailers, namely Walmart, Costco, and Target. After 9/11, the World Series in New York City was an historic event, and one that was celebrated patriotically.

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Why the Future of Tesla May Depend on Knowing What Happened to Billy Durant

Steve Blank

Sloan Foundation , the Sloan School of Management at MIT , the Sloan program at Stanford , and the Sloan/Kettering Memorial Cancer Center in New York. Where are the charitable foundations, business schools, and hospitals named after the founder of GM? Today, if you look around the United States it’s hard to avoid Sloan.

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How Do Pink Sheets Stocks Work And Are They Any Good?

YoungUpstarts

“Pink sheets” are stocks that are trading in the over the counter (OTC) markets. Over the counter markets are well known for small cap stocks. Pink sheets and penny stocks go hand in hand, and the name pink sheets often means penny stocks to many people. – Their stock may drop to too low a value.

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What Would Happen if you Built the Reverse of Amazon? It Might Look Something Like This …

Both Sides of the Table

The first is that it could carry limited inventory in stock because it had limited physical shelf space. We pride ourselves on being early-stage (thus the name, Upfront) but in this case it’s as early as it gets. But what if you could do the reverse of Amazon? I’m long NY. I’m long MakeSpace.

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Dean Vagnozzi on Commercial Real Estate Market Trends & Advice for Newcomers

The Startup Magazine

By 2001, he was invested in the stock market and witnessed a unique situation where the stock market was in a tumble and, simultaneously, real estate was going up. A perfect example of this is the American Dream Mall, which just opened in NJ, and the Nike’s new flagship store in New York City.