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30 Entrepreneurs Share The Movies That Motivates Them

Hearpreneur

Thanks to Victoria Yu, Making That Sale ! #14- 15- The Social Network Photo Credit: Samuel Park One movie that motivates me is The Social Network, which tells the story of how Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, built one of the most successful tech companies in the world.

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32 Business and Life Lessons: What I Learned Running Companies on 4 Different Continents

ConversionXL

After the year was over, I landed a job as a sales person for a property portal in Dubai. I quickly proved myself and was promoted to head a small sales and marketing team (6 people) in the company. ” These were the words uttered by my then-boss when he walked into our sales team room. I was 25 years old. How to choose?

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Startups: It’s not Thelma & Louise

Austin Startup

Turns out my network (of politicos and do-gooders) is not one of accredited tech investors (meaning they meet income and net wealth thresholds and choose to make investments at all, and specifically in startups). Or, I’d recommend consumer-facing founders start networking with the Angel groups in Silicon Valley immediately.