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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

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Airbnb founders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia had difficulty securing funding, so they launched a mini project to build some funds and catch investors' attention. Using this capital , the founders launched and enjoyed exponential growth in their first year, with 10K users and thousands of listings. Photo Credit: Jack Underwood.

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This Week in VC with @VCMike Hirshland of Polaris Ventures

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This probably wasn’t a fun period of time for a new VC but nonetheless probably made Mike stronger than having started in 1997. Finally, I do want to mention that Mike was the founder of DogPatch Labs , which has facilities in Cambridge, New York and San Francisco. Founded 2007 in Boulder, CO. Competitors: Google.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Spotlight On IIT Kharagpur, India

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My 1997 recruitment visit met with tepid response, with the student body largely interested in multinational placements at the time. The team is short of Computer Science expertise, and is looking for a co-founder to add to their pack.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

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Despite the ongoing recession, I took to my kitchen table in 2013 to launch Digital Air Strike — an award-winning automotive social media and digital engagement company. Tapping into my knowledge of and experience in automotive marketing, I identified a need to monetize social networks for businesses. 6) Abolish a Phenomena.

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The Ultimate CEO Twitter List

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@jack : Twitter founder Jack Dorsey is on Twitter as well, sharing updates from his work as the CEO of Square. dens : Co-founder and CEO of Foursquare Dennis Crowley gets personal on his Twitter account, sharing his interests in soccer and hidden urban art. MichaelDell : Follow Michael Dell, Chairman and CEO of Dell.

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What Most People Don’t Understand About How Startup Companies are Valued

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I’d like to explain as best I can my opinion on what is going on because most of what I hear from entrepreneurs is not only wrong but is reminiscent of what I heard in 1997-2000. Social networking finally came of age connected the planet and leading to enormous wealth creation for Facebook employees and investors.

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The Future of Television & The Digital Living Room

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Michael Ovitz , the co-founder of CAA will be the keynote speaker. Attempts at “moving up the stack&# – In 1997 I led a project to help senior management at British Telecom define its Internet strategy. Nobody can predict 100% what the future of television will be so I won’t pretend that I know the answers.