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Why Now Is The Right Time For New Green Technology

YoungUpstarts

For green technology, the barriers — high costs, lack of supporting infrastructure, the weight of tradition — have been especially prohibitive. But the timing is finally right for some green tech to take off. The time in the spotlight is finally here for green innovations like permeable pavement. The Rise of Green Technology.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

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Netflix was founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph to combat late fees for video rentals. Before Jobs returned to the business in 1997, its sales, and popularity all steadily declined for 12 years, nearly driving it into bankruptcy. Photo Credit: Rob Greene. Thanks to Rob Greene, Price of Meat. #13-

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5 Most Successful Products Ever and What Small Businesses Can Learn From Them

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Lipitor (1997). Mario ate magic mushrooms that made him bigger, or “Super” and jaunted from place to place through green pipes. Make sure your product offers something worthwhile to keep customer’s coming back. New content, an enjoyable experience, or a lasting challenge may all call a user back. Super Mario Bros.”

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Leadership Lessons To Help Guide You To Excellence

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He’s out with yet another co-authored book with Nancye Green called — Tom Peters’ Compact Guide to Excellence. He's single-handedly invented, and he's out with yet another co-authored book, uh, co-authored with Nancy Green, entitled Tom Peters Compact Guide to Excellence. Uh, Nancy Green is no slouch on her own, right?

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Scaling is Hard, Case Study: athenahealth

Seeing Both Sides

The company was originally founded in 1997 by Jonathan Bush (1st cousin of George W.) Scaling Lessong #3: A mission-driven culture (as opposed to green-driven or fear-driven) endures, particularly when the mission connects to a greater social good. Founding Story: A Pivot. Athenahealth version 1.0 was a complete failure.

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Entrepreneur-Friendly Policies (Finally) Showing Promise - But Leadership Required

Seeing Both Sides

The Kauffman Foundation’s research on this matter is clear: from 1997 to 2005, job growth in the US was driven entirely by start-ups. The fact that the entrepreneurial ecosystem is critical to job creation should be obvious, but there remains a misperception that small businesses create jobs. It’s new businesses.

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Which Are More Legible: Serif or Sans Serif Typefaces?

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Lund, 1997, 1998, 1999 ). We ended up with Helvetiva, albeit at a slighly larger size than many of our European cousins, in white on dark-green or blue, or black on white. There are some high profile studies which claim to show the superiority of serif typefaces ( Robinson et al., Review article. Why serifs are (still) important.