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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

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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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

Texas is the most promising technology market in the United States. It seems like every day there is a new headline about an exceptional startup founder, investor, or corporate headquarters moving to Texas. Now the 9th largest economy in the world, it‘s clear that the rest of the world is waking up to the potential in Texas.

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Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Economic Wealth

abovethecrowd.com

Four years later, in May of 2003, they launched Taobao Marketplace, Alibaba’s answer to eBay. We estimate that the global GMV for ride sharing was over $100B in 2018 (including Uber, Didi, Grab, Lyft, Yandex, etc) and still growing handsomely. VIPKid , which was founded in 2013 by Cindy Mi , is a truly amazing story.

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35 Leading Women Entrepreneurs Paving The Way For Success

Designmantic Blog

It is apparent that the United States has the highest performing entrepreneurship, but what is truly amazing is how women contribute the biggest growth in revenue, employment and financial efficiency. Here are some of the most interesting facts about female founders as well as startups. Background Image: Unsplash/Rawpixel.

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Spam Laws, Email Marketing, and Compliance

Duct Tape Marketing

This act, passed in 2003, establishes guidelines for sending behavior, content, and subscription compliance, while defining commercial email messages (which are different from transactional or relationship-based emails). Compliance laws reach a global market, so let’s visit a few that affect any international email your marketing team sends.

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