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Out of the Crisis #13: Alpha Lee on remembering the 2003 SARS epidemic and his opensource COVID-19 Moonshot

Startup Lessons Learned

First in Wuhan, China, and then the fact that it can spread so quickly in Italy and continental Europe really surprises me and I think a lot of others as well in the scientific community. Eric Ries : That's a remarkable use of social media. Then I realized, "Oh no, this is really, really, real." Alpha Lee : Yeah.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

The company didn’t turn a profit until 2003, but by 2005 business was booming – Netflix was shipping out a million DVDs daily. Starbucks, which is now a common coffee hangout place all over the United States, has an interesting owner. WhatsApp became one of the most popular apps for social media by 2014.

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8 Entrepreneur Share Their Biggest Business Fails and How They Rebounded

Hearpreneur

From 2003 to 2008, I was the host/DJ/producer of The Groove Boutique, a radio mix show that aired across the United States. 8- Relying on social media for marketing. One of my biggest business fails was putting most of my marketing efforts into social media. Stybel, Stybel Peabody Associates, Inc. !

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8 Entrepreneurs Share Their Biggest Business Fails and How They Rebounded

Hearpreneur

From 2003 to 2008, I was the host/DJ/producer of The Groove Boutique, a radio mix show that aired across the United States. 8- Relying on social media for marketing. One of my biggest business fails was putting most of my marketing efforts into social media. Stybel, Stybel Peabody Associates, Inc. !

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Health Tech Entrepreneur Builds a Business Focusing on Improving The Lives of Tens of Thousands

Hearpreneur

incentaHEALTH was formed in 2003 around the idea of rewarding people for healthy behaviors. Social Media: As time on Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram sadly displaces time spent face-to-face with our friends, we’re going to see these social media platforms become channels to deliver care and support healthy behavior change.

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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. She was ranked 5th on Forbes’ Top 10 Social Media Power Influencer list. Background Image: Unsplash/Rawpixel.

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“We are one of just 13 industrialized countries with a rising maternal mortality rate” – Christy Turlington Burns on Fighting for Healthy Mothers

Hunter Walker

How has this reality impacted the type of community building you do—does it make you more careful? CTB: I became aware of the global problem after giving birth in the US and experiencing a childbirth complication personally in 2003. The United States is going backwards and we must do something about it. More fearless?