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How CareerPlug Saved 25 Days of Work with Chargify Business Intelligence

Austin Startup

CareerPlug and Chargify first partnered together in 2018 after CareerPlug recognized it had a significant business problem that fellow Texas-based Chargify could solve. About CareerPlug Since 2007 CareerPlug has worked to make hiring easier for over 12,000 growing companies in the U.S. and Canada.

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Going Global At Launch: Tips For Building A Micro-Multinational Startup

ReadWriteStart

In our hyper-competitive global economy, startups are just as likely to find their first customers in Paris, France, as in Paris, Texas. More importantly for startups, “global firms received more than twice as much funding from venture capitalists as firms with U.S. This is no longer the case. More lucrative, too.

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Oppose HB 1192 – The “Software Tax”

VC Adventure

Do you tax a business traveler from Texas who orders TurboTax on his WiFi at Starbucks in Cherry Creek or a tourist from Oklahoma who does so from his SmartPhone while sitting on the chairlift at Vail? On the low end, think of a download of small mini-apps: a $.95 95 ringtone, a $1 MP3 song, a $2 e-book, a $5 upgrade to your GPS.

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10 Mom-and-Pop Businesses That Turned Into Empires

YoungUpstarts

In 2000, global giant Unilever bought out Ben & Jerry’s for about $326 million in order to eliminate competition with the corporation’s brands, Breyer’s and Good Humor. In 2007, Burt’s Bees was bought out by Clorox for a reported sum of $925 million. Yankee Candle Company.

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What is Coworking? Everything You Need to Know

Austin Startup

In 2007 the word “coworking” got its own Wikipedia page and started to trend on Google, and the rest is history! - When you rent an office in a coworking space, you have access to a built-in community of contacts that can become your future friends, clients, and referral partners. “If you put up walls, there’s no point.

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Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Economic Wealth

abovethecrowd.com

The company was acquired by ebay in January 2007. 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. Upwork is a global freelancing platform where businesses and independent professionals can connect and collaborate remotely.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

billion in 2007, as investors worldwide tightened their belts in the wake of the global financial crisis. billion), and 33 percent lower than proceeds in 2007 ($3.79 “This is critical given still heightened uncertainties in the global economy as well as ongoing geopolitical issues in the region.&#. billion. .

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