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5 Ways Tennis Prepared Me for Entrepreneurship

YoungUpstarts

started because the company founder was upset after he struggled to find new content for his daughter to watch on YouTube. Leading a company as a solo founder is a similar experience. I recently spoke with the founders of InfluenceLogic , a Phoenix-based software company. Online video service Pluto.TV

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Taking Other People’s Money Changes Your Life

Startup Professionals Musings

And that they don’t set your co-founders or key employees against you in meetings. Remember what happened to the alleged co-founders when Peter Thiel came in? Well, some of the people who considered themselves co-founders suddenly found out they weren’t! Some of those will be outside the company.

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Why Every Company Needs A DevOps Team Now

Feld Thoughts

A year or so ago I read an early draft of a new book titled The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win. Following is a guest post on DevOps by Gene Kim , Multiple Award-Winning CTO, Researcher, Visible Ops Co-Author, Entrepreneur & Founder of Tripwire. That moment is now.

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5 Signs that You are Ready to Scale Business and Deploy Innovation

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If you don’t, your engine will burn out.” – Daniel Marcos , Co-Founder and CEO of Growth Institute. ” – Dima Venglinski, Founder and CEO of Fireart Studio. An entrepreneur is like a phoenix. Phoenix never dies but revives again and again. You need to shift gears. RESISTANCE.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I now am the CEO and founder of Berri Properties in Asheville and Charlotte, NC. Things are no different where I live in the Phoenix Metro Market. With KOYA, you can easily treat your co-worker to a class at their favorite yoga studio in New York or surprise your partner with a personal message at the park where you first met.

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10 Ways to Stay Productive While Working Remote

Up and Running

For John Rood, the founder and President of Next Step Test Preparation, keeping more regimented work hours is key to staying on track. Hubstaff co-founder Jared Brown has figured out a workaround that works for him and his family. “My Brett Farmiloe is the founder of Markitors, a digital marketing agency in Phoenix, Arizona.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Marvel’s fascinating turnaround story is no less than a heroic action story where the protagonist flips the scales at the last moment and arises like the phoenix, just like the many superheroes it helped become household names. Photo Credit: Brian David Crane. Thanks to Brian David Crane, Spread Great Ideas ! #2- Photo Credit: Jack Underwood.