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29 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. At the launch of the company, the core email community (people with a lot of technical understanding) was our target audience.

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5 Reasons For Monetizing The Idle Resources Of Others

Startup Professionals Musings

The business tenants of the sharing economy, with alternative names including collaborative consumption, peer-to-peer economy, or “we-conomy,” always imply these five basic principles and assumptions: Sharing economy platforms create reciprocal economic value. Assets need to move in a community of engaged users. Healthcare.

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The Sharing Economy Is Changing The Rules Of Business

Startup Professionals Musings

The business tenants of the sharing economy, with alternative names including collaborative consumption, peer-to-peer economy, or “we-conomy,” always imply these five basic principles and assumptions: Sharing economy platforms create reciprocal economic value. Assets need to move in a community of engaged users. Healthcare.

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Out of the Crisis #26: Brian Armstrong of Coinbase on cryptocurrency, being mission-oriented, and institution building

Startup Lessons Learned

Can institutions be totally distributed or should they be rooted and loyal to a certain community or geography? Brian Armstrong : My name is Brian Armstrong. It's kind of like whoever discovered penicillin, you don't need to know their name. You can't even know everyone's name. Here's my conversation with Brian Armstrong.

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10 Amazing Microfinance Success Stories

YoungUpstarts

Lopez and his family were living in a plastic tent in Barrio Nelson Mandela, Colombia, with $300 to his name. from Cuba despite speaking no English and being legally blind. He’s using the money to buy more nutritious food for his family and pay for his sons’ schooling. Marcelino Lopez, Colombia. SHARE Micro Finance Limited, India.

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Thumbs Up On Gatekeepers, But Who… And How?

YoungUpstarts

If you want to write and publish a book, you’re completely free to do so, even if you can barely write your name. If you’re not part of the community, you may not know everything that goes into it. Being discovered is more a dream than a reality. No quality control. In publishing no credentials are necessary. What am I missing?

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5 Principles That Drive The New Market For Sharing

Startup Professionals Musings

The business tenants of the sharing economy, with alternative names including collaborative consumption, peer-to-peer economy, or “we-conomy,” always imply these five basic principles and assumptions: Sharing economy platforms create reciprocal economic value. Assets need to move in a community of engaged users. Healthcare.

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