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21 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Henry Sy, the guy behind the world-famous SM Malls, is a household name in the Philippines. Also, he is now one of the owners of Buggati, which is a huge success for an entrepreneur from such a small country as Croatia. He has also been named CEO of the Shark Group, a brand consultancy firm. Trader's Joe is his store's name.

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The Future of Entrepreneurship Hinges on Bringing People and Tech Together

ReadWriteStart

They enter the room with big names and leave with an even bigger stack of business cards. Many of these events can be isolating for startup founders or leaders of growing companies; without name recognition or existing relationships, they struggle. But what about entrepreneurs? Most entrepreneurs hated school,” Carter laughs.

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Looking Back On Our First Couple Years at NextView

Rob Go

One of the earliest things we did at NextView when my partners and I started working together was go away as a team to the New Hampshire mountains. At the time, I think we didn’t even had a name for the fund. It’s commonly said that the biggest risk facing a new VC firm is disharmony among the partners.

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Our 7 favorite startups from the Wayra London 2013 demo day

The Next Web

Alongside the likes of Accel Partners, Balderton Capital, EC1 Capital and Passion Capital, TNW spent the evening at Wayra London to bring you our favorites. Launching first in the UK, Bulgaria, Germany and Croatia, iHelp is currently looking for £500,000 to expand its network and build into new markets.

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30 Entrepreneurs and Business Owners Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

#8- Relax, indulge and explore Photo Credit: Eliot Davenport The business , Fjaka Sail, was started just under two years ago and is aimed at being a young professional sailing tour based in the US, running tours in Croatia. Thanks to Michael Dent, What Man and Van !

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Crushing It With Competitive Intelligence Analysis: Best Metrics, Reports

Occam's Razor

If you are in Croatia, you might not have very good CI data for your country (you'll have to make do with relaxing on your world-class beaches that are the envy of the world!). And these reports are so often clustered at the top with 152 variations of the brand names. Learn from them (specific recommendations below).

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Here are The Missing Positives of This Election

Both Sides of the Table

When I went to add partners at Upfront I called an LP of mine and told him I was trying to recruit a new partner named Kara Nortman. And while I didn’t hire her because she’s a woman I also don’t treat her any differently than the male partners as she’ll very clearly tell you if you ask her. He actually said that.