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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Motivation to Grow Their Business

Hearpreneur

#10- Take on new challenges and continuously evolve Photo Credit: Ankit Prakash At the core, my motivation to grow my software product technology company isn't merely about revenue figures or market dominance. Living in Hawaii, I'm surrounded by natural beauty that constantly inspires me.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Major Accomplishments In 2021

Hearpreneur

20, 2021 we opened our first flagship store in Waikiki, Hawaii. 16- Hit $1 million revenue. I'm proud of our business finally hitting the $1 million revenue. We didn't have much in the way of a revenue target when we started the year. Through a difficult time, hard work can still pay off. We launched We Are Dark on Dec.

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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

An excellent example of a social enterprise is The Empowerment Plan —an organization that hires people currently living in homeless shelters to create a combination winter coat, sleeping bag, and over-the-shoulder bag, which is then distributed to the homeless of Detroit free of charge. What does a social enterprise look like?

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The Evolution Of The Podcast

Duct Tape Marketing

So I was, I was doing it eight o'clock in the evening in Hawaii and you know, it was kind of boring. Todd Cochrane (14:37): You know, and it's even funny because I hired a service to help me get more interviews. And I did it purely out of selfishness because I do a solo show. And they asked me to write the top six questions.

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If, Why, and How Founders Should Hire a “Professional” CEO

Reid Hoffman

I speak from personal experience, since I hired and partnered with a CEO, Jeff Weiner, very successfully at LinkedIn five years after co-founding the company. Couldn’t we just hire a COO and have you stay as CEO?”. My idea when hiring Dan was that I could handle the product, and he could handle everything else.

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What does it feel like to be the CEO of a start-up? 3 FULL TIME JOBS.

Scalable Startup

When you’re the CEO of a startup, a real startup with product and some cash in the bank and/or revenue, there are 3 FULL TIME JOBS. Raising Money – you are constantly doing this, preparing for this and thinking about this, whether it’s pre-seed, seed funding, debt, revenue, partnerships, IPO or other.

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Why “Job Boards” and applying online do not work

Scalable Startup

Remember, job boards and online hiring were invented almost 20 years ago and popularized by Monster. Many article point out that networking and referrals are the most effective ways to get hired, and I tend to agree. Online job systems assume the most important factor in hiring is qualifications, and that is far from the truth.

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