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Can You Build a Business with $100 or Less? Yes … and Here’s How

StartupNation

Event Tickets Center → $100 Founded: 2005 Industry : Media and Entertainment Number of employees : 30+ For me, as the CEO and Founder of Event Tickets Center (ETC), the ticket-selling platform is more than just a business launched with $100. 8 Ways to Make Money on Social Media Arm yourself with a toolset (free!)

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20 Years As a CEO: What I Wish I Knew Then

StartupNation

And so, in 2005, I decided to start a business with only $100 in my pocket. Then, try paid ads and influencer collaborations. Two decades ago, when my friend and I struggled to acquire a ticket to the Dave Matthews Band concert, the idea smacked me in the brain. book, I’ve bookmarked a few crucial things during this journey.

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Chegg Donates $50K to Stevens Institute of Technology, Fueling Student Innovation

American Entrepreneurship

Chegg: A Legacy of Supporting Students Chegg was founded in 2005 by Aayush Phumbhra, Osman Rashid, and Josh Carlson with the mission of making higher education more affordable and accessible for students.

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20 Years As a CEO: What I Wish I Knew Then

StartupNation

And so, in 2005, I decided to start a business with only $100 in my pocket. Then, try paid ads and influencer collaborations. Two decades ago, when my friend and I struggled to acquire a ticket to the Dave Matthews Band concert, the idea smacked me in the brain. book, I’ve bookmarked a few crucial things during this journey.

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Technology Trends: 10 Areas of Innovation to Watch for 2012

This is going to be BIG.

I've seen about a dozen companies in the last year trying to help me figure out what to do with my time and how to collaborate with my friends around events. Companies like Publicstuff and Votizen that help us connect with our elected officials and local governments are going to get a lot of dollars and attention this year. Calendaring.

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Newark’s Small Business Grants are Revitalizing City’s Downtown

American Entrepreneurship

They are: Melba’s Restaurant – Grant Amount: $650,000 – founded in Harlem in 2005 and became a premier comfort food destination in New York City, opening its second location in downtown Newark. They may become eligible for additional funding from business funding programs or other government grant programs.

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Data.World raises $50M to help enterprises organize and track their data

TechCrunch

Hurt says that the mission is to create a collaborative community for data scientists, engineers and researchers, and, toward that end, he claims that Data.World now has more than 1.6 In 2005, he helped to launch the startup Bazaarvoice, which provides data about retail customers’ shopping habits. .