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Salon Owner Chelle Neff Talks Scaling, Sustainability and Success

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In addition to developing Urban Betty , a successful salon with two locations, Neff also created an app for stylists , produced a book about homes in Austin, Texas, and even reached the Inc. You opened Urban Betty in 2005 and it’s been growing ever since. Pinterest has forever changed our consultation game.

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Birdzeye’s Norlock is Helping Minority Owned Businesses Gain Equal Access to North American Retail…

Jason Malki

Birdzeye’s Norlock is Helping Minority Owned Businesses Gain Equal Access to North American Retail & eCommerce I had the pleasure of interviewing Trevor Norlock, a Global Consumer Revenue Executive who is passionate about developing new business for creative and dynamic start-up companies. While managing Sales + Strategy over the last 5.5

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Investing in New Tech Hubs

EntreWorks Consulting

In fact, only five metro areas account for 90% of America’s innovation sector growth since 2005. In many ways, this proposal echoes similar efforts such as the Economic Development Administration’s I6 program or the WIRED program of the 1990s. (As I can quibble with some parts of the plan.

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Joseph Lee, CEO of Kairous Capital, Shares His Cross-Border Investment Philosophy for the Asia Pacific Region

AsiaTechDaily

I initially worked as an analyst at a stock-broking firm until 2004 before embarking on my venture capital and private equity journey, where I made my first investments in Greater China before exiting via the London Stock Exchange later between 2005 and 2006.

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8 open source companies from YC Demo Day Winter ’22

TechCrunch

How it says it differs from rivals: Tuva uses machine learning to further develop its technology. It’s also worth noting that fellow cohort members Netmaker are also developing open source software based on WireGuard. Founders: CTO Dillon Carns and CEO Alex Feiszli left their software engineering gigs to develop Netmaker.

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Marketing Cube founder Maya Moufarek’s lessons for customer-focused startups

TechCrunch

Maya Moufarek, founder of Marketing Cube , spent more than 15 years working for companies like Google and American Express before launching her own growth consultancy. That’s why I founded MarketingCube.co , a boutique strategic growth consultancy for innovative startups and scaleups.

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Hint Founder Kara Goldin Says When it Comes to Entrepreneurship, Just Get Started

StartupNation

Turns out the flavor business was a side project for him, and he bought the flavors from an independent consultant. I got in touch with the consultant. I got in touch with several co-packers and told them I had developed a new line of unsweetened flavored water. There was silence for a moment. The next four months flew by.