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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. Here’s how you can build one with these leadership lessons from my 20 years as a CEO: Hire the right people —recruit for values, not just skills: Never fall for resumes with unbelievable skill sets, but no culture fit.

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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. Here’s how you can build one with these leadership lessons from my 20 years as a CEO: Hire the right people —recruit for values, not just skills: Never fall for resumes with unbelievable skill sets, but no culture fit.

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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. Be resourceful, creative, and ready to take risks. Lessons Learned: Lesson #1.

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

American Entrepreneurship

“By supporting this vibrant assortment of businesses, we are not only enhancing the economic vitality of our city but also creating spaces that reflect the rich culture and community spirit of Newark.” The owner, Tara Williams-Harrington, is a lifelong Newark resident.

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

TechCrunch

You need to get straight to the beating heart of the business, understand the culture, involve the right people — and be comfortable telling founders and exec teams things they don’t always want to hear. It was post-IPO hypergrowth, but the EMEA and emerging markets I contributed to were like regional startups within a scaleup.

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Want to know why charging $12 / year converts higher than $9.99?

Both Sides of the Table

In 2005 they realized that this business was going to evaporate over night with the introduction of YouTube. Evan is artist who is the creative genius who was working with the low-cost film medium in the late 90′s. How did the Introduction of YouTube affect your business? It changed everything. And there is so much more.

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Garry Kasparov launches a community-first chess platform

TechCrunch

It’s a chess server, forum and networking site that launched in 2005, with premium subscription that ranges between $5 a month or $29 a year. And that helps us indirectly because chess has been recognized for centuries as a nexus for intelligence and creativity.”. The product will be available to the public by the end of month.