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It’s Not the End: Why Creating an Exit Strategy Sets Your Business Up for Long-Term Success

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Yahoo is one of the best examples of failing to acquire other exiting companies and failing to maximize on their own exit,” Smith recalls. Yahoo refused to buy Google for $1 billion in 1998 and again refused $5 billion in 2002. And sadly, in 2008 Yahoo turned down an offer to be acquired by Microsoft for $44.6

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Opportunity – Small Business Quote of the Week

The Small Business Blog

Ann Landers (1918-2002) US columnist, attrib. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Opportunity – Small Business Quote of the Week by Stefan Töpfer on Jan 09, 2010 A small business quote keeps you thinking, inspired and entertained. Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognise them.&#

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3 Podcast Production Styles – Which is Right For You?

Andrea Kalli

My name is Andy Robbins and I started my podcast production company , AudioFile Solutions, in 2002 after spending the previous 9 years in the audio production industry as an audio engineer. During that time, the birth of the World Wide Web created a host of new opportunities in audio production.