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Backstage Capital Is Funding Startups by Underestimated Entrepreneurs

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Interviewing founders while still raising funds, Pitts says, has given the partners “a unique sense of empathy because we know what it’s like to want to do something and not have the money to do it.… In 2011, while living in South Florida, Dickson got the idea for Flat Out of Heels during an event she was attending.

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Who Needs an Office? 10 Entrepreneurs Weigh In on the Future of Virtual Work

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Take some time to interview and vet the engineers with high ratings and lots of logged contract hours—it’s a good filter for finding good talent initially.”. This article was published in October 2011 and has been updated. Just because it’s ‘cool’ and ‘new’ doesn’t mean you need to use it for your business.”.

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Brookes also plans to equip 65 stores with 4,000 touch screen registers. What Brookes is doing isn’t new, but he seems to be taking a more methodical approach and expects a five to ten percent growth for 2011 notwithstanding of course interest rates, unemployment, and the value of the Aussie dollar.

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Kicking off a revolutionary Quest

The Shrink for Entrepreneurs

My Quest for 2011 (and beyond) Working with entrepreneurs changed my practice, my attitude and my life. Build a commercial empire and you’ll equip yourself with the resources (both internal and external) that give you a shot at solving some of our planets problems. And here’s what I came up with. and much much more (as I figure it out!)

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