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Backstage Capital Is Funding Startups by Underestimated Entrepreneurs

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Working for Verizon Ventures, Pitts learned about Hamilton’s startup and met with her, thinking the fledgling company would be a perfect match for Verizon’s strategic focus on diversity. That didn’t work out, but in August 2017, Pitts left Verizon to become Hamilton’s full-time partner.

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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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In an ideal situation, this plan is detailed along with triggers, measures and even events that could signal the right time to exit and move to the next thing. billion and instead sold themselves to Verizon in 2016 for only $4.6 In 2023, Google has a market cap of $1.7

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5 New Ways to Promote Your Trade Show Event on Twitter

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However, in the midst of all that confusion, you might have missed the flurry of developments that can empower your next trade show event. Possibly, these new features are what tipped the scales toward the deal recently struck with the NFL, Verizon, Viacom, and Time Warner, Inc.

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