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Avery Pennarun, CEO and co-founder of VPN serviceTailscale, has first-hand experience with this criticality after launching his first startup, Net Integration Technologies (Nitix) back in 2001. The startup was later acquired by IBM in 2008.) “We

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In 2001 Frank Wollschläger hired Frank Haberstock, to manage his newly open Hanover branch office. Also in 2001, Wollschläger merged with Georg Noll Werkzeug- und Maschinenhandel and opened Wollschläger Maschinentechnik in Bochum. Andrea Schröder: Wollschläger: Investor zieht Kaufangebot zurück – 420 Mitarbeitern wird gekündigt.

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During her time as a stay-at-home mother of two, Thompson became an investor in Seattle Chocolate. Throughout their early years, they struggled, and the 2001 Seattle earthquake meant the factory had to be rebuilt from the bottom up. "I She continues, "It's given me a lot of perspective about the choices available to women today.".

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They have amassed over $1 million in savings and are fairly savvy investors (themselves or the people they hire). She will be receiving an MBA from the University of Notre Dame in May 2001. Make sure your financial model is 100% accurate for the best chance of convincing investors and loan sources to support your business.

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