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Achieving rapid growth through word of mouth with Immad Akhund

Zendesk

Encourage your investors to talk about you on social media Mercury was founded to provide banking for startups. Mercury had 60 angel investors at the seed round, and Akhund asked all of them to tweet about the company. Here are his tips. To attract startup founders, Akhund took an organic approach to marketing.

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The Benefits of Going Green for Your Small Businesses

ACT

This company has operated 100 percent remotely since 2007. Appealing to investors When you go sustainable, your brand becomes more attractive to investors looking for businesses with ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) initiatives. Take FlexJobs, for instance. Better brand perception translates to growing sales.

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The History and Downfall of a German Wholesale Company “Wollschläger” – Part 2

QYMATIX

If acquiring an entire company (Essener Arbeitsschutz GmbH in 2007) was not a complex project already, the introduction of SAP (ERP, EWM, PI and BI) followed in 2009. Andrea Schröder: Wollschläger: Investor zieht Kaufangebot zurück – 420 Mitarbeitern wird gekündigt. If you have not read part 1 yet, click here.

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The History and Downfall of a German Wholesale Company “Wollschläger” – Part 1

QYMATIX

Haberstock accepted the management of the Hamburg office in 2007. Andrea Schröder: Wollschläger: Investor zieht Kaufangebot zurück – 420 Mitarbeitern wird gekündigt. The same year, Wollschläger took over the established occupational safety manufacturer and wholesaler, Essener Arbeitsschutz GmbH. What do you think?

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MiFID II: What It Means For Your Business And How To Be Compliant

Tenfold

It has been under development for nine years, being formally approved in 2014, and replaces the original MiFID enacted in 2007. This will ensure that all trades are conducted fairly and with an open process that protects the investor. Why MiFID II, and Why Now? The regulations themselves total over 1.5

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Scaling Lead Gen: Growing NetSuite’s BDR Team to 170 People in 3.5 Years

Openview

I just returned from Dublin where I spoke at SaaStock 2017 (what an amazing group of founders and investors!) Founded in 1998, they IPO’d in 2007 and were ultimately acquired by Oracle for $9.3B to share some of the lessons I learned while building out NetSuite’s BDR team. NetSuite is the world’s leading cloud ERP provider.

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How Marc Benioff’s Vision for Cloud-Based Service Lifted Up the Innovations of over 3,000 Entrepreneurs

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Investors Business Daily put it best by saying, “ he [Benioff] also revolutionized the way software is delivered. By 2007, with the launch of Force.com Salesforce had created “ a new platform that allows developers to create database-driven applications and deploy them as services ” – TechCrunch.