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How Laura Zander created a $7M online knitting business

When Laura Zander started her yarn shop in a small town in California she was hoping to make $30,000 a Read more ...

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Robin Chase, Zipcar Founder: How being honest with her members paid off

I wrote an email to all our members that basically said, "I'm sorry; I screwed up. My daily rate was way too low. We have to raise the price 25 percent." We had 21 replies. Nineteen of them said, "You know, we thought it was way too cheap. We love the service--don't worry about it."
Robin Chase on Inc. - sold Zipcar to Avis for $491M

Our Interview With: Christiane Lemieux, Founder of Dwell Studio

BOOTSTRAP AND/OR RAISE MONEY - HOW DID YOU GET START STARTED AND WOULD YOU DO ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY?

I bootstrapped and was totally self- funded until 2011 when we took in minority strategic investors to help grow retail. Fun fact â€“ I started the company with 17K.
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