Dave Boyce: Fundly is a start-up company, with all the ups and downs of any new venture.
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It felt great to win then but I wasn't part of every game, and feeling all the ups and downs and struggles you go through during a tournament.
And while not all start-ups have the ambience (or the budgets) of sexy tech companies, and not all are run by a visionary who will put you on the fast-track to Facebook-like stock options, many new businesses offer a unique opportunity to learn the ins and outs of building an organization from the ground up.
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After all between 1977 and 2009 start-ups contributed nearly all the roughly two million to three million new jobs created every year.
Like almost all start-ups, everything took longer and was harder, and there were many, many disappointments.
"But there are a lot of regular start-ups all over New York, " he said.
"There are some positive things happening, " he added - with the rate of employment, export growth and business start-ups all rising.
Failed policies, scandals and cover-ups all follow a predictable path.
Armed with those answers, they stand the best chance of beating some fairly dire odds: Studies estimate that just two-thirds of all start-ups survive the first two years, and less than half make it to the fourth.
Trucks ferry all types of kicks, from Crocs to Christian Lacroix stilettos, to and from the UPS hub all day and night.
All work has its ups and downs, but ideally, there are more good days than bad.
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And what we found there was -that: One, Senator Clinton wins all the match-ups with Senator McCain.
But it's often tough to generate enough income to collect all the make-ups.
At one fell swoop, thought the high-ups, all their troubles would be solved.
Reisman has won an exclusive contract with Loveland Pet Products, which will fill all her orders via UPS from St.
Facebook, Apple and a raft of start-ups are all trying to develop a low-cost payment system, which could be a lucrative undertaking in itself.
Steve Jones, a professor of online culture and communications at the University of Illinois at Chicago, wondered whether all the mash-ups muddle the message.
Of course, all relationships have their ups and downs.
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Chelsea pair Arjen Robben and Khalid Boulahrouz, Celtic duo Evander Sno and Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Wigan's Danny Landzaat, Robin van Persie of Arsenal, Liverpool striker Dirk Kuyt and Blackburn defender Andre Ooijer have all received call-ups.
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And all of us, all of us grown-ups, we feel the same way about you.
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But the jury is still out on all payment solution start-ups, including Square, said the banker.
And there will be plenty of ups and downs all the way until the end, all right?
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All of these start-ups have something in common, though: They depend on you.
Capital markets are imperfect, they observe, and households are unable to insure themselves against all of life's ups and downs.
The result is that if those start-ups succeed, all participants benefit.
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It didn't have the same significance then that it has now because of all the games that we played and all the experiences with the ups and downs that we had between one another.
And if all of us summon that spirit now, through all the hardships and the ups and downs and twists and turns, then I am absolutely convinced that our best days still lie ahead.
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