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    Smile Hoping I can share my experiences and help out

    Hello,

    I am Seth Kravitz and a friend and I started a company called InsuranceAgents.com back in 2004. Starting out of his basement and growing it into the 50+ employee company it is today has been an incredible journey. We were honored to be listed as the #24 fastest growing company in the US on the 2009 Inc Magazine 500 list.

    Growing so fast has led to an amazing amount of opportunities, problems, challenges, etc... Overcoming or jumping on them tested every ounce of my patience and steadfastness. I would love to share what I have learned and help out the community as I can.

    I have recently started blogging about what it has been like, what we experienced, and I am trying to provide as much useful information about every aspect of running a startup.

    I'm happy to join the community and feel free to read my blog SecondCityCEO.com

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    Hi Seth,

    Welcome to YE! So great that you're here on the forum to help other young entrepreneurs. Yours is an inspiring story we can all learn from. We're all here to learn and share, and we look forward to your contributions.

    To your success!
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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnYE View Post
    Welcome to YE! So great that you're here on the forum to help other young entrepreneurs. Yours is an inspiring story we can all learn from. We're all here to learn and share, and we look forward to your contributions.
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    Thanks for the kind words. I really hope I can help out around here. I'll be checking in a couple times a day for any updates or questions. Feel free to PM with anything as well. I realize not everyone wants there questions/ideas published publicly.
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    Seth,

    As JohnYE mentioned above, it is a true pleasure having you on the forums sharing your experiences and stories as an Entrepreneur!
    Congrats on your success with InsuranceAgents.com. Looking forward to hearing more about the inspiration and ideas behind starting back in 2004.
    I'm sure the members of YE would love to hear more about how you mentioned:
    Growing so fast has led to an amazing amount of opportunities, problems, challenges, etc... Overcoming or jumping on them tested every ounce of my patience and steadfastness. I would love to share what I have learned and help out the community as I can.
    Looking forward to reading more!

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    Welcome,
    I hope we can benefit each others.

    Quote Originally Posted by SethKravitz View Post
    Thanks for the kind words. I really hope I can help out around here. I'll be checking in a couple times a day for any updates or questions. Feel free to PM with anything as well. I realize not everyone wants there questions/ideas published publicly.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BizGuy View Post
    As JohnYE mentioned above, it is a true pleasure having you on the forums sharing your experiences and stories as an Entrepreneur!
    Congrats on your success with InsuranceAgents.com. Looking forward to hearing more about the inspiration and ideas behind starting back in 2004.
    Thanks for creating such a nice entrepreneur community. I'll try to help out as I can.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Alexishost View Post
    Welcome,
    I hope we can benefit each others.
    There is always something one business owner can learn from another. Might be something small, but I have yet to meet an entrepreneur that didn't have at least one unique story.
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    Seth,
    Good to have you onboard, I looked at your website and its impressive.

    We have something similar to your website in australia called Private Health Insurance Australia - iSelect

    Might be worthwhile to have a look at it for you if you want.

    Hopefully it helps.

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    Quote Originally Posted by zoxne View Post
    We have something similar to your website in australia called Private Health Insurance Australia - iSelect
    Thanks for the link. I'm always checking out what the competition is doing.
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    really is a great forum to share all your unique intrests, info and experience. I have learnt lots in here and made good money from the secrets of others.

    Thanks for those links....lookin good!
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    Quote Originally Posted by zoxne View Post
    Seth,
    Good to have you onboard, I looked at your website and its impressive.

    We have something similar to your website in australia called Private Health Insurance Australia - iSelect[/url]

    Might be worthwhile to have a look at it for you if you want.

    Hopefully it helps.

    regards

    Johnny
    That we do Zoxne. we also have a lot of people who support nil-profit providers such as RACV and GMHBA. I suppose it's down to the interests of the consumer on this one. Insurance providers in our country are under only two main umbrella's. They are all designed to appeal to different interests. It's an interesting thing to research if you're curious.

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