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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Marvel’s fascinating turnaround story is no less than a heroic action story where the protagonist flips the scales at the last moment and arises like the phoenix, just like the many superheroes it helped become household names. Thanks to Keith Terrell, Backpacks Global ! #14- Photo Credit: Brian David Crane. 3- Sam Walton.

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How Entrepreneurs Can Capitalize On Their Alma Mater

Startup Professionals Musings

Attract a co-founder and key team members. They have connections to industry associations and entrepreneur organizations that can kick-start your networking efforts, both locally and globally. For example, I live in the Phoenix area, home of Arizona State University and the Thunderbird School of Global Management.

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17 Entrepreneurs Celebrate Summer Business Accomplishments

Hearpreneur

While this is an impressive milestone for our team, this new chapter has proved to be an exhilarating challenge as we’ve also maintained the success of our Phoenix firm throughout the summer. I was working with only my savings for a budget and still working full-time as a global director. We are looking forward to a great year.

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Entrepreneur Fills a Market Void by Building Female-Focused Co-Working Spaces

Hearpreneur

As the CEO of Hera Hub , the global co-working space, Felena recognized an opportunity to build a female-focused coworking space largely because she couldn’t find one that catered to her needs. The company now has additional communities Phoenix, AZ, Washington, DC, and Sweden, with several other cities in the works.

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Is North America Still a Startup Heaven?

The Startup Magazine

According to the 2018 Global Startup Ecosystem Report , in 2017, global venture capital investments reached the record of $140 billion, while the total value creation of the world’s startup economy hit astonishing $2.3 Some other relevant startup centres are Los Angeles, Atlanta, Boston, Phoenix, and Austin. Conclusions.

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SXSW Startups: Sherpa

Austin Startup

Sherpa founder Chris Kaye The Forrest Four-Cast: February 25, 2019 Fifty diverse startups will aim to impress a panel of judges and a live audience with their skills, creativity and innovation at SXSW Pitch Presented by Cyndx. Co-founder Chris Kaye talked about his company’s plans and experience.

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[Event] Sandbox Global Summit Gathers Young Innovative Minds in Lisbon

YoungUpstarts

The recently concluded Sandbox Global Summit which took place over the weekend saw some of the brightest young minds gather in Lisbon, Portugal and engage in discussions over ideas that (one day may) change the world. “We aim to give space to heated discussions and unreasonable thoughts,” says Sandbox Network CEO, Nico Luchsinger.

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