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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- Express thoughtfulness and kindness. 3- I’ve always been an entrepreneur. For me, I’ve always been an entrepreneur at heart. I decided to decline that job offer and start my new career as a real estate entrepreneur.

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Entrepreneur Builds on Technology Platform to Power the Barbershop Industry

Hearpreneur

It’s through it that one entrepreneur builds a mobile technology platform, theCut , that powers the barbershop industry. Any advice you would give to entrepreneurs and business owners? Maryland & Virginia area) a great place to be an entrepreneur or business owner? Solve a problem versus creating a product.

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7 Advantages For Being A Socially Responsible Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

More entrepreneurs want to be socially responsible these days, but fear a negative impact on profits, growth, and the ability to find an investor. In the short run, there are real costs associated with the “triple bottom line” of maximizing profit, people (social), and planet (environment).

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 10: Reetu Gupta and Mandela Schumacher-Hodge

Steve Blank

Successful founders have a laser-like focus and commitment; a keen understanding of customers’ needs; and a tenacious spirit, said the latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on Sirius XM Channel 111. program to become an entrepreneur: …I was on my way to the Ph.D… Reetu Gupta. Mandela Schumacher-Hodge.

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[Review] The Good Fail

YoungUpstarts

But even if you don’t fully buy Latman’s side of the story, “ The Good Fail ” does carry many lessons for the startup entrepreneur. It would be remiss if I didn’t point out that there are those who wonder if the account is fully accurate or question Latman’s motives for writing his autobiography.

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Why Trump’s Victory Caused Alec Ross To Run for Governor of Maryland – Five Question Interview

Hunter Walker

My friend Alec Ross is running to be Governor of Maryland. Here you go: Hunter Walk: “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in” — was it the 2016 Presidential election outcome which started you towards running for Governor of Maryland or had you been considering it prior? HW: No Fake News!

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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

“Our best chance to make the world better is to agree that the choice among corporate structures should be made entirely in service of social impact,” says Rich Leimsider, the Vice President of Fellowship Programs at Echoing Green, a nonprofit that invests with social entrepreneurs. Maryland was the first U.S.