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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Women’s experiences are often used to further a male lead’s story or as shock value for the audience. I figured if agencies did not want to hire me because I lacked experience I had to create my own. In 1997 at just 42 years old, I suffered a massive heart attack that landed me in the ICU. 29- For appreciation.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

As I watched the new CEO hire and fire 3 regional VP’s I finally sat him down. Extremely-Sharp.com originally started with a few retail locations in 1997, and we quickly started the e-commerce site the next year. Although I had worked for many years before, had a degree and now a post-graduate certificate no one was hiring me.