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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

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Back in 1997, when I was a high school junior and my brother Evan was a freshman, we launched a local moving service called Meathead Movers. I started Rising Star Reviews because I’ve always had a passion for helping small businesses. Thanks to Chas Cooper, Rising Star Reviews ! #9- 4- Started as a part-time work.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

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At Blurb, we’ve built an Internet platform for people to produce their own bookstore-quality books. After I left academia (too slow moving) and the consultancy company I worked for (lack of vision), four friends and I applied that puzzle-solving passion to creating software for solving supply chain puzzles. That’s it.