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Be a Benevolent Dictator (And Eight More Lessons For Getting Your Stalled Start-up Off The Ground)

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I was thrilled that what I did employed 50,000 people and did business in every state but Vermont, with international operations in China, Japan, Brazil, and Mexico. Michael Feuer cofounded OfficeMax in 1988 starting with one store and $20,000 of his own money, a partner, and a small group of investors.

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Welcome to The Frontier – An Ode To Startups

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Following is a guest post by Zack Rosen , co-founder and CEO of Pantheon. That summer, this bumpkin/badass former governor from Vermont running for president (Howard Dean) had found this guy Joe Trippi to run his presidential campaign. Pantheon is building “A big badass platform that will run 30% of the Internet.”

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Exploring The Everyday: Janji Wants You To Change The World By Running

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I sat down with David Spandorfer , co-founder of Janji , a running apparel company, to talk about the intersection of an everyday need, water, and an act of physical activity that almost everyone can do, running. According to the American Water Works Association, nearly 1/3 of all American households may struggle to pay for water.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

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The name for FACT (Find a Cure Today) Goods was inspired by myself and my co-founder, Scott, due to shared experiences of friends who were seemingly healthy and fit being overtaken by rare diseases. I moved to Vermont to cycle and ski, and to work in a gourmet food operation in Burlington. “Stand Up & Draw!”.

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How to Translate Your Passion Into Your Purpose with Liz Elting

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Liz is the co-founder and CEO of the award-winning TransPerfect. She's the founder and c e o of the Elizabeth Elting Foundation is an entrepreneur, business leader. I was walking across the street in Vermont, and I flipped over, had a fractured skull, was unconscious for three days. This is John Jantsch.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Consider Daniel Dreymann, a founder of Goodmail Systems Inc., Mr. Dreymann moved his family from Israel in 2004 after co-founding Goodmail in Mountain View, Calif., And companies that didnt survive might have closed their doors for reasons other than failure, for example, getting acquired or the founders moving on to new projects.

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