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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

He grew up in Colombia, South America. By the way, this was still pre-Netscape, pre-Internet. So I joined this group called Network Solutions, we did computer networking, the predecessor to the internet. Probably the internet helped because they needed internet skills in their strategy group. ” No, no.

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10 Amazing Microfinance Success Stories

YoungUpstarts

Marcelino Lopez, Colombia. Lopez and his family were living in a plastic tent in Barrio Nelson Mandela, Colombia, with $300 to his name. The bank lends to groups of women, with each receiving $50 to $100 to buy rickshaws for transporting wheat to market or to help them open Internet kiosks.

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5 Tips For Creating An Engaging Blog

YoungUpstarts

Successful entrepreneurs should be tuned in to industry trends, and seek to become experts in their own field and be active in their community. One of the best tools to identify with your audience is to have an active role in the community. Simply stating the usefulness of your product is not enough. – Javed Hussain, Alif Baa.

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When Small Businesses Meet Big Opportunities

YoungUpstarts

It can, however, be easy to overlook the importance of small businesses like the Chatuchak stallholders, not just to their surrounding communities but also to the wider national economy. Serving the community by looking beyond it. Serving the community by looking beyond it. times more likely to achieve rapid growth.

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

I launched my company, Coffee Shift, after visiting Colombia, being blown away by the quality of coffee I tasted in the country's Coffee Axis region, and then learning that coffee farmers there often operate at a loss when they sell their beans. Or they'd been taken on the internet. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community.

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12 Questions: Meet Pamela Harvey (USA)

crowdSPRING Blog

In our 12 Questions blog series, we feature interviews with someone from the crowdSPRING community. For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community – in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Plainly – activities that make crowdSPRING a better community. 3) Which of your designs are your favorites and why?