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Out of the Crisis #3, Jen Pahlka and Raylene Yung on creating the U.S. Digital Response

Startup Lessons Learned

14:06) Jen gives a New Jersey local government example of how the USDR works and how the organization is working at "The speed of need." (16:54) 35:50) Building community on text messages and threads. (38:30) 42:29) Where we go from here by coming together and new appreciation for government. (44:12)

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

I started my business because I saw an opportunity to help people save money at every online store, not just the big-name brand retailers. I can now give back to my community in ways that would not have been possible earlier. That's one of my motivations in pursuing my family real estate business in New Jersey.

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Why Your Startup May Need a Dry Van Vehicle

The Startup Magazine

Foster McGowen Voorhees, the 30th governor of New Jersey at the turn of the 20th century, and the man for whom Voorhees, New Jersey is named, probably never even imagined just how populated this area of New Jersey would eventually become. It gets its name from how low to the ground the frame sits.

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Out of the Crisis #19: Revolution Foods co-founders on feeding kids and families, being parent-entrepreneurs, and scaling food security innovations

Startup Lessons Learned

They were providing low-cost healthy meals for schools across the country and, before the crisis, were delivering two million federally reimbursable school and community meals per week nationwide. Kirsten Saenz Tobey : My name is Kirsten Saenz Tobey. Kristin Groos Richmond : My name is Kristin Groos Richmond.

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Transcript of Why Local SEO is an Important Lead Generation Channel

Duct Tape Marketing

Justin Sturges: Yeah, and one of the key things that is often missed in a lot of the tools out there are the key aggregators … Oh shoot, I’m so bad with names. Many of you come up with lots of great ideas, and let’s face it, today, great idea, you’ve got to have a great domain name, an original domain name.

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News You Can Use: Who are the Bplans 100,000?

Up and Running

“With the new membership component and greater integration with social media platforms, Bplans.com is now connecting small-business owners and entrepreneurs so that they may ask questions, share their experiences and ideas, and grow together as a community.”. Rebar Business Builders , Kansas, USA.

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Out of the Crisis #4: Carl Liebert, crisis veteran and radical optimist

Startup Lessons Learned

And then from there, I was running a fitness company on the west coast by the name of 24 Hour Fitness, which was private equity backed and quite a bit of debt. I was the division president for the northeast division on 9/11, and all the stores in New York and New Jersey and, obviously, all the east coast stores for Circuit City were mine.