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21 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Cohen and Greenfield borrowed $4,000 to build their first ice cream business in Vermont in 1978, with a total investment of $12,000. They're also dedicated to giving back to the community and their employees, who each receive three pints of ice cream per day. #8- Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. 8- Eric Yuan, Zoom.

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

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The first thing is to make sure we are finding the right partner. It can be difficult to find the right partner in all these different countries, so that plays a part in how we choose the countries. We’re also doing trips to Bolivia, Cambodia and we’re even going to do one in Vermont, which I know seems to be a little out there.

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This Week in the NYC Innovation Community – January 25, 2010

This is going to be BIG.

You are now free to marry the soon to be released Apple Tablet in California, New York, Arkansas, Ohio, Maine and Vermont. The rest of you will just have to go to one of these events to try to find human life partners: Monday, January 25th 6:00PM The Future of Music: with Lyor Cohen, CEO Rec. RSVP: [link]. Saturday, January 30th.

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Reinventing the Office: How to Lose Fat and Increase Productivity at Work

David Teten

Besides the obvious fitness benefits, according to research done by the Vermont Board of Education , exercise is not only healthy for you, but it also increases your productivity. My partner John Frankel has a strong interest in architectural design, which the office also incorporates.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

From the community and region that I come from, it was difficult for locales to pronounce the name back when we started. Thanks to Melissa Perlman, BlueIvy Communications ! #12- So the partners locked ourselves in a room with a bottle of bourbon and threw up ideas on a white board starting with what we were about and what we do.

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How to Translate Your Passion Into Your Purpose with Liz Elting

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Additionally, she founded the Elizabeth Elting Foundation, a non-profit organization created to break down systemic barriers and foster systemic change for women and other underserved communities. I was walking across the street in Vermont, and I flipped over, had a fractured skull, was unconscious for three days. I was hit by a car.

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

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The company raised $45 million in venture capital from firms including DCM, Emergence Capital Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners, and built partnerships with AOL Inc., and Verizon Communications Inc. David Cowan of Bessemer Venture Partners has stuck with Mr. Dreymann. Journal Community. Journal Community.