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21 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- After a disappointment on my biggest day. My parents came from Haiti to the United States and did not have in-depth knowledge of what was required to obtain financial freedom in this country. Photo Credit: Rob Kessler. Photo Credit: Michel Valbrun.

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14 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Biggest Accomplishment in 2016

Hearpreneur

In the last few days of 2016, we took some time to ask a few entrepreneurs and business what their biggest business accomplishments were. #1 I landed my first international travel consulting gig with Blue Marble Dreams and traveled to Haiti to open an ice cream shop. 9 – Became an Entrepreneur. Image Credit: Jenny Dorsey.

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Top 3 Startup Winner: Digs

The Startup Magazine

FUND is a national connector of entrepreneurs, VCs, angel investors, and industry experts with a focus on deal flow and making connections. We have sent hundreds of volunteers to help communities in need, all the way from Haiti to Nepal. I guess it’s only fitting that Digs deals housing too.

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Two Amazing Women Setting Out on Their Startup Journey

Both Sides of the Table

She was everything I was looking for in an entrepreneur to back. She’s passionate about near-shore manufacturing in places like Haiti where we can do good and do well. So, Mark, enough entrepreneur love. And still able to make it out to LA networking events. What was she doing with Soleil Moon Frye? As are her partners.

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Five Drivers of Real Opportunity for Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Entrepreneurs who search for real pain points, and build solutions around them, have the best chance of changing the world. As an alternative, if you are an entrepreneur looking for the next big thing, where should you look? That’s the great thing about being an entrepreneur. Some kind of natural or man-made disaster.

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15 Entrepreneurs Share What Their Favorite Part of Running a Business Is

Hearpreneur

Share Being an entrepreneur or business owner has its share of ups and downs. While the downs can be pretty low the ups always seem to triumph for a true entrepreneur at heart. Milestones are what entrepreneurs and business owners work towards. Once you finally reach a certain point then reflection can truly begin.

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Andrew McCubbins: An Entrepreneur Solving World Problems From Salt Lake City, Utah

YoungUpstarts

Andrew McCubbins is an entrepreneur and a philanthropist who has started several successful multibillion-dollar businesses. McCubbins believes entrepreneurs can use their skills to solve problems that afflict the world we live in today. His businesses range from marketing, Internet marketing, and medical software.