Tue.Jan 15, 2013

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Find Local Service Providers With Aladom.com

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Frenchman Guillaume Thomas, a father of five young children, had a problem. He was finding it incredibly difficult looking for babysitters to care for his kids while living in France and wasted much time doing so. In fact, he was so frustrated he did something any problem-solver would have done – come up with the solution himself. Thomas started Aladom.com in 2007, a French website that started by providing a babysitter matchmaking service – they were given free listings – and

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Causora.com Converts Your Skills Into Donations To Causes

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Let’s say you have a heart of gold, but instead of money you have a set of valuable skills or knowledge. Instead of giving money (that you may not have) to charity, how about contributing that talent instead? That’s the premise of Causora.com , a charity-focused online marketplace where people turn their passion and skill into donations for their favorite charity.

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The Intersect Fund – Small (Business) Is The New Big

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Rohan Mathew and Joe Shure, founders of The Intersect Fund. When Rohan Mathew and Joe Shure were editors at The Daily Targum — Rutgers University ’s student-run newspaper — they were privy to two totally different sides of New Brunswick, New Jersey. On one hand were sparkling skyscrapers, swanky restaurants and luxury apartments with their well-off occupants; the other face wasn’t quite so pretty.