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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

thebarefootvc

This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. Kiva co-founder Jessica Jackley’s latest venture Profounder is one platform that could power these transactions. The era of the patriarch is nearing an end.

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43 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

The co-owners, including myself, put our heads together to create a first-of-its-kind integrated digital marketing and PR agency, catering to both start-up and seasoned franchise companies. I am a big advocate of transparency in business and government and believe that many injustices in our society exist because people are ill informed.