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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Disruptors

Hearpreneur

When I think, of a “disruptor,” the first name that comes to mind is Elon Musk. It is truly a wonder when you start thinking about the massive scale that Amazon works at and how far the company has come along since 1994. Photo Credit: Fletcher Wimbush. Thanks to Adam Crossling, Zenzero ! #7- 7- Netflix. Photo Credit: Carl Panepinto.

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Tapping the Strength of Intergenerational Living During a Crisis: A Nonprofit Board President’s View

Board Effect

The force behind the Hope Meadows community, a 501(c)(3), was a visionary by the name of Brenda Eheart. Eheart founded the nonprofit in 1994 on the site of the former Chanute Air Force Base. Foster and adoptive families have served their role in the community by completing 90 adoptions between 1994-2019. In the Beginning.

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Tianyi Joe Zhu, Entrepreneur and Startup Advocate

The Startup Magazine

So read on and be inspired… At 30 Years of Age, Tianyi Joe Zhu, Chicago Entrepreneur, Named Amongst the Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business. About Asian American Business Development Center (AABDC): The Asian American Business Development Center (AABDC) is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization established in 1994.

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10 Amazing Microfinance Success Stories

YoungUpstarts

Lopez and his family were living in a plastic tent in Barrio Nelson Mandela, Colombia, with $300 to his name. In two years she has hired eight full-time employees, secured lucrative government contracts, and is able to support seven households besides her own in Amman. Marcelino Lopez, Colombia. Lidia Calzado, U.S.

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What No One Ever Tells You About Business Failures

Up and Running

a California corporation, became an Oregon corporation in 1992, and the California corporation died in 1994. Or they’ve been purchased by a larger business or two businesses combine, and these are like successful exits in growth which shows up as a business dying.” Palo Alto Software, Inc., It never did anything.

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13 Negotiating Techniques Taught At The Wharton School Of Business

YoungUpstarts

Your work schedule, your pay and benefits, prices in big box stores, cell phone contracts, day care arrangements — you name it, it’s negotiable. Blum has been teaching in the Department of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at the Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania since 1994.

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Your Guide to Launching a Home-Based Business

Up and Running

For example, in 1994 Jeff Bezos founded Amazon from his garage in Washington, and Harley-Davidson started out of a home—and a shed—in Wisconsin. Last night’s dishes are calling your name, sitcoms are waiting for you on your DVR, and the beautiful weather is luring you outside for a nice long walk. Register your business name.

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