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20 years ago Raj and I started a little company together in our dorm room…

Jeff Hilimire

Fast-forward a few years later and I followed her to Charlotte, her attending Davidson College and me at UNC-Charlotte. In our final year of school we decided to start a website development company, which we named NBN Designs (Nothing But Net), for no other reason than UNC-Charlotte had a great basketball team at the time.

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12 Tips To Leading Your Best Life (3/12)

Jeff Hilimire

But before we jump into it, make sure you saw my first two tips: #1 – Have a long-term focus #2 – Dream big, but start small (the 48in48 story) Storytime Once upon a time, in a land not-so-faraway, Raj Choudhury and I started a little web design business in the dorm room at UNC-Charlotte.

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6 great athlete-entrepreneurs and what they accomplished

crowdSPRING Blog

As a brand unto himself, he not only acted as a spokesman, endorsing numerous other brands, but is also the owner of the NBA Charlotte Bobcats, which he bought for around $175 million in 2010. In 1999 Foreman sold the rights to the George Foreman Grill for $137 million. George Foreman. Venus Williams.

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America’s founding entrepreneurs: revolution at work

crowdSPRING Blog

As a brand unto himself, he not only acted as a spokesman, endorsing numerous other brands, but is also the owner of the NBA Charlotte Bobcats, which he bought for around $175 million in 2010. In 1999 Foreman sold the rights to the George Foreman Grill for $137 million. George Foreman. Venus Williams.