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52 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1 – I Have a Dream. I was the first social entrepreneur in the coffee world. From that life altering event, Ella Bing was born as a family owned and operated business in 2012. Each story is different though the reasons may be the same.

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Venture Capital Funding and the Sexism You Can’t Quite Prove

Up and Running

I don’t know how it operates behind closed doors. So, I’d like to start by sharing the story of a female entrepreneur who did experience VC funding success—but still also felt the impact of the biases held by the industry. I don’t know this world on an intimate, personal level. And if I tried to find out? I probably still wouldn’t.

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Should You Share Equity with Consultants?

www.inc.com

Entrepreneur news from reporter Eric Markowitz. Advisor. ); STARTUP. Office and Operations. Before Roving Software could receive its first round of financing from professional investors, in early 1999, he had to put all the stock arrangements in writing. Innovation | Fridays. Leadership & Managing | Tuesdays. Newsletters.

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The Playbook for Scale Up Nation

Seeing Both Sides

Decades ago, the thesis of Yossi Vardi , a prolific technology entrepreneur who has invested in 75 Israeli startups, was that Israeli entrepreneurs should seek quick exit opportunities through global corporations interested in buying a window into Israeli talent and technology. We think so. Today, this thesis is less relevant.