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Venture Capital Access Program launches to aid women and diverse entrepreneurs

David Teten

Women-owned businesses, according to the Forte Foundation represent about 775,000 new startups per year. Department of Commerce & the Minority Business Development Agency, between 2002 and 2007, diverse-owned firms outpaced the growth of non-diverse firms in gross receipts and employment. According to the U.S.

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20 Most Influential Graphic Design Companies From Around the World

crowdSPRING Blog

Locations: Bangkok, Beijing, Cape Town, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dubai, Geneva, Hamburg, Hanoi, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, London, Melbourne, Mexico City, Milan, Moscow, Mumbai, New York, Paris, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, and Tokyo. Headquarters: Chicago. Headquarters: San Francisco. Leo Burnett. courtesy of Leo Burnett.

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Cause Marketing on Ice

crowdSPRING Blog

It took me a second to grasp what was happening, but I quickly realized that he was not crazy and not trying to cool himself off from the heat of a Chicago August. Related posts: 5 great viral marketing campaigns (and what small businesses can learn from them!). Small Business and Social Marketing: Time for an Audit?

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21 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- Support families. My father and I started the business back in 2002 with the following dream: “our mission is to support USA families and jobs by producing high-quality clothing, in the USA, at an affordable price.

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19 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

I’ve come up with my business name: Ebooks4fashion, because I wanted to create a platform of fashion marketing that helps fashion entrepreneurs, most women to start or to grow their business, through ebooks and online courses. 6- Using the idea of Chicago sports team colors. Thanks to Ebooks4fashion ! #6-

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35 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

I am the Founder of Sonjara, Inc – a woman owned small business in Northern Virginia. When we started our company in 2002 we decided that Sonjara would make a great name for our company or product; meaningful and unusual, as well as easy to pronounce and spell. Thanks to Ethan Warren, Corner Piece Productions ! #7

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

As someone who grew up using and ultimately becoming frustrated with the limitations of Microsoft tools, and grew up submitting and hating small-business expense reports, I hope I can convince you that we’re fighting for the same goals. We wrote all of our software in VB6 and then ported it to.NET in 2001/2002.

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