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28 Entrepreneurs Share Their Tips and Tricks of Staying Motivated

Hearpreneur

When I started my company in 2005, I spent too many years working so much both IN and ON the business that I burned out. As a global staffing, IT consulting & managed services firm, we are within an industry that’s currently in a transition phase to maturity. Photo Credit: Charlotte Maumus. 19- A number of ways.

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A close call that we avoided thanks to our advisory board.

Jeff Hilimire

It was 2005 and we were 25 people, up from half that the year before. We had been talking for months about expanding into either Charlotte or South Florida. Several of those near-misses were the result of advice from our amazing advisory board – Bill , Ken , James , William , and Mike.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I now am the CEO and founder of Berri Properties in Asheville and Charlotte, NC. in December of 2004 with just our one little product, and by the end of 2005 we had sold 1 million Finders Key Purse(r). When new management took over, they slowly started stripping the. Thanks to Matthew Myre, Berri Properties ! #4-

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U.S. Venture Capital Has Its Biggest Quarter Since Dot-Com Days

allthingsd.com

— Bill Hill, a former manager at Microsoft, to Kurt Eichenwald in the August issue of Vanity Fair. Senior Brand Manager, Venturing & Emerging Brands. Robert Half Technology - Charlotte, NC. Marketing Manager - Internal Firm Services. Marketing Manager - Internal Firm Services. JOB LISTINGS. POST A JOB.

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TRANSFORMIFY WINS 2017 FIRST WOMEN AWARD

Transformify

Since its launch in 2005, the awards have led the way in recognising and celebrating the many achievements of exceptional women, with past winners including Claire Balding, Ruby McGregor-Smith and Baroness Grey-Thompson. First Women Young Achiever of the Year: Charlotte Pearce, InkPact Marketing.

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How to pivot away $34m: Israel’s Xeround shuts it doors with a lesson

The Next Web

While no details were given as to the reason they decided to close up shop, company officials hinted to the fact that management has decided to re-focus the company’s efforts, and as of the dates specified, will no longer be providing any more support for its services. Yarkoni managed to secure two U.S. This last idea had potential.

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