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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). Although this was a huge disappointment, initially I wasn’t too concerned because I had a track record of securing jobs.

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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

Xeround was founded in 2005 by Sharon Barkai – founder of Sheer networks, which was eventually sold to Cisco , and Dr. Gilad Zlotkin – founder of Class Data, also sold to Cisco. Charlotte Yarkoni – a senior exec at Amdocs, was asked to take over as CEO, and see if she could turn Xeround into a sort of ‘mini Amdocs’.

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