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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

My co-founder, Paul Pirner and I were old friends and craft beer lovers who had each decided (independently of one another) to adopt an alcohol-free lifestyle. 18- Desire to be the first Indian beauty/wellness brand to go truly global. Thanks to Danielle Calabrese, De La Calle ! #13- 13- To correct several things.

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10 of the Most Successful Investors of the Last 10 Years

The Startup Magazine

The global financial crisis started in 2007 and it went on for much of 2008. These shares propelled him to billionaire status in 2015 when the firm’s market value soared. Sachin Bansal and his business partner, Binny Bansal, launched an e-commerce site in India in 2007. Peter is the founder of Bay Street Capital Partners.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Hemafuse

Austin Startup

Because of a global donor blood shortage, particularly in emerging markets, clinicians and patients don’t have enough access to donor blood. Carolyn Yarina , Co-Founder and CEO of Sisu Global Health. Prior to Sisu, Yarina founded a medical device non-profit working with rural mobile clinics in India.

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29 Seriously Inspiring Interviews For Aspiring Entrepreneurs

YoungUpstarts

Lauren Bush at Under30CEO , April 21, 2011 : Lauren Bush, co-founder of FEED Projects, discusses how she applied her entrepreneurial skills to the nonprofit, social justice sector. Future innovators looking to launch their own startup can easily find inspiration in her perseverance and seemingly boundless work ethic.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders?

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Corporate Advisor and Lecturer Helping Connect Manufacturers to End Users

Hearpreneur

In 2012 she was announced as one of the Young Global Leaders by World Economic Forum. As a result that led me to start my own business and co-write the bestseller, “ Unboss ”, because I felt like there was a need for organizations that were more independent and “free-spirited”. My global network, for sure.

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From humble beginnings to market leadership: UiPath rings the NYSE bell!

Cracking the Code

It was a difficult time of exploration and iteration, as many founders experience, and it took 10 long years to build the company from $0 to $1mm in revenue, a difficult phase. Born behind the iron curtain and despite the humble beginnings of UiPath, Daniel had global ambitions from the offset. The Global Partners of Accel.