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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- To do it for myself. 2- To help entrepreneurs become financially independent. I started my business because I was the victim of a horrible acquisition (can you name a good one?). Each story is different though the reasons may be the same.

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22 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Love About Being An Entrepreneur

Hearpreneur

Being in love with your business, when you’re an entrepreneur, is even better. Although there are days when tossing in your hat seems like a viable option, remembering how much you love your “job” can quickly snap an entrepreneur out of that mentality. We asked some entrepreneurs what they loved about “being their own boss.”. #1-

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10 of the Most Successful Investors of the Last 10 Years

The Startup Magazine

What have entrepreneurs been up to since then? 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. The name of this startup was Flipkart and they started it with $6,500. billion.

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29 Seriously Inspiring Interviews For Aspiring Entrepreneurs

YoungUpstarts

Business ventures build on top of one another like Lego towers — they don’t spring Athena-like from the foreheads of entrepreneurs, no matter what some may claim. Patrick Chukwura at Young Entrepreneurs , Sept. Anyone with a strong idea, a lot of luck, and even more hard work can succeed in the for-profit and nonprofit sectors.

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The Seeds Have Changed: An Epilogue to The New Venture Landscape

K9 Ventures

The Venture Capital industry as a whole does a terrible job of giving things the right name and so we end up keeping the same name, but changing the meaning out from under it. Fast-forward to June 2015, two years later, and now I feel that the change that I started to notice back in 2013, is here, and it’s here to stay.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Hemafuse

Austin Startup

Yarina, Co-Founder and CEO of Sisu Global, was recently named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list for Healthcare, one of many awards the company has received for its work. Prior to Sisu, Yarina founded a medical device non-profit working with rural mobile clinics in India. Little did I realize how apt of a name that would be.

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15 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

Having flexibility and the opportunity for infinite success as an entrepreneur is priceless. I started my company right after i graduated from University of Washington with Finance and Marketing degree in 2015. Thanks to April Smith, Social Ape Marketing. #5- 5- A good fit in my future life. Image Credit: Brandon Crossley.