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27 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I’m Shelia Fitzgerald, owner and founder of EliteFitz, a destination inspired women’s boutique. My PR journey started with an amazing position with the renowned Jason Dady restaurant group in San Antonio, Texas. We have an amazing co-parenting style that works for both of us, and we’re both happy.

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18 Entrepreneurs Reveal How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

So when brainstorming ideas with my wife, a marketing guru, we settled on LEVEL PR because it a) echoed the company's mission statement (to level up the brand awareness of tech startups) b) reminded me of video games, which I love and c) included the name Lev, which is my son's name. Thanks to Scott Rosenblum, LEVEL PR ! #2-

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23 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

from South Africa, and battling breast cancer, I became overwhelmingly humbled by the toughness, the tenacity of my experience. In the early 2000s, my co-publisher and I were writing a book on how to break into freelance writing by breaking the rules. Thanks to Jody Costello, Contractor From Hell ! #5-Based Photo Credit: Olof Mathé.

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This Weekend

Startup Lessons Learned

Co-founder, Backblaze. Founder, House of Mikko. Co-founder and CTO, Sharethrough. Co-founder and CTO, Saygent. Founder, BlueSpark. Co-founder, Polyvore. Founder, Monsoon and Badmash. Founder, Tout. Founder, Crowdvine. phdc Flip 'n' Learn Shivani Khanna.

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A Visitors Guide to Silicon Valley

Steve Blank

If you’re a visiting dignitary whose country has a Gross National Product equal to or greater than the State of California, your visit to Silicon Valley consists of a lunch/dinner with some combination of the founders of Google, Facebook, Apple and Twitter and several brand name venture capitalists. California Dreaming.

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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 my husband Andy and I started dating, I was finishing my Master’s in Anthropology of International Development, where I was focusing on West Africa. Thanks to Ethan Warren, Corner Piece Productions ! #7 Image Credit: Siobhan Green.

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Out of the Crisis #11: Jeremy Howard on the power of masks, health policy, and data science in medicine

Startup Lessons Learned

fast.ai , the company he co-founded with Rachel Thomas and Sylvain Gugger is working to "radically democratize" deep learning by making it accessible to people beyond the tech world through courses, software and other methods. Jeremy Howard has had tremendous impact on the world of AI entrepreneurship. Jeremy Howard : Sure. Good Lord, no.