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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

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We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- For me. We will be hiring people with mental and physical disabilities in the near future. I was a new immigrant to the United States, a new mother and living in NYC trying to find my way. Photo Credit: Erin E Hooley. 5- Two reasons.

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Open Innovation in DC

Startup Lessons Learned

The Federal government is being transformed - initially, in small ways - by people I think should be recognized as entrepreneurs. The topic of the day was Open Innovation; honoring a group of individual entrepreneurs doing innovative work inside and outside the public sector. I don't control any government contracts.

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See More than 120 Speakers and Mentors at The Lean Startup Conference

Startup Lessons Learned

Experienced entrepreneurs We’ve got speakers who are justifiably respected by a lot of entrepreneurs. As the emeritus Chief Technology Officer of the United States, he still connects government and Silicon Valley. For example: Mitch Kapor was a founder of Lotus. Todd Park convened the team that saved Obamacare.

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Boulder CTO December Lunch with Tim Wolters

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Boulder CTO December Lunch with Tim Wolters with 5 comments The Boulder CTO Lunch meets once a month with a guest speaker and covers topics and questions that startup CTOs should find interesting. Tim is considering working on a book, a startup survival guide for CTOs. Becoming the CTO vs VP of engineering?

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Health Tech Entrepreneur Builds a Business Focusing on Improving The Lives of Tens of Thousands

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I am the co-founder and CTO of the digital health care company incentaHEALTH. I think it’s a form of “social contracting” where the individual is making a commitment to their friends that this change is for real and they intend to stick with it. Tell us your story: . Hi, I’m Todd.

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SXSW Startups: My SideKick

Austin Startup

The name of your company, Every Two Minutes, reflects that every two minutes in the United States, a person is sexually assaulted. Ann Arbor as a whole is a very forward thinking, supportive, entrepreneur-friendly community for startups and tech companies. For example, I just brought on a CTO. Don’t be in a rush.

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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

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aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. One out of ten of Americans are out of work.