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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Airbnb founders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia had difficulty securing funding, so they launched a mini project to build some funds and catch investors' attention. Using this capital , the founders launched and enjoyed exponential growth in their first year, with 10K users and thousands of listings. Photo Credit: Rob Greene.

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SXSW Startups: Boost Biomes

Austin Startup

Boost Biomes CEO and co-founder Jamie Bacher The Forrest Four-Cast: March 5, 2019 Fifty diverse startups will aim to impress a panel of judges and a live audience with their skills, creativity and innovation at SXSW Pitch Presented by Cyndx. It was a great accomplishment; the ponds were a beautiful green with algae.

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Tips for Making Money in Educational Consulting – From a Profit First Professional

Mike Michalowicz

Ross Loveland, of Grow Green Profit Advisors, is a Profit First Professional and recently shared an article he worked on about making money as an educational consultant. MIKE ANDERSON, founder of Leading Great Learning, leadinggreatlearning.com. DR. KEVIN LEICHTMAN, co-founder of TLC Education, tlceducate.com.

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Inspired by a beetle that draws water from the air, scientist creates self-filling water bottle

The Next Web

NBD Nano co-founder Deckard Sorensen was inspired by the beetle to the point that he created a self-filling water bottle, which he hopes to bring to the market by 2014. Cofounded by Miguel Galvez, who used to work at TechStars; MIT PhD student Andy McTeague; and Deckard Sorensen, a biochemist.

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12 Terrific Coworking Spaces in Chicago

crowdSPRING Blog

The Roof Crop offers an unusual, idyllic landscape for green seeking entrepreneurs. There’s a co-working and conference room available for booking, and a full-service kitchen and rooftop deck to enjoy the fresh produce available on site from the farm. Daily passes are $30, but you can harvest an entire month’s worth of visits for $310.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Photo Credit: Adam Greene. My co-founder and I came up with the idea for Cuddle Clones in an entrepreneurial-focused MBA program. Thanks to Adam Greene, Cuddle Clones ! #3- So we began developing a serum using wild-harvested botanicals from right here in Wyoming's Teton Mountains. So Bondic was born!

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SXSW Startups: UbiGro

Austin Startup

UbiQD Founder and CEO Hunter McDaniel, PhD, explained more about how UbiGro works. We can make green, yellow, orange, red, and everything in between, simply by changing the size of these particles. From security inks to sunlight harvesting with windows, your product range is wide. What is your competitive advantage?