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6 Stories of Successful New Entrepreneurs to Inspire Your Business

Up and Running

New tech entrepreneurs can find it difficult to surmount the onslaught of obstacles to getting a new business off the ground. However, the challenges you face are the same ones that every successful small business owner has faced and then surmounted in some way or another. Christopherson Travel — Flying high.

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Entrepreneur Fills a Market Void by Building Female-Focused Co-Working Spaces

Hearpreneur

It is the true entrepreneur that takes that frustration and turns it into an opportunity which usually means creating a business and sometimes resulting in an empire. Felena Hanson has shown that she is a true entrepreneur. Tell us your story and why you started your business. . What is Hera Hub?

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11 apps to promote healthy lifestyles among employees

The Next Web

These days, there’s an app for everything small-business related, from easing the pains of payroll to holding virtual meetings with contractors on the other side of the world. DC Fawcett , Paramount Digital Publishing. Luckily, there really are apps for that. Try MeetCody.com. is a very cool Washington, D.C.

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National Entrepreneurs Day

Feld Thoughts

I've learned a lot about how things work in DC and have had my share of frustration, but I've also come to appreciate the overall dynamics more. I was very pleased to hear recently that President Obama has declared this week National Entrepreneurship Week and today National Entrepreneurs Day via a presidential proclamation.

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“Why give up that much equity for an amount we could raise other ways?:” SMB Tech Talk from ArtJamz

Hunter Walker

This week I’ll be running a series of Five Question interviews with small businesses which were facilitated by BondStreet , a SMB lending platform (we’re investors). These people are true founders and entrepreneurs just like any venture backed company. Hunter Walk: Can you share the founding story of ArtJamz ? MC: Oh wow.

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Presidential Innovation Fellows, round two

Startup Lessons Learned

If you'd like to try your hand at being an entrepreneur inside one of the world's largest bureaucracies, you can apply right here starting today. In particular, small businesses and exporters have a fundamental problem navigating the Federal Government’s myriad resources. MyUSA is working to solve these problems.

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Small business Congress-watch: Two Reasons to Call Your Representative!

crowdSPRING Blog

Right now you are probably asking yourself, “What has Congress done lately that is helping small business?” Small business people rarely hire lobbyists, and rarley have the time or resources to visit Washington DC themselves to meet their elected representatives. Hard to believe, but it is true.