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14 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Biggest Accomplishment in 2016

Hearpreneur

I landed my first international travel consulting gig with Blue Marble Dreams and traveled to Haiti to open an ice cream shop. Our technology helps lawn care professionals grow their business and makes their lives easier. Everything started from my passion of helping other people by sharing my social media tips.

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50+ Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

There was also an opportunity to use technology to build a much more efficient business – one that could pass savings from those efficiencies onto borrowers. The name of my business is Simon Says Social Media. I also thought Simon Says was a good tie-in with social media since social media is about conversations.

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This Week in the NYC Innovation Community – January 25, 2010

This is going to be BIG.

8AM Regulatory Scrutiny of Social Media: The Impact on PR Communicators in 2010 and Beyond. Join our panel of experts in media law, health care communications and digital/social media as we explore what this heightened government scrutiny may mean for PR practitioners, marketers and media strategists.

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Looking to the use cases of big data

The Equity Kicker

Everyone is rushing to use big data technologies like Hadoop and Cassandra and VCs have been pumping money into companies associated with the big data trend for at least the last couple of years. Mining social media and other music sites to predict the next Lady Gaga – GigaOM highlights Next Big Sound as a key company in this market.

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Out of the Crisis #22: Ron Klain on pandemic response and preparedness, entrepreneurship, and rebuilding trust in institutions

Startup Lessons Learned

The media, our leaders, people on social media keep mentioning this idea, as if we've never seen anything like this before. I'm able to do my work from home effectively, and all the technology, everything works. I haven't seen my mom the entire time we've been quarantined and socially isolated. It's hard.