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27 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I loved small business owners and their stories of success. If I can put it in a few words, I started my business to bring real change to the way small businesses and freelancers manage their accounting. I started my business at 16 years old in my first semester of college. 7 – Bring Real Change.

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Why Every Startup Founder Needs a Mentor - And How to Find One

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SCORE, a nonprofit partner of the Small Business Administration, has more than 13,000 business experts and offers free mentoring and low-cost workshops nationwide. My mentee is a Jamaican entrepreneur who launched Study in Jamaica , a successful website that already ranks in the top 250 for traffic in her native county.

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