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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Jump forward 16-17 years, through numerous mergers, sales, wins and losses, and our current agency, HUB, is going strong, powered and pushed forward by that original desire to do a good job, create sustainable digital products and generally make a difference. In his case, he built commercial buildings in Toronto, Canada.

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Microsoft’s Bing Fund will give online startups cash, advice, and discounts

venturebeat.com

It was fiercely independent, and was, until its HP acquisition, one of the few PC makers still assembling computers in North America. Voodoo made its reputation with aggressively-styled PCs, emblazoned with tribal tattoo-like designs and bright colors. “I was completely blown away. Skip to secondary content.

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Feb. 28, Stamford, CT: HBS Event on Angel Investing 101 – Best Practices

David Teten

Prior to Carlyle, Mr. Dahl served as co-head of healthcare investment banking in North America at Credit Suisse First Boston. Dahl served as the head of Global Healthcare for the Carlyle Group, a leading private equity firm, where he was responsible for the firm’s investments in the healthcare field.

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7 things you can (legally) steal from successful companies

The Next Web

This won’t pose much of a challenge in North America, where English and Spanish covers pretty much the whole population. Mergers and acquisitions anyone? Grab their Twitter handle and offer them your far superior service! Careful not to become their next punching bag! . Take advantage of their inability to be everywhere.

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How I Started, Grew & Sold An E-commerce Business For Quarter Million Dollars ($250,000)

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

The realization of my idea started on an international trip when I was working as a consultant in mergers and acquisitions. The cologne and perfume industry is approximately a $25 billion industry in North America that is forecast to grow exponentially.

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