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“We are one of just 13 industrialized countries with a rising maternal mortality rate” – Christy Turlington Burns on Fighting for Healthy Mothers

Hunter Walker

.’ Attribute this energy to her yoga and running dedication, or maybe the very personal experiences in Christy’s own pregnancy which caused her to start Every Mother Counts , but either way her internal combustion engine breaks the rules of physics. As you built EMC did the scale of the challenges domestically surprise you?

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35 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

4 – We Brainstormed It. When we started our company in 2002 we decided that Sonjara would make a great name for our company or product; meaningful and unusual, as well as easy to pronounce and spell. I started my home-buying business in 2003 with a personal net worth of negative $80,000. Image Credit: Andrew Greer.

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Website Redesign for Higher Conversions? Tread Lightly

ConversionXL

User experience guru Jared Spool was talking about the dangers of radical redesigns already back in 2003, Louis Rosenfeld was ranting against it in 2002, and so on. Seems like a shitty deal, doesn’t it? And this isn’t something new. This happens to big sites too. Remember Digg.com? The name doesn’t matter.

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The Yo-Yo Life of a Tech Entrepreneur – A Cautionary Tale

Both Sides of the Table

We built 4 products simultaneously to compete with the perceived need to offer end-to-end solutions like our US counterparts. I had very little cash in the bank yet the stories were still coming out about how we were going to change the world of online engineering and construction. April 29th, 2003 my first son was born.