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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

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Photo Credit: Sheryl Green. Thanks to Sheryl Green, Sheryl Green Speaks ! #3- I now am the CEO and founder of Berri Properties in Asheville and Charlotte, NC. in December of 2004 with just our one little product, and by the end of 2005 we had sold 1 million Finders Key Purse(r). Thanks to Will Bachman, Umbrex ! #2-

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U.S. Venture Capital Has Its Biggest Quarter Since Dot-Com Days

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Green tech turned in a good quarter, based on big money for Fisker Automotive and Bloom Energy. Robert Half Technology - Charlotte, NC. © 2005-2012 Dow Jones & Company Inc. Social investments in the Internet sector are down, though mobile social is booming after the Facebook-Instagram deal. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.