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28 Entrepreneurs Share Their Tips and Tricks of Staying Motivated

Hearpreneur

In our online community we are using breakthrough technology to start a revolution to change the face of the cleaning industry. When I started my company in 2005, I spent too many years working so much both IN and ON the business that I burned out. Photo Credit: Charlotte Maumus. Thanks to Charlotte Maumus, Memwris !

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

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). But instead of staying upset, I took advantage of my position of being debt-free and became a real estate agent. I launched Alexx, Inc.

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

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Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology. Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology. Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology. Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology. Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology. Robert Half Technology - Charlotte, NC. Personal Technology. Dialing Up 20 Years of Gadget Reviews.

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TRANSFORMIFY WINS 2017 FIRST WOMEN AWARD

Transformify

Since its launch in 2005, the awards have led the way in recognising and celebrating the many achievements of exceptional women, with past winners including Claire Balding, Ruby McGregor-Smith and Baroness Grey-Thompson. .” First Women of Engineering & Manufacturing: Caroline Hargrove, McLaren Applied Technologies.

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How to pivot away $34m: Israel’s Xeround shuts it doors with a lesson

The Next Web

Xeround was founded in 2005 by Sharon Barkai – founder of Sheer networks, which was eventually sold to Cisco , and Dr. Gilad Zlotkin – founder of Class Data, also sold to Cisco. At this point, investors looked to pivot once again, keeping the technology but reconsidering their target market. What happens when you over-pivot.

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