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18 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I grew up in Minas Gerais, Brazil and my mother was a cleaner in my home town. I started my business in San Diego in 2007. I was working full time for a company called Muttropolis and started consulting part time as Whitegate PR. Thanks to Dana Humphrey, Whitegate PR ! #17 Thanks to Rashmi Melgiri, CoverWallet ! #5

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Labor Day! Let’s Celebrate the Workers

crowdSPRING Blog

Chris first came aboard as a consultant back when we were building the site in 2007 and became employee #2 in January 2008, 3 months before we launched. Diogenes Herminio works for us as a Software Engineer, but does it from his home in Brazil. Chris is focused, loyal, flexible, and kind to everyone around him. Thanks, Adriano!

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10 years of entrepreneurship

Startup Lessons Learned

Im confident of that last statement, because I made the same mistake again a few years later, when I won an award in 2007. We go to mixers, buy fancy offices, focus on PR, and try to one-up each other. Be sure that you´ve already helped me and some friends a lot (down here in Brazil) to become better entrepreuneurs.

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Master mobile navigation

www.netmagazine.com

With the advent of the iPhone in 2007 our concept of what it meant to access the web from a mobile device changed dramatically. That number is higher in places such as Egypt, Brazil, and South Africa, and it’s growing worldwide. And when you did so, you went right to the site, got the information you needed, and left.

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