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Female Founder Interview: Latina Leader Elizabeth Colón

The Startup Magazine

But NAWBO also works tirelessly in Washington D.C. Elizabeth: Metaphrasis Language & Cultural Solutions is an award-winning interpreting and translation company located in Chicago that I founded in 2007. to advocate for the 11.6 million women-owned businesses it represents.

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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

They also note that after the 2007 recession—when things looked grim for the U.S. Currently this structure is available in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington D.C.,

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How to Supercharge your Content Marketing with Paid Advertising

Brandanew

Publishers, or Content Producers, can pay a Cost-per-Click to have their ads appear beside editorial content on Mashable, People, CNN, ESPN, Fortune, Hearst, The Washington Post, Time Inc., Outbrain can reach a global audience of over 557M unique people per month, making over 200B recommendations to consumers monthly.

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Going Global: How Huddle Handled The Challenge

ReadWriteStart

That advice comes from Huddle CEO Alastair Mitchell, who runs a company that went from being a British sensation to a global corporation over the past few years. When Huddle started back in 2007, CEO Alastair Mitchell tells us, it was a “bedroom startup with a team of two.” The Global Mindset. governments.

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Real Estate Developer Danny Haber Of oWOW Reinvigorates Bay Area

YoungUpstarts

Between 2007 – 2016, 1 million Californians relocated outside of the state largely for financial reasons. Estimates indicate a 23% increase in employment with tech companies in the 10 years since the Global Financial Crisis hit. California homeowners are selling up and moving East, to neighboring states.

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Visit to Case Foundation and Startup America

David Teten

On February 16, I visited Washington, DC, where I attended an HBS Club of DC lunch on the Case Foundation and Startup America. In 2007, launched “America’s Giving” challenge with Facebook and Parade magazine. Network for Good, Global Giving, Mission Fish (behind ebay’s GivingWorks). We wanted to direct some of that energy.

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The Rise Of The Virtual Office

YoungUpstarts

This growth is attributed to a number of factors – the late 2007 economic recession, ashift in workplace habits and preferences, as well as the growth of inexpensive technologies that enable entrepreneurs to work away from the traditional office space. “Co-working

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