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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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Strategy Roundtable: 5 Cloud Computing Opportunities for Entrepreneurs

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Appirio is one such company that jumped on this trend way back in 2007 and has now built a significant company in that space. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Sequoia has financed them.

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Startup Stories: Zagster’s mission to make bike sharing simple

The Next Web

Founded in Philadelphia in 2007 as CityRyde and now headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Zagster helps property managers, hotels, businesses and universities across North America offer bike sharing programs to tenants, employees, guests and students. This time, we’re taking a look at bike sharing startup Zagster.

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10 Mom-and-Pop Businesses That Turned Into Empires

YoungUpstarts

In 2007, Burt’s Bees was bought out by Clorox for a reported sum of $925 million. Kittredge started making candles in his Massachusetts home and started selling them to interested neighbors. The first Yankee Candle Shop opened in 1975 and continued to expand throughout Massachusetts. Yankee Candle Company.

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12 Terrific Coworking Spaces in Chicago

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Since 2007 it’s helped find, fund, and nurture technology companies out of its 65,000 square foot workspace in downtown’s Lyric Opera building. With locations in Chicago, Brooklyn, Queens, and Somerville, Massachusetts, it’s clear the work-workout trend is catching on. 20 N Upper Wacker Dr #1200. Merchandise Mart Plaza. Suite 1212.

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So Bad It's Good

Altgate

← Help Ban Non-Competes In Massachusetts Fidelity Center For Applied Technology → Comments are closed. So the lesson here, if there is one, is that if your product is mediocre or worse, you might just try to market it as ridiculous instead of trying to put lipstick on a pig. Bookmark the permalink.

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1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Ownership Matters

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I was looking for what you teach back in January of 2007 and couldn't find it anywhere. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. As an entrepreneur CEO, she ran three companies: DAIS, Intarka, and Uuma.

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