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Entrepreneurship in the Fast Lane

Growthink Blog

Since 2005, they have been the two leading investors in Africa, investing $31 billion and $16 billion on the continent, respectively. Well, McKinsey estimates that consumer spending in Africa will double, to $1.8 And an environment that encourages and demands learning and constant improvement of people and processes.

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Should You Serve Fair Trade Coffee?

Up and Running

What about the farms, are they environmentally friendly, and are they using green and sustainable methods? ”-Kate Harrison Kate Harrison of Green Bride Guide notes that there are differences in the benefits offered from one type of coffee to the next, depending on variations such as region. ” Controversial impact.

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35 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. I then ran a crowdsourced contest on crowdSpring to come up with ideas for the name. CrownTV is a spinoff of that name.

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15 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

During my senior year of college I had to write a business plan for a construction business as I had a “dream” of starting my own business in the future.The love of the outdoors, as opposed to working in an office environment, propelled me to enter the green industry as an entrepreneur, when the opportunity presented itself.

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Steve and Kate the Remote Worker

Transformify

So he called his marketing manager, the manager whose name is Jack gave him the report with several strategies outlined which they applied to get better results. After much talk Steve noticed that a country in Africa known as Nigeria is the major patronizer of his telecommunication products.

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The Art of Work with Jeff Goins [VIDEO]

Up and Running

I read this quote by a guy named Parker Palmer, who is an author and an activist. I learned through this process of studying companies, and individuals, and entrepreneurs, people like Walt Disney, and Mother Teresa, and hundreds of people whose names I didn’t know until I started undergoing this study of writing this book, The Art of Work.

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Y Combinator's First Batch: Where Are They Now?

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Soon afterwards though, Infogami was to become part of Reddit under the name Not A Bug, and Aaron would help to build Reddit into what it is today. He is perhaps best know as Executive Director of Demand Progress, an activism organization that was at the forefront of the fight against SOPA/PIPA. He is, indeed, demanding progress.