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15 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

We thought of our last names but didn’t want Foss-Elliott Digital Agency or Elliott-Foss Web Development or anything like that. Our name, Lubanzi, comes from a wandering dog that followed me and my co-founder on a 6 day, 100 mile trip hiking across South Africa’s remote Wild Coast. Kind of a funny story.

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17 Entrepreneurs Explain How Technology Will Affect Their Business Tomorrow

Hearpreneur

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners how technology will possibly affect their business tomorrow and here are the responses: #1- Makes growing a community easier. This means as website developers, we have to take the idea of responsive websites to the next level. Photo credit: Milena Regos.

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24 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- Out of necessity. My firm, atCommunications, LLC—a Chicago-based Web development and digital marketing agency—is this year celebrating its 20th year in business! I’ve been an entrepreneur for as long as I can remember.

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Changing the World ONE Business at a Time

Growthink Blog

Holding constant for socioeconomic factors, the typical entrepreneur makes less money, work more hours and suffers more work-related stress than their employed counterparts. And they start drug development and medical device companies to help people live longer, healthier lives. But start them they do! read more.

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The Difference Between Mo Ibrahim and Mo Gaddafi

Growthink Blog

Last week I flagged the shocking and even depressing statistics that most entrepreneurs - holding constant for socioeconomic factors - make less money, work more hours and suffer more work-related stress - than their employed counterparts. But start them they do! adult population.

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Twitter Link Roundup #71 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Entrepreneurs Unpluggd: Puts the Emphasis on Chicago Entrepreneurs’ Stories – [link]. All The Cheat Sheets That A Web Developer Needs – [link]. Web Designs of 45 Bands and Music Artists – [link]. The Scaling Fallacy and Web Design – [link]. It’s a great one – [link].

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Bitesize Friday: Israeli startups get funded, launch new products

VC Cafe

B efore we literally kick off the first ball in the 2010 South Africa World Cup, below is a collection of interesting links on Israeli startups and more for the week of June 11th: Interesting startups of the week. Jivy specializes in web development for the gaming and trading industries.