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26 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

5-My co-founders’ wife came up with it. As much as I would like to take credit for the name it was my co-founders’ wife that thought of it. The thoughts were LI Shades Co, Island Shades, things like that. I named my business, ReCreate—a transformation company focused on optimizing business and leader.

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What Entrepreneurs Can Learn About Public Speaking From Donald Trump

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by Mike Smerklo, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Next Coast Ventures. I am so glad to be back in Arizona. I love people of Arizona…. Mike Smerklo is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Next Coast Ventures. He is also Co-Founder of Nucleus Growth. Don’t scroll past this post just yet!

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How I Found a Great CTO

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I was lucky to sign on as advisor and investor the founder of a very high-profile consumer Internet site who happens to also be a former engineer, who I will call Richard. To sum up, heres what I would do again as a non-technical founder looking for a technical co-founder or CTO.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Love About Being An Entrepreneur

Hearpreneur

I can log in and get a couple of hours of work done in the middle of the night in Asia, or chat with the team on a road trip in Arizona. I’ve worked hard to build a reputation of expertise that allows me to speak to other entrepreneurs and give them actionable advice. 29 – It’s Perfectly Okay.