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How We Grew Our Fashion Accessories Business To Over A Million Dollars In Sales

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

My immediate goal was to have a showroom in every market in the US – Atlanta, Dallas, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. It was during the New York shows that I met our first showroom who was based in Atlanta. In reality, we never actually left our Atlanta showroom as we were always very pleased with their performance.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 17: Tiffani Bell and Clay Hebert

Steve Blank

These topics were the focus of interviews with the latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on SiriusXM Channel 111 (airing weekly Thursdays at 1 pm Pacific, 4 pm Eastern). Tiffani was also a 2014 Code for America Fellow working with the City of Atlanta. Want to be a guest on the show?

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How Black People Leveraged Tech Bigotry to Boss the Blockchain Below the Radar

Austin Startup

The African-American community with a global movement known as the Afro-Tech quietly mastered blockchain/distributed ledger technology several years ago to benefit urban communities. What We Discovered About Blockchain The Afro-Tech approached blockchain and distributed ledger as how it will affect African-Americans in everyday living.

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3 Winning Startups And Keys to Success

Up and Running

They accepted the awards last Thursday at the Entrepreneur.com Third Annual Growth Conference, held this year in Atlanta. The three here won Entrepreneur.com Entrepreneur of the Year awards for 2010. For each of them there was a short videoand a short talk. I was in the audience, and I was impressed.

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Changing the narrative on distributed teams in Silicon Valley

Version One Ventures

However, the pressure of sky-high housing costs, salaries and competition for suitable candidates is causing start-ups and investors to rethink their approach to distributed teams. Among our Silicon Valley-based portfolio companies, not a single company past “A” does not have a distributed team. Slack, Zoom). Slack, Zoom).

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3 Winning Startups And Keys to Success

Up and Running

They accepted the awards last Thursday at the Entrepreneur.com Third Annual Growth Conference, held this year in Atlanta. The three here won the Entrepreneur.com Entrepreneur of the Year awards for 2010. For each of them there was a short video and a short talk. The company started in 2003 and passed $30 million sales last year.

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How startups succeed

BeyondVC

Sure, startups don’t have the cash, the people, the distribution channel, and brand to compete with the established players but passion, drive, and an insanely great product can take you a long way. John had to change flights in Atlanta on the way to Memphis.

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