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Exploring The Everyday: Janji Wants You To Change The World By Running

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I sat down with David Spandorfer , co-founder of Janji , a running apparel company, to talk about the intersection of an everyday need, water, and an act of physical activity that almost everyone can do, running. According to the American Water Works Association, nearly 1/3 of all American households may struggle to pay for water.

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Bplans Briefcase: Business Stories to Keep You in the Know

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Penda improves health care in Kenya. Koczela is enthusiastic about the entrepreneurial spirit in Kenya: “You are working from seven a.m. Another interesting aspect of this business is that their leadership is 80% female, including co-founders Jennifer Hyman and Jennifer Fleiss, and President Beth Kaplan, among others.

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20 Best TED Talks For Students Of Social Media

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In this talk, James Surowiecki discusses the 2005 tsunami, and what he believes is the pinpointed moment that social media really showed off what it could do in the news, as YouTube videos, blogs, IMs and texts shared the news and personal stories from the storm. Mena Trott on blogs. Howard Rheingold: The new power of collaboration.

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Beware The Consultant

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John is currently a partner at Rincon Venture Partners , a venture capital firm investing in early stage web-based businesses, and is a Co-Founder of RevUpNet , a performance-based online marketing agency. Note: All of my advice in this blog is that of a layman. I am flattered that you posted parts of my article on your blog.

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Here’s to You, Women in Business

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Notably relating to business, African countries Burundi, Malawai, Bostwana and Kenya, it should be mentioned, all made the index’s “economic participation and opportunity” top ten. The post Here’s to You, Women in Business appeared first on Bplans Blog. Madhavi Jagdish of Simple Bra is doing just that.

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Lousy Products Might Break Your Bones – But A Name Will Seldom Hurt You

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In all cases, these names were derived by the Founders, without the involvement of consultants, MBAs, focus groups, statistically valid surveys or other detriments to a startup’s ability to make quick, sound decisions. Jerry Yang and David Filo, Yahoo’s Founders, chose the name, as they considered themselves to be “Yahoos.”.When

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

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Start our FREE Business Blogging Course! A photo posted by CEO Blog Nation : I am CEO (@ceoblognation) on Aug 18, 2015 at 2:23pm PDT. #1) I am founder on an unconventional online gallery, The Art and Craft Gallery. Ajay Prasad, the founder of GMR Web Team < [link] > #15) Take Advantage of an Opportunity.