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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

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Photo Credit: Sheryl Green. I started my business because I was laid off from a job and realized that I didn’t want someone else to have control over my future. Thanks to Sheryl Green, Sheryl Green Speaks ! #3- Now, matching business owners with the perfect VA has become my passion.

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

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My business partner – Anton and I started Fantastic Services as a solution to a problem. Conceived in my Princeton dorm room, TerraCycle’s original business model of worm poop fertilizer was like a lightbulb going on in my head: we could take the school’s food waste, feed it to worms, get beautiful worm poop, and sell it.