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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

My father was a doctor, a pediatrician with zero interest or knowledge in business at all. His father came from Romania. He grew up in Colombia, South America. He still speaks Spanish more than he speaks English. Because it’s so much easier to call your mom and say, “Yeah, we quit our jobs, look at us!”

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Social Enterprises Globally

Business Plan Blog

NESsT was co-founded by an American and a Chilean in 1997 and is currently a registered charity in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Hungary, Peru, Romania, the U.K. The 2012 Social Enterprise World Forum, hosted by NESsT, is taking place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in October. and the U.S. Read more about the SEWF’s agenda and registration here.

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