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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- Passion for sport and entertainment industry. My dad was a serial entrepreneur and had a business in the home security industry. 22-Attract back young entrepreneurs. Each story is different though the reasons may be the same.

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6 Tips for Coming Up With Your Million-Dollar Business Idea

Up and Running

With my adolescent dreams up in flames, I decided to get back at my unsupportive mom and dad the only way I knew how: I became an entrepreneur. And we did, until the internet came on the scene a couple of years later and left us holding our floppy disks in our hands. And that choice became a different kind of fantasy entirely.

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Startup Lessons Learned

I had really debated about whether there was any value in spending the time and money to fly to San Francisco when there was a perfectly serviceable simulcast going on in Cleveland. When I first encountered customer development , it was considered pure lunacy by mainstream entrepreneurs and VCs.

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Is Now The Right Time To Start A New Business When The Economy Lags?

YoungUpstarts

by Tom Cleveland, SmallBusinessLoansDirect.com. Every entrepreneur that has ever walked this earth has always asked if now is the right time to start. Tom Cleveland is a writer for SmallBusinessLoansDirect.com. Creating a new startup is not an easy task by any means.

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Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more)

Startup Lessons Learned

Our sponsors continue to support the conference as well as deserving entrepreneurs. Our sponsors continue to support the conference as well as deserving entrepreneurs. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha.

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10 Entertaining Things to Check out While You’re Waiting in Line Today

Up and Running

Between our long life expectancies , medical breakthroughs , and the everyday miracles of things like the internet, digital photography, and air travel, we are living lives that would have seemed like a dream to people growing up just a few generations ago. The Cleveland Clinic’s Top 10 for 2015. You’re welcome.

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35 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

10 – Obsessed with Entrepreneurs & Music. I am obsessed with entrepreneurs. I found myself meeting with several entrepreneurs a week to offer ideas and help them define their brands. I would joke that I was a music groupie and then I turned into an “entrepreneur” groupie. Image Credit: Carey Balogh.

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