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28 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

The name for FACT (Find a Cure Today) Goods was inspired by myself and my co-founder, Scott, due to shared experiences of friends who were seemingly healthy and fit being overtaken by rare diseases. I moved to Vermont to cycle and ski, and to work in a gourmet food operation in Burlington. “Stand Up & Draw!”.

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Fixing immigration for startups: What the US government can (and should) do right now

The Next Web

George Arison is the founder of Shift , a platform to bring convenience and trust to the used car market. He also co-founded Taxi Magic and formerly held a product manager position at Google. I was the co-founder of a company that would eventually lead to an industry cliché. A green card. government plan.