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10 Amazing Microfinance Success Stories

YoungUpstarts

In two years she has hired eight full-time employees, secured lucrative government contracts, and is able to support seven households besides her own in Amman. from Cuba despite speaking no English and being legally blind. The Microfund For Women helped transform Nadya Felah from a janitor into a successful businesswoman.

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A Startup Journey With GrubHub Founder Mike Evans

Duct Tape Marketing

And so when that revenue tripled and suddenly I was like, Oh, I can hire people to help me, like this thing is gonna work. But I ended up hiring a lot of my friends. Cause it, all, the roads are quite, so the next town was Sheridan Lake in Cuba County. Or an inaccurate busy restaurant, right? Like phone calls are inaccurate.

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How to Build a Boss Brand [Part I]

Up and Running

Many people think you have to have to hire someone or use a service to file for your Employer Identification Number (EIN) otherwise known as your TAX ID. We also do this type of work in our retreats—we had two recent retreats to Cuba and Costa Rica, and one upcoming to Brazil! Are you happy you just found a way to save some money?

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Top 5 Fastest - Growing Freelance Platforms in 2020

Transformify

The Free plan allows up to 3 job listings, the clients can see the applicants but can’t communicate with or them or hire them. However, the recruiters can communicate with a maximum of 75 freelancers and hire them. After the free trial, there are flexible plans addressing various hiring needs. Freelancers.

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Out of the Crisis #26: Brian Armstrong of Coinbase on cryptocurrency, being mission-oriented, and institution building

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It'd be great if we could somehow hire people all over the world, that would be great. At one point we had to turn off all the hosts in Cuba, because US companies weren't allowed to work with Cuban citizens. And we had just had massive challenges trying to move money to the different contractors we were hiring in different places.

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