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Waiakea Water Joins List Of Sustainable Companies

YoungUpstarts

He partners with Pump Aid to donate clean, fresh water to people in Malawi. Customers give it large data projects that Crowdflower break into small tasks. What would take one of their customers weeks to complete, can instead be done in just hours. Waiakea Water was founded in 2012 by Ryan Emmons. Crowdflower.

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

My business partner – Anton and I started Fantastic Services as a solution to a problem. My partner and I originally started a business for all the classic “selfish” reasons – we wanted to follow our own path, we wanted the flexibility to work from anywhere, we wanted to remove the cap on our potential income.

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8 startups that leveraged products for social good, and where they’re headed in 2014

The Next Web

Also in the New Year, Rosenberg’s team of five is continuing to partner with various organizations like the National Alzheimer’s Association, to reach a new audience and provide a product that’s not only stand out, but does good. Charity:water’s latest campaign for 2014 is focused around donating to the people of Malawi, Africa.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

2) Help Others & Improve Upon Customer Service. I started my business namely to help others and to improve upon the aloof customer service being presented in the IT industry. I heard horror stories about how their technicians had chips on their shoulders, belittling customers with their elitist attitudes. That’s it.