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Two Amazing Women Setting Out on Their Startup Journey

Both Sides of the Table

And still able to make it out to LA networking events. Showing me designs. She’s passionate about near-shore manufacturing in places like Haiti where we can do good and do well. She talks about creative design of websites and physical products – in our case – stickers. Great moms, both.

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Austin’s opportunity to change America’s entrepreneurial narrative

Austin Startup

In 1991, ten-year-old Jerry and his family escaped civil war in Haiti and resettled in America as refugees. Yet when we have a financial system that designs for one billionaire, and 99 broke founders, it’s no wonder inequality is at a 100-year high. Fortunately, I’m seeing Austin think differently.

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From Haitian Roots to a Silicon Valley Address: How Bianca St.Louis Is Building Her Rep & a Career in Tech

Hunter Walker

Additionally all the “successful examples” in my family network were nurses so to my parents that was what success looked like. My parents were immigrants from Haiti who didn’t grow up with access to computers in their homes and consistent electricity so there was only so much they could share with me about tech.

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17 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

Vendedy is the first mobile network connecting global travelers to street vendors of the developing world. Products purchased locally on the network are dropped off at a tourists hotel. From there we took that as our home run and started the design. He presented it and I immediately knew that was it. 12) True identity.

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50+ Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

It doesn’t sound like the typical Swiss watch brand name and thereby expresses our mission of bringing a uniquely designed Swiss made watch that is affordable to market. Many of our fans own other big designer brands like Rolex etc., Our name used to be Neuhaus Design and we rebranded to Honest Agency in 2010.

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14 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Biggest Accomplishment in 2016

Hearpreneur

I landed my first international travel consulting gig with Blue Marble Dreams and traveled to Haiti to open an ice cream shop. I was featured as an entrepreneur to follow on Oxygen Network and my segment was aired nationwide. I won Beat Bobby Flay on Food Network, one of their youngest contestants ever (I was 25).