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Top 3 Startup Winner: Digs

The Startup Magazine

Describe the Digs product/service in 10 words or less. Digs is a savings product that helps renters transition into homeownership. We have sent hundreds of volunteers to help communities in need, all the way from Haiti to Nepal. I also think that funding the product ourselves made us improve how we monetize the product.

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Five College Startups That Help Others

YoungUpstarts

Imprue ( [link] ) is a company dedicated to manufacturing and designing quality cases and accessories for all major cell phones. One of the cases they make is the Sikh design iPhone case that was released in 2012, patterned with the Khanda symbol, inspiring unity and bringing awareness to the tragic Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting in August.

Haiti 250
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21 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

All of our cards are designed by independent U.S.-based After being successful distributing other companies’ products, the next logical move was to create our own–bblüv baby essentials. 14- Lack of transparency on existing products. 15- Upset with various products. Thanks to Jerry McLaughlin, Signed ! #8-

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Two Amazing Women Setting Out on Their Startup Journey

Both Sides of the Table

She learns how to ship product, how to deal with merchants, how to hire product managers. Always meeting her product ship dates. She was always able to get into the weeds on product or biz dev discussions. Showing me designs. She speaks about ethical sourcing of eco-friendly products. Kara perfected that.

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Go Live With The Whales

YoungUpstarts

Those were fun, relaxing, and rejuvenating experiences, but they were designed to be comfortable and real vacations. What’s missing for the lumberjack is the realization that his saw needs to be sharpened in order to keep up his level of productivity. Help Haiti recover. Being Uncomfortable. Go to Antarctica. CEO Noah did this.

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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. 2 – New Product. Here’s my accomplishment in the past year: MehtaFor received a statewide Career Opportunity Grant, designed for working artists and their companies.

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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., ” And therefore, we are Cooperatize.com which is ProductIZE + COOPERATion = Cooperatize!

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