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[INTERVIEW] North Aware Founder And Creator Of The Smart Parka, Jamil Khan

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Khan came up with the Smart Parka concept after enjoying five Canadian winters in the years since he moved to Toronto from his native Pakistan. Things like negotiating distribution channels and partners and how to handle market expansions. million, making it one of Kickstarter’s most successful crowdfunding ever in Canada.

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Freelancing is the new normal: oDesk and the future of the workforce marketplace

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On the enterprise side of our business, we’ve seen the increasing demand from traditional large corporate buyers looking for ways to manage a more distribute workforce,” Cooper said. “In Every part of our organization has members of the team that are distributed all over the world. Focus on the East.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Love About Being An Entrepreneur

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I used to simply send emails over the internet, like everyone else, but this is so much more fun–except when one of my emails hit a colleague in the eye! To me personally, being the founder of an online business, distribution will never be a problem. Finally, I love shooting people emails.