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Five Drivers of Real Opportunity for Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

The BP oil spill in the Gulf, the volcanic eruption in Iceland, and recent earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, all suggest that real opportunities for change are needed in pollution control, just-in-time manufacturing, and building materials. I hear this term every day, wrongly applied to new user interfaces, or a new search engine.

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21 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Using a unique combination of AI, machine learning, nutritionist expertise and consumer insights, the savvy search engine delivers hundreds of thousands of food products relevant to the individual, along with 1000s of tailored recipes. Whatever the individual food requirements may be, Spoon Guru finds food for every body. #16-

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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

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. As it relates to my desire to learn more technical skills – engineers are expensive and I don’t have the funds to hire someone to build (yet).

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17 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

Launched from Haiti and scaled across Latin America- the social enterprise aims to digitize the $10trillion street vending industry and leverage tourism to alleviate 2 billion people out of poverty. Sure, but the visibility we get with Search Engines greatly outweighs the downsides. Thanks Ross, Spoken English Practice !

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

Hearpreneur

After the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, I went to Haiti as part of a relief team. I found that giving away donations were not enough and the people of Haiti wanted jobs and to get their lives back to their previous state. Thanks to Allie Danziger, Integrate ! #22 22 – Works Phonetically.

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“We are one of just 13 industrialized countries with a rising maternal mortality rate” – Christy Turlington Burns on Fighting for Healthy Mothers

Hunter Walker

.’ Attribute this energy to her yoga and running dedication, or maybe the very personal experiences in Christy’s own pregnancy which caused her to start Every Mother Counts , but either way her internal combustion engine breaks the rules of physics.