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20 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Love About Being An Entrepreneur

Hearpreneur

Being in love with your business, when you’re an entrepreneur, is even better. Although there are days when tossing in your hat seems like a viable option, remembering how much you love your “job” can quickly snap an entrepreneur out of that mentality. We asked some entrepreneurs what they loved about “being their own boss.”. #1

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Fresno State Student Entrepreneur Goes to White House

Campus Entrepreneurship

Mike Pronovost, a business student at Fresno State was at the White House last week with 100 young entrepreneurs. What inspired me to start a business in the first place was that I’ve always been encouraged to be an entrepreneur,” Pronovost said. Lean startup like story.

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Excellent Showing at 59 Days of Code Startup Competition

Software By Rob

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. I was a judge at last night’s 59 days of code startup competition here in Fresno. Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder. Teams had 59 days to create a killer app.

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Out of the Crisis #20: the founders of Bitwise on the role of technology in empowering people, spreading benefits to underserved communities, and the creation of OnwardUS

Startup Lessons Learned

Jake Soberal and Irma Olguin started Bitwise in 2013 with the idea that the technology industry could be used to fix a city--in their case, Fresno, CA. Seven years later, they've trained about 5,000 students and created over 1,000 new technology jobs in Fresno. A company headquartered in Fresno, California.

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Memorable Postcard from a New Mechanic | Software by Rob

Software By Rob

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← Micropreneur Spotlight: Online Mind Mapping Software ThoughtMuse Are Twitter and Facebook Killing Blogs? Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed.

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The Inside Story of a Small Startup Acquisition (Part 1)

Software By Rob

Indeed, I did buy my latest startup, but the deal was done from a spare bedroom of my suburban home in Fresno, California for less than most people pay for a new car. In the top 3 was the following problem: entrepreneurs need more organic search traffic to their websites. Imagine the luck!

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Front End Developer Resume, An 11-pound Notebook, A 2-pound.

Software By Rob

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. Makes Fresno Web Design look like something out of 37Signals. Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder. Check out my book Subscribe via RSS Thousands of entrepreneurs cant be wrong.