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21 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

4- Provide intelligence to the government and the public. Government and the American public. After taking several years away from having a normal law firm employer to help family, while working as a freelance lawyer & writer for other law firms, the job market for lawyers was terrible. Photo Credit: Everett Stern.

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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. Some kind of natural or man-made disaster. The impact of global instability.

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This Week in NYC Innovation - February 22, 2010

This is going to be BIG.

We'll talk to experts across the industry, including chef Michael Anthony of Gramercy Tavern, Glenn Roberts, founder of Anson Mills, marketing whizzes from Rooster Design Group, and writer and Food52 co-founder Amanda Hesser. Will traditional restaurants still be around or we will be eating in a world of pop ups and food trucks?

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This Week in the NYC Innovation Community – January 25, 2010

This is going to be BIG.

Join our panel of experts in media law, health care communications and digital/social media as we explore what this heightened government scrutiny may mean for PR practitioners, marketers and media strategists. 10AM through the weekend Crisis Camp Haiti NYC-New York technologists helping the Haiti relief effort.

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Success – How Badly Do You Want It?

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

A Government subsidy brought down the cost of an operation. It’s a biography of Dr.Paul Farmer , one of the most inspiring people I’ve heard of, and whose non-profit ‘Partners In Health’ is touching the lives of thousands of downtrodden people in desperately poor countries like Haiti and parts of Africa.

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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. As a marketing company we knew we need a unique name that would stand out from the others in this crowded industry. 9 – Making Up a Name & Defining It.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 9: Jered Lawson and Chase Adam

Steve Blank

Before founding Watsi , Chase Adam worked in a market intelligence company. He also worked in the Peace Corps in Costa Rica and helped start a national health program in Haiti. I got back to my little village and there was the indigenous government office about two miles away. If you can’t hear the clip, click here.