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27 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

At 24 I was putting myself through college and running the creative services department at an energy systems engineering firm in Seattle when the company was purchased by a French firm. I realized that working for large companies who were fighting each other, or fighting the government, was never going to scratch that itch.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

Next year I’m going to spend time in Seattle and Boulder in addition. And then the news came. A woman named Trish Hannon called me with the good news that we had won the project. They hired a consultant to help them with the review. I didn’t want this to happen again – that people didn’t know me.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

Next year I’m going to spend time in Seattle and Boulder in addition. And then the news came. A woman named Trish Hannon called me with the good news that we had won the project. They hired a consultant to help them with the review. I didn’t want this to happen again – that people didn’t know me.

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Out of the Crisis #15: Lenore Estrada on her SF New Deal, serving the hungry, and civic engagement

Startup Lessons Learned

When it became clear that waiting for government funding and support would take weeks, if not months, Lenore instead looked to her community for both, using her experience with the layoffs and her expertise as a small business owner to solve two of the massive problems crashing over our society. Lenore Estrada : Hi, my name is Lenore Estrada.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

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The Foundations of the Seattle startup community. Importantly the Irish government and local businesses roll out the red carpet to make sure everybody visiting leaves with a strong appreciation of the economic benefits for US startups in locating their European headquarters in Ireland vs. all of the other Continental options available.

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Can You Really Build a Great Tech Firm Outside Silicon Valley?

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The funds not only have gotten bigger but they have an amazing track record of funding the biggest names in the sector: Cisco, Apple, Google, Facebook. You have huge hiring volume coming from the new growth firms (Twitter, Zynga, Facebook) and huge retention battles & hiring from Google, Apple, Cisco, Yahoo!,

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5 Best Canadian Cities For Startups and Entrepreneurs

crowdSPRING Blog

cities, but the Canadian government remains at the ready to attract and assist new startups. There is an ample selection of government aid that small businesses are encouraged to take advantage of – some of which include grants that require no repayment. In fact, Toronto was named one of the world’s most innovative cities.