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Crowdfunding a Community in Haiti After Hurricane Matthew: Checking in With New Story’s CEO

Hunter Walker

Right now, we are crowdfunding a community in the area of Haiti hit worst by Hurricane Matthew. All of our 211 homes built in Haiti withstood Hurricane Matthew. Last year we raised our “seed” round of funding for operations – a total of $750,000 to last us through 2016 and a little of 2017. Different Now.

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Andrew McCubbins: An Entrepreneur Solving World Problems From Salt Lake City, Utah

YoungUpstarts

His businesses range from marketing, Internet marketing, and medical software. Philanthropist Andrew McCubbins has developed his skills and has been directly involved in rescue missions in Haiti and Mexico. Operation Underground Railroad), has managed to save close to 800 victims of child trafficking around the world.

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Two Amazing Women Setting Out on Their Startup Journey

Both Sides of the Table

Tells me she wants to do operational stuff so she joins a small team of people running City Search. Kara on one side of the table showing me market sizes, competitive dynamics, product roadmaps, pricing plans for physical products with COGS and gross margins. You can imagine the narrative … Native Angelino. Stanford MBA.

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21 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I use the money made from my private clients to launch intelligence operations against our enemies. 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. Government and the American public.

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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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Success – How Badly Do You Want It?

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

I mean, here I was selling two or three ebooks every week…and a heart operation cost nearly $2,500. A Government subsidy brought down the cost of an operation. At the time I set out with this goal, nothing could have seemed more impossible or unreachable. But there was a special variable at play. My passionate purpose.

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15 Entrepreneurs Share What Their Favorite Part of Running a Business Is

Hearpreneur

Our technology can and is changing the world by making vehicles cleaner, providing solutions in Haiti for air conditioning, and protecting US military in combat. Oasis operates in 12 countries, and given our early stage and small size, I am closely involved with the operations in all of them. 13 – With Purpose.