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Two Amazing Women Setting Out on Their Startup Journey

Both Sides of the Table

And still able to make it out to LA networking events. Didn’t I make myself clear about celebrities & startups ? She’s passionate about near-shore manufacturing in places like Haiti where we can do good and do well. Turns out she’s done this startup thing before. Startup Advice' Kara as CEO.

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14 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Biggest Accomplishment in 2016

Hearpreneur

I landed my first international travel consulting gig with Blue Marble Dreams and traveled to Haiti to open an ice cream shop. I was featured as an entrepreneur to follow on Oxygen Network and my segment was aired nationwide. I won Beat Bobby Flay on Food Network, one of their youngest contestants ever (I was 25).

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For Example! My EG Conference Experience

The Startup Magazine

Hawley’s work has been featured in media outlets such as National Geographic , Time , and the New York Times , as well as on numerous television networks. She reflected on a series of evocative photographs illustrating the crisis in Haiti and its aftermath, the plight of the Kosovo refugees, and other humanitarian disasters.

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

Hearpreneur

businessname #business #entrepreneur #startup #name #compilation #instagram #ceoblognation #blog #newblog #blogpost #livetoday. After the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, I went to Haiti as part of a relief team. It explains our products and what we do, as it’s the shortened version of Visual Promotions Network.

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Austin’s opportunity to change America’s entrepreneurial narrative

Austin Startup

In 1991, ten-year-old Jerry and his family escaped civil war in Haiti and resettled in America as refugees. He went to college, got a job on Wall Street, and launched a startup, LendStreet to help people like his mom refinance their bad loans and get access to better ones. Like any entrepreneur, Jerry wanted to solve it.

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

This is going to be BIG.

We're kicking off 2010 with demos from four exciting new local startups. The agenda: * Quick introductions over breakfast * Three brief demos, including one from Hot Potato * Casual networking session, with free Wi-Fi on offer for those who want to stick around and work in a community environment. RSVP: [link] Wednesday, January 27th.

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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

Additionally all the “successful examples” in my family network were nurses so to my parents that was what success looked like. 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.