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18 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I started CedarLane Natural Foods over thirty years ago after emigrating from Lebanon to escape war and social unrest. I started SMR Leadership Solutions, LLC to help coach and train organizations and individuals to be the best they could possibly be in their personal and professional lives. Image Credit: Robert Atallah.

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In 1982, my family fled my home country of Lebanon because they feared for our lives during the Lebanese-Israel war; we were welcomed in Canada with open arms. In 2006, a war broke out between Israel and Lebanon; my sister and I separated from my mom and other sisters to flee to Jordan, then the United Kingdom, then the United States.

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