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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Why They Started Their Business

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Together, we own and operate the Referee Store, where we carry a wide variety of referee products for soccer, football, basketball, and baseball. Thanks to Balaram Thapa, Nepal Hiking Team ! #7- That’s when I met my business partner Broc, an aquarium expert. We grew up playing the game and started refereeing in our late teens.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

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Over the past two decades of being in business, we have devised their goal: to work with clients equally passionate about positively impacting the built environment—partnering with people who provide the highest levels of design, construction and presentation. There were hundreds of companies operating in the same niche.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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The company raised $45 million in venture capital from firms including DCM, Emergence Capital Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners, and built partnerships with AOL Inc., David Cowan of Bessemer Venture Partners has stuck with Mr. Dreymann. the previous year. Comcast Corp., and Verizon Communications Inc. Of the 6,613 U.S.-based