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Embracing Your Entrepreneurial Superpower Being Unemployable

Duct Tape Marketing

10:00] Back in South Africa you got shot, what did that story mean to your journey? [11:53] That even though everyone in South Africa said to us, you're mad, what are you doing going to America for a sales app? Let's go back to South Africa. Connect with me on social media.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Mark Zuckerberg’s journey started when he created a message program ‘ ZuckNet’ at the age of twelve, CourseMatch and FaceMash in college, and finally the world-famous social networking platform ‘Facebook’ which revolutionized communication, followed by taking over WhatsApp and Instagram. Thanks to David Reid, VEM Group ! #19-

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How to Find Hundreds of Business Ideas

Up and Running

A brief bit of science before we dive into how to come up with ideas… Good ideas are networks. You are a part of a ‘liquid’ network. There’s a new social media site on the block that has capitalized on anger. One of my favorite holiday destinations growing up in South Africa was the Palace of the Lost City.

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Service Exports - Driving U.S. Startups and Small Businesses

Growthink Blog

In the last 6 months, we have advised clients and investors, in no particular order, from Kenya, India, Italy, South Africa, Germany, China, Brazil, Mexico, Switzerland, the U.A.E., Canada, England, South Korea, Japan, and Uruguay. So from 95%+ U.S. That stuff? Ideas and Innovations. Strategies. Or more prosaically, Brands.

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Once I knew I definitely wanted to start a fashion boutique, I started talking about it to people and on social media platforms like Facebook, so people could hold me accountable. It began as a network that brought physical copies of newspapers to travelers abroad. It was 1998 and the internet wasn’t exactly readily available.

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5 Smart Ways to Generate More Leads for your Startup Business

The Startup Magazine

1 – Social Media. Social media is a free way for you to engage those customers with a little digital advertising. You can use social media sites to get this exposure without spending a dime. As an aside: make sure your own social media accounts all state that you work at your company.

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How to Start a Business in a Month – #30DayChallenge

Up and Running

While our data does apply to a US audience, the reasons for starting a business really aren’t going to be that different, whether you’re in Canada or South Africa. Census Bureau or the national Small Business Development Center (SBDC) network, your local chamber of commerce and relevant industry publications.