Interview with Jamal Robinson, Founder and President of DESIAR Hand-crafted Eyewear
Entrepreneur: Jamal RobinsonCompany: Desiar; http://www.desiar.com/Age: 27Location: Fort Wayne, IndianaSales information: Average growth in sales is 365% to date over the last 3 years Jamal Robinson is founder and president of DESIAR hand-crafted eyewear. This entrepreneur founded his eyewear company in 2011 and designs glasses for “style legends.” His eyewear is produced in Fort Wayne and […]
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5 Questions to Ask Yourself When Choosing a Business Credit Card
Brought to you by Spark Business from Capital One Paying with cash is typically a good decision, but when it comes to business purchases, you may want to explore your options. Here are direct benefits of using a credit card for business-related purchases: A business credit card can help you with separating business expenses from […]
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Paycheck Financing: A Great Way To Bootstrap Your Startup by Sramana Mitra Entrepreneurs looking to launch their startups are often faced with myriad difficult decisions, chief among them being the question of seed financing. If you’ve ever found yourself asking, “How can I fund this?” or “Can I fund this on my own, while […]
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Rethinking the Way You Plan Events, Weddings, Corporate Meetings, and Parties
What is Greenvelope? Greenvelope.com is a Seattle based start-up rethinking event planning. Our event planning services allow people to custom design and send digital invitations and easily manage events with integrated tools such as RSVP and plus one tracking, Google map direction integration, ticketing sales, donation facilitation and more. It makes planning anything from […]
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Get Your Customers to Fund Your Business – NakedWines Did It!
Many companies, particularly tech startups, get funding from venture capital groups or angel investors – individuals who fund a startup in exchange for a stake in the business or return on the investment. Crowdfunding is a less traveled road, but NakedWines.com, a company founded by Rowan Gormley, is blazing its own path in an […]
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How a Drop-Out Became an Entrepreneur – 3 Lessons Randy Wyner Learned Along the Way
I founded Chronic Tacos with my friend Dan when I was 26 and I never spent a day in college. Anyone can do it, right? It sounds easy enough to skip the college degree in favor of pursuing your dreams. And with entrepreneurs out there, like Bill Gates and Richard Branson, acting as the perfect […]
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24/7 Entrepreneur Education Takes U of Utah to Next Level
New $45 million facility will allow students to live, build prototypes and launch companies in the same place Entrepreneurship is not something that can be fully understood in a classroom. It’s something that must be experienced. It’s more of a mindset than anything, a confidence you can overcome what comes next. Universities everywhere are grappling […]
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Here’s the Perfect Starting Point for New Online Businesses
People start new businesses online every day, so it can’t be that hard right? No, it’s not. In fact, it’s maybe too easy to start a business online. To start a business that does well and lasts for more than six months to a year, however, that’s going to require a bit more work. You […]
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Two Skateboarding Dads Invent Award-Winning Kids Products Now in Major Retail Stores
Two California brother in-laws, Jason Arriola and Will Regan, teamed up to start a business and now these two Skateboarding dads are living the dream of entrepreneurism. So how did they do it? Tired of always seeing his twin boys’ heads bobbing around when they fell asleep in the back seat of the car, Jason […]
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What Can a Homeless Guy Learn From Sir Richard Branson?
“Wear a condom” Actually, that’s what Richard Branson says is the best advice his father gave him. The world’s favourite billionaire’s dad was obviously a wise man too. So what can a homeless guy really learn from Branson? A lot. Then again, it’s fair to say we can probably all learn a lot from Branson. […]
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