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How I Lost $3 Million in 24 Hours and Bounced Back

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It all started in 2001 when I launched a service business based on just an idea. Even though I was constantly stressed and hated what I was doing, I was making too much money to step away from it, to care or to realize that I didn’t feel fulfilled. This article was published in March 2016 and has been updated. And so can you.

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Millions of tons of plastic are trashed every year. But what if we used it to pave our roads?

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Since MacRebur’s launch in 2016, its materials have gone into hundreds of miles of roads, paths, driveways and parking lots in Turkey, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere. India’s plastic road technology grew out of experimentation done in 2001 by R. It gave him the idea behind MacRebur.

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5 Challenges and Mistakes Faced by Every Solopreneur

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The main reason I started my business in the first place (way back in November 2001) was so that I could have a flexible schedule – I had two young children at the time and needed to have a very flexible schedule that would allow me to be around for them, particularly during school holidays. © 2016 Tracey Lawton Training & Consulting LLC.

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29 Beautiful Stories That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity

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In 2001 Mary Parry was homeless and living in a tent in Pennsylvania when she began befriending hikers along the roughly 2,190-mile Appalachian Trail. In September 2016, Hampton aimed to wipe out that painful experience by creating the Sit With Us app. to try to use the car jack to save his father. And he did. Jesus Jimenez.

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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Claudienne Hibbert-Smith President, TRU Prep Academy/ TRU Real Estate Exchange Hibbert-Smith became a mom at the age of 14 and obtained her bachelor’s degree in 2001 from the University of Florida. She is the co-owner of PrintMag.com and the author of seven books.

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