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Not All Stories Have Happy Endings—For This Entrepreneur, It Was Still Worth It

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In 2010, after losing her fashion design job during The Great Recession, Kristine Deer founded the activewear brand K-DEER. What started as an Etsy store expanded so substantially that celebrities such as Naomi Campbell and Candace Cameron Bure have worn her clothes in magazines , on TV and in their everyday lives. Taking a leap.

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Ron Finley, the Self-Proclaimed Gangsta Gardener, Found Purpose Fighting Food Poverty in South LA

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As a teenager, Finley’s clothes never fit right, and he could not unsee how fashion specifically was not available in shapes and sizes inclusive of people of color. I wanted my clothes to fit so well they’d levitate,” Finley says. In fact, one 2010 report showed South L.A. So he decided to sew outside of the lines, too.

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They’re Back: Boomerang Employees on the Rise for Good or Bad

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of all job switches” in 2021, up from under 2% in 2010. months in 2010. For Chad Stripling, director of data science for the interaction innovation team at 84.51° , a data science and analytics firm and media company in Cincinnati, Ohio, four years was long enough to be away from his former employer.

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Why Supporting Small Businesses This Holiday Season Is More Urgent Than Ever

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You can also search the hashtag #localbusiness on social media to find locally owned and operated shops near you, use Google or read on for some suggestions of small businesses, all with fewer than 40 employees, that offer some amazing products shipped nationwide. Photo courtesy of Nuzzie. Number of employees: 5 Based in: Boston.

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Ten Small Business Startup Ideas – 2009/09/20 | THE SMALL BUSINESS.

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Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? A clothes-sharing website for high-value items such as shoes.

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That was when she started to build her business, organically, with the power of social media. Bethke has been named the social media queen of real estate, and was also voted #1 social media realtor in Michigan 3 years in a row. Bethke started out as an individual realtor in 2011. Glenn Bill. Dany Garcia.

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Local SEO: The Truly Great Marketing Strategy

Andrea Kalli

We have all seen the checks and transfers on offer for search masters – the folks behind the top ‘cars’, ‘clothes’, and ‘diet’ search terms – but have we ever considered the alternatives? For many, that alternative is local search. They will change your business!" Andrea I know, I know.it