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

Success

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. And my mind just wouldn’t get to that, because I solve things differently.”. Stores just stopped calling.

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Introducing the SUCCESS 125

Success

She started in real estate in 2011 with no SOI, no experience and $6 to her name. That was when she started to build her business, organically, with the power of social media. Bethke started out as an individual realtor in 2011. He is the top crowdfunder in the world, raising over $600 million in equity via social media.

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Why Financial Crisis is Good for Entrepreneurship

Men With Pens

It’s heartening to see architects setting up clothing e-shops for their designs, science grads trying their hand at olive oil e-commerce, IT teachers selling handmade jewelry online, engineers starting an internet business – all to enhance their income or to leave a saturated industry and start anew. Leave a Comment!

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2012: My Year in Review

Productivityist

Otherwise I would have equalled 2011’s total. I will buy more clothing that does not have the prefix “T” in it. This includes care products, subscriptions, alcohol, food and clothing. I will work on a script for the first time in a long time. And I will complete a script for the first time ever. No script this year.

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106 Thoughts on Overcoming Overwhelm in a Freaked-Out World

Stephanie LH Calahan

Main | Start 2011 off Organized!   I hear it from my clients and workshop participants as well as my connections on social media sights.  You can make that first step easier by supporting yourself: comfy clothes, your favorite music, an organizing buddy, etc.

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