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

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The program generated over $240,000 to causes including eating disorder prevention, cancer advocacy and LGBTQ youth services since its start in 2014. In July 2021, Deer received just 20 days notice that the print mill they’d worked with exclusively since 2014 was closing. An abrupt stop. K-DEER strove to be sustainable.

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The New Multinationals: Small, Micro and Solo Businesses Driving the Next Wave of Globalization

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goods exports in in 2004 to 34% percent in 2014.   They’ve also made it much easier for global customers and suppliers to find, connect and do business with one another.  In fact, according to the U.S. SBA  small business goods exports have grown from 29% of total U.S. goods exports in 2026. small businesses.

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