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Resilience Stories: After Her Father Was Deported, She Bought and Expanded His New Jersey Restaurant

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If there’s one thing no one can take from you, it is your education and experience. She left her job, withdrew every cent of her 401(k), and bought her father’s Peruvian restaurant, El Gordo. Look how popular Mexican food, Asian food, Italian food restaurants are. My goal is to build a national chain,” Morales says.

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Slim & Husky’s Uses Their Artisan Pizza as a Means for Social Change and Community Empowerment

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Reed, they never knew it would one day inspire the business model for their fast-casual restaurant empire. Everyone at some point thinks about owning some sort of restaurant or hospitality venture. It was cool to have art in the restaurant, but we wanted a place where we could house different events that support the arts,” Gray says.

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How Churchill Northern Studies Centre Is Bringing Food Sovereignty to the Arctic North

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These cater to the project’s Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) subscribers, local restaurants and grocery stores, ensuring a steady source of locally grown organic produce. We can subsidize that by providing educational programs to the general public,” McCart says. Community members can receive plants at no charge….

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David Altizer Makes His Living Creating Thumbnails for YouTube

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At 14 years old, he became a professional illusionist, working at different restaurants around Nashville, Tennessee, where he grew up. He even met his wife at a restaurant where he performed. “As From magic tricks to YouTube Altizer’s first passion was magic and illusions. David Altizer’s passion?

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Top 10 Most Innovative Companies to Watch in 2024

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Photo cred: Ground picture/Shutterstock Most Innovative Education Company 9. Create Every Opportunity Who they are: An immersive web-based education program for high school students, college athletes and treatment centers that teaches the fundamentals of financial literacy and entrepreneurship.

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How Florida Pure Sea Salt Went from Hobby to Full-Time Business

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When Cacioppo moved to Florida 13 years ago, she combined two of her passions by working in nonprofit outdoor education and navigating the state’s natural waterways and coastlines. Creating strategic partnerships “I also went to one of the best restaurants in Tampa. The Greenhouse was big, for sure,” Cacioppo says.

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Dear Debbie: Will Adopting a CEO Mindset Help Me Find Purpose in My Work?

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I worked during the night, cleaning restaurants after they closed. You never know what education you are gaining and how it will play into your capabilities in the future. A: I was excited to get this question because this is an experience I’ve faced many times in my life. I’ll tell you about one instance. Stay in a state of curiosity.