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From Employee to Owner: How I Bought My Business

StartupNation

In 2004, I left the firm to join Intuit as their in-house GM. I had left my previous role as an attorney for this position and had a family, including two sons, to support. I met and presented formally with Intuit leadership. I presented the leadership with more documentation about how I could lead this business to success.

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Feature Friday: Megan Burton, EO Atlanta

Entrepreneurs' Organization

“Much of the growth and success of CoinX was reinforced by a combination of my EO forum, the EO network, and the opportunity to serve other EO members through leadership. When she joined in 2012, her company, CoinX, was in high growth mode, which made support from her EO community an invaluable asset. Learn more about EO today!

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The Importance of Local Media to Boost Startups in Rising Cities

Revolution

As reported by Slate from a study from researchers at the University of North Carolina, “We have lost about 20 percent of local newspapers in the United States since 2004, and at least 900 communities now are without any local news source in that same time frame.” It’s the Gannett cuts that worry me the most. Lastly, all politics is local.

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The Tory Burch Foundation Fellowship Program is Accepting Applications

Smart Hustle Magazine

But attaining the right resources, funds, and support can be an uphill battle. Thankfully there are other companies happy to help show support. So the Tory Burch Foundation created a fellowship program to support women-owned businesses and help guide them toward success. Idea stage ventures. Subsidiary businesses or franchisee.

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Mali Rising Foundation Works to Empower Youth Through Education

Entrepreneurs' Organization

The Mali Rising Foundation was formed in 2004 to provide accessible, quality education for children, focusing on middle school education. A close friend of mine founded Mali Rising, and I quickly became inspired to offer support when I learned about Mali’s low literacy rate and the poverty that coincides with it.

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Q&A with Meg Salyer

Innovation 2 Enterprise

She served as the first woman president of the Rotary Club of Oklahoma City, (2003/2004), one of the largest Rotary Club in the world. She is a graduate of Leadership Oklahoma, Leadership Oklahoma City, and is a sustaining member of the Junior League of Oklahoma City. Meg retired from the Council April 8, 2019.

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Joseph Lee, CEO of Kairous Capital, Shares His Cross-Border Investment Philosophy for the Asia Pacific Region

AsiaTechDaily

I initially worked as an analyst at a stock-broking firm until 2004 before embarking on my venture capital and private equity journey, where I made my first investments in Greater China before exiting via the London Stock Exchange later between 2005 and 2006.

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