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500 Founders: Luke Campbell, Marta Meszaros, Andy Bowie & Abbe Hyde

NZ Entrepreneur

Other founders know better than anyone else how hard entrepreneurship can be and can lend a unique perspective to what your best path forward might be. This is especially important if you’re young because it can be hard to relate to your peers about your business when they’re studying, working etc. My Auto Shop.

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From ideation to accolades in 10 months: An EO Accelerator’s successful pivot

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Her pivot was recently listed in New York Magazine among industry favorites including Gordon Ramsay and Sur La Table. I had experienced through others, and then for myself, how lonely entrepreneurship can be. From a young age, I was exposed to the value of creating something, and the hard work and challenges it took to succeed.

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Sneak Preview of our Newest Octane Cover Story: Starting a SPARK

Entrepreneurs' Organization

This article was written for the March 2016 issue of Octane magazine. In this special feature, the co-founders of SPARK Schools discuss the state of education in their home country, the far-reaching value of their hybrid learning model and how, through entrepreneurship, they’re changing lives, one student at a time.

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The New Economy Starts with Support to Underserved Communities

Impact Hub

Access to capital and network is the most critical barrier to entrepreneurship for underserved communities. They helped attendees meet self-defined aspirations, encouraged an entrepreneurial spirit and peer networking, offered one-to-one clinics and workshops with GoDaddy guides. That amount made a world of difference.

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Meet Mighty, an e-commerce platform where kids are the boss; a “digital lemonade stand”

TechCrunch

In fact, Mighty — led by founders Ben Goldhirsh, who previously founded GOOD magazine, and Dana Mauriello, who spent nearly five years with Etsy and was most recently an advisor to Sidewalk Labs — hopes to woo families with the pitch that it operates at the center of fintech, ed tech, and entertainment. Now, a year-old, L.A.-based

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Food To Eat Founder, Deepti Sharma, Presents at Smart Hustle Growth Conference

Smart Hustle Magazine

Purposefully and carefully produced, the entire day is maximized for peer to peer networking and expert advice from the experiences of our speakers. Lessons in Entrepreneurship. Jason Feifer, Editor in Chief, Entrepreneur Magazine. Smart Hustlers seek to build healthy, profitably, great business. Leadership and Culture.

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EO Member Jenny Vance “Throws Caution to the Wind”

Entrepreneurs' Organization

This story was featured in the March 2015 issue of Octane magazine. At a recent entrepreneurship summit, a group of speakers were discussing the perfect time to launch a company. I talk ideas out with peers, gather feedback and then methodically move forward. The consensus surprised me a little— start before you’re ready.