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18 Inspirational Career Reinvention Journeys from Successful Entrepreneurs

StartupNation

I started in clinical diagnostics, managing lab operations for a large hospital network. That credibility helped us secure pilot programs in two hospital systems within our first year. I worked in hospitality because my French Law degree meant nothing here. I had no idea what I wanted, but I knew it wasn’t that.

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Hospitality Leaders Source Code Limited - 759270 - 31032028

Leapfunder

Leapfunder events 6 Jun Round Table Session (Online Event for Investors & Startups) 03:00 PM, 9 Jun Pitch Deck Clinic (Online Workshop for Startup Founders) 03:00 PM, No time spent networking with startups outside of your interests, and no time wasted handling the paperwork.

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6 Reasons To Hire a Retreat Planner for Your Annual Forum Retreat

Entrepreneurs' Organization

They can also help tailor activities, workshops and sessions to meet your group’s needs and achieve your goals. She has more than 15 years of marketing, events management and administrative experience spanning the hospitality, legal, professional services and construction sectors.

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Pitch Perfect: When Competition Meets Collaboration

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Hamish chose two finalists to compete for a consultation package: Colin Kennedy, co-founder of Neuron Global in New York, and Tim de Kraker, CEO and founder of Bardigo Smart Hospitality in Amsterdam. They agreed to do the coaching on a conference call, workshop-style.

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Embracing aluminum containers, Uni wants to completely remove plastic packaging from your home

TechCrunch

As someone who spent a lot of years in workshops, it reminded me of the industrial cleaners you use to get nasty grease off your mitts, except it actually smells pleasant and it doesn’t feel as if you’ve attacked yourself with a bag of sand. .” “The hospitality industry is far too reliant on single-use packaging.

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25 Sources For Funding Minority Entrepreneurs

Smart Hustle Magazine

Aside from just being a Black-owned business, you also have to work in the sales, hospitality industry or have your business in the beverage service sector. They attend workshops on business financing and money management. For this, the NAACP collaborated with Bacardi to provide small black-owned businesses with the Backing the B.A.R

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$175,000 Awarded By Barclays to Small Businesses

Smart Hustle Magazine

The grand prize winner, Frank Gourmet Hot Dogs , was converted into a war room and commissary kitchen focused solely on feeding New York-area doctors, nurses, and frontline medical professionals at local area hospitals as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold.