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Entrepreneurs Share Their Stories

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Barbara Telle
From the outside, Barbara makes the transition from being a stay-at-home mom to a CEO look easy, but she swears that: “I never even thought of myself of an entrepreneur, and it was my mentor that assured me that I am one.” full text >
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Noel Javier and Brooks Fuentes
Noel and Brooks' mentors helped them to research the market for their designs and make useful industry contacts. Their mentors also helped to point them in the direction of necessary financial resources and small business finance training. Now, several months later, Noel and Brooks' business is up and running, and they speak optimistically about the future of their endeavor. Starting a business has enabled them to "make something fun and neat, and make something that was our creation"
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Maritza Gueler
Though Gueler had years of experience writing arts reviews and editing in her native Argentina, she had difficulty picking up the U.S. jargon she needed to develop Danza en Espanol a Spanish-language Web magazine devoted to dance in San Francisco. She found the answer through MicroMentor, a program that pairs business experts with budding entrepreneurs -- online. full text >

 

   

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