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Empowering Veteran Small Business Owners

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Veteran U.S. Navy pilot Richard Gengler founded health care technology company Prevail Health Solutions to help address deployment-related mental health issues in veterans and military populations. In 2010, the company was ready to expand its customer base beyond the U.S. federal government to include the general consumer market, so the CEO’s Entrepreneur… Read more
  • A Slideshow Celebrating International Women's Day
    by Clinton Foundation on Mar 8, 2013

    Over the past 11 years we've been working to strengthen opportunity for women and girls around the world – from educating young girls on life-long healthy eating habits to providing women business owners…

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  • Pounding Cake Into a Business
    by Amy Hilliard on Jan 4, 2013

    When I was starting my own business, I faced many challenges, from financial or logistical issues, to strategic ones. Many small business owners, like myself, are burdened with responsibilities that can…

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  • Fostering Student Entrepreneurship
    by Samer Kurdi on Dec 21, 2012

    Today’s students serve as the foundation of our economic future, but they face tough challenges. Rising college tuition and poor job prospects are making it difficult for students to achieve self-sufficiency…

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  • Strengthening Our Communities By Supporting Small Businesses
    by Julie Wang on Nov 25, 2012

    While thousands of people wake up very early the day after Thanksgiving (some may not even go to sleep) in pursuit of the best shopping deals at major retail stores, small businesses across the country…

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  • Crepini Expands Factory in Brooklyn
    by Default Admin User on Apr 25, 2012

    With a dream to share food from their homeland with American households, Paula Rimer and Eric Shkolnik opened Crepini, a Brooklyn-based specialty food company in 2007. Four years later, the business…

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  • ComfortCake Develops Successful Growth Strategy in Chicago
    by Default Admin User on Jul 20, 2011

    Inspired by the legacy of her grandfather, an executive chef, Amy Hilliard founded the ComfortCake company in Chicago in 2001 to make “pound cake so good it feels like a hug.” The brand was quickly…

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  • Philadelphia Small Business Story: Smith Flooring
    by Default Admin User on Jun 24, 2011

    After working for years in the flooring industry, husband and wife duo Kristin and James Smith set out to establish their own commercial flooring company, Smith Flooring, Inc. in 2006 in Philadelphia.…

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