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Jobs Are Where Passions Go To Die: Fierce Events
When Sasha Dutta founded Fierce Events, a wedding planning company, in early 2023, it was the result of stepping in to help at a friend’s wedding and realizing that she’d found something she loved doing.
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Turning Trash into Treasure: Glass Recovery and Sustainable Systems (GRASS)
Dante Swinton, founder of GRASS is working on a glass waste cooperative that will take bottles of glass from restaurants and residences and turn them into artwork.
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Veteran Turned Entrepreneur: FIOR Scotch
Sometimes, you set out to create a business, and sometimes, you just don’t know how to stop being busy. That was the case for Eric Dominijanni, a retired Marine Corps Major who founded FIOR Scotch.
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Being Walked On Equals Business Success: Grizzly Mats
Patrick (Pat) Sullivan, owner and founder of Baltimore-based Grizzly Mats is floor mat rental service that provides local business owners a service they can rely on and trust.
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Mixing Family with Business: Bloomers Intimates
A common piece of advice is not to mix family with work. There’s always the exception and is the case with Shaula Yemini and Noa Arias, the mother-daughter pair that founded Bloomers Intimates.
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From Engineer to Entrepreneur: Danielle Stepien of Igniter Engineering
Sometimes, your career offers everything you want, but good isn’t always good enough. That was the case for Danielle Stepien, founder of Igniter Engineering, a consulting firm to the aerospace, defense, and tech industries.