How a serial entrepreneur started his first business

Here's a great entrepreneurial success story. Tom Markel joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how he capitalized his first business by first finding customers and then looking for capital.

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How much of your values and beliefs should your brand show?

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Here's help for your crowdfunding strategy

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