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Tuesday, May 22, 2012 A Former Sex Slave Finds Freedom As An Entrepreneur Pamela Villarreal grew up as a sheltered child in a middle class home in upstate New York. But at age 15, one act of youthful rebellion ended up with her abduction as a sex slave for three weeks and not knowing on a daily basis whether she was going to live or die. By escaping the very day she was supposed to be sent by train to her new "owner" in New York City, Villarreal got the second chance at life she prayed for. Why Facebook Is Killing Silicon Valley Great Scott! The DeLorean Is Now A Bike The $1 Million Parking Space Is It A Car? Is It A Boat? Yes! Residents Fight To Save Historic Miami Beach Hotel BLOG POSTS Ron Ricci: Tips for Having Great Virtual Meetings The virtual workplace has many advantages, but it also introduces new challenges. We work with people we've never met before, and we cannot bond in the same way we do when we are sitting across the table from them. Jim Thomas: Who Owns Your Business-Related Social Media? There is a time bomb in your company that you had better defuse. It's your failure to be clear about, or even consider, ownership of the business connections represented by social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Peter Brown Hoffmeister: The Art of the Hand-Sell, Part I As long as bookstores exist, people will keep buying books because the person next to them puts it in their hands. Literally. Richard Komaiko: How Effective is Excelerate for Chicago Startups? Excelerate has been very successful in finding, funding and supporting young Chicago companies. With the announcement its third class, I'm applying data-driven comparison to the largest startup incubator in the second city. Shawn Amos: WATCH: 60 Seconds of Social Media Companies that hope to remain competitive know they need to maintain a presence on social media sites. But how can they integrate customer service into the operation?

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