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Why These 2 Similar Businesses Chose Different Approaches to Funding

Each chose different routes to funding, but the end result was the same: success.
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RootsRated founder and CEO Fynn Glover, Chattanooga, Tenn.

i’m a trail runner, and I was frustrated by how hard it was to find local trails. If I could gather local tips, I wondered, was there a business there? So in 2011, I rounded up myfrom the trail to the post-trail beer.

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