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ByDavid Worrell

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Since 1995, Andrew Zenoff has given birth to Zenoff Products andDayOne, two San Francisco companies that cater to expectant and new parents.

It wasn't easy, though: Zenoff says that finding money for expansion was one of the hardest tasks of entrepreneurship. Even with strong profits from his flagship store, angel investors and VCs saw too much risk in his unusual retail concept, which mixes education, community and commerce.

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