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Meet the Innovative Entrepreneurs Who Won Our Top Awards for 2013From thousands of entries we selected 15 finalists. then readers voted on their favorites. We hope you're as inspired by them as we are!

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This story appears in theJanuary 2014issue of狗万官方.Subscribe »

There's nothing new about the products represented by the winners of狗万官方(R) magazine's Entrepreneur of 2013 Awards--camera lenses, wedding rings, baked goods--but what these innovators are doing with them is decidedly modern.

In creating his top-selling camera accessory, the olloclip, our Entrepreneur of 2013, Patrick O'Neill, hitched his star to arguably the world's most beloved device: Apple's iPhone.Emerging Entrepreneur winner Joshua Oppermandeveloped an online market for discarded wedding rings from the lovelorn. AndCollege Entrepreneur Nelly Garciaaims to take her successful cake-baking skills to the masses via internet workshops.

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