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Avetis Mazmanyan, left, founder of Mezze Foods, meets with Carrie Hogan, owner of Fresh52 Farmers Market at Tivoli Village. (mona shield payne/special to vegas inc)
Dorm room as boardroom More and more college students are inspired to work for themselves, and that initiative is being nurtured By Julie Ann Formoso | SPECIAL TO VEGAS INC
Avetis Mazmanyan’s grandmother had a golden rule when it came to cooking: Always use fresh vegetables, never canned. She also took the time to skin garbanzo beans, a step she insisted made her meals more delicious. ¶ Today, college student Mazmanyan is the head of his own startup, Mezze Foods, for which he and his family make hummus, students, Continued on page 15
100K
Number of jobs Amazon intends to create over the next 18 months. The company plans to go on a hiring spree and grow its U.S. workforce to 280,000 people.
45%
Share of Americans who think the Affordable Care Act was a good idea, according to an NBC News/ Wall Street Journal poll — the first time “good idea” eclipsed “bad idea” in the poll since 2009.