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Venus McNabb

Five years ago, when 22-year-old Venus McNabb's computer broke down, it was like someone had severed her business "artery." Faced with taking a long bus ride in a Canadian winter to get it repaired or risk possibly losing her Internet business, she chose the bus, cradling a desktop computer in her arms.

Read more of Venus McNabb's Entrepreneur of the Year submission -- and why Inc.com users loved her.