In this season's Eres line, Ms. Delafosse did several pieces in rich shades like violet, gold, deep-reddish oranges and chocolate, inspired by reading she'd done on the jewelry and culture of Egypt, Morocco and Syria.

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Several residents say they'd rather their village go back to being famous for its chocolate.

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Through this painful learning experience, she realized that the difference between expensive and cheap chocolate was not clear to consumers, and she'd have to figure out a better way to differentiate herself in the market.

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She decided that the big marketing budget would go, and that she'd reduce the brand back to her original idea: single bean virgin chocolate.

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Congratulations to energy entrepreneur and PITCH 2012 speaker Danielle Fong for closing the Series D round of venture financing for her Berkeley-based startup (working out of the former Scharffen Berger chocolate factory) to pursue a solution to the energy storage problem with compressed air.

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