Video: Richard Branson’s Advice for Entrepreneurs
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The recent boom of the Bakken oil fields — made possible by a perfect storm of sensible state regulations, the fracking process, and the fact that most drilling is taking place on private lands—has produced a whirlwind of economic growth in a formerly sleepy corner of northwest North Dakota. Recently, a team from The Heritage
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I’ve been dreaming of something like this since my Boy Scout days: a German design firm called Heimplanet has created an inflatable tent. The Cave is a next-gen tent framed by five modular double-layer air beams, giving the structure the appearance of a tiny geodesic dome. The tent sleeps about three people and can seat
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Cassandra Daily: ‘Fair trade’ has become a widely recognized ethical badge among coffee drinkers and, though its standards have long been applied to products other than java as well, most consumers don’t seek it out when it comes to home goods. Revered Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek is seeking to popularize socially and environmentally responsible
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1895 – Auguste and Louis Lumière record their first footage using their newly patented cinematograph. 1918 – The U.S. Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time. 1931 – Gambling is legalized in Nevada. For more on the origin of gambling in Nevada, read When the Mob Ran Vegas: Stories of Money, Mayhem and
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Are you drowning in waste paper from everything you print out only to read once before tossing in the recycle bin (or to the worms)? Scientists in the UK may have a solution that will allow you to reuse those sheets of paper. An experimental laser printer built at Cambridge University is capable of reversing
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Pioneer Press: Dressed in a pink shirt, pink sweatpants, pink socks and pink glasses, Greta Johnson isn’t the typical worm farmer. Nonetheless, the 12-year-old has found an unusual way to make extra cash. Aluminum wash bins and plastic containers filled with topsoil take up a corner of the basement in her rural Frederic, Wis., home.
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NY Times: We get several calls a week from owners who tell us that they have been turned down for an S.B.A. loan and that the program is not for them. Their perception is that if they are granted an S.B.A. loan, it is the S.B.A. that will be lending them the money — and
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