June 3, 2013

Niche In Cuban Tradition

New York Times: Ana Pérez reached into a pile of Connecticut shade tobacco leaves and placed one on the small table in front of her. She began spraying the leaf with water and carving it up with a chaveta knife. “These leaves are very temperamental, just like women,” Ms. Pérez told a group of men

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Today in Entrepreneurial History: June 4

1783 – The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon). 1876 – An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, California, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City. 1896 – Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and

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