On this day in 1887 Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show opens in London. William Cody, a.k.a. Buffalo Bill, was the most famous American of his age. A child of the frontier Great Plains, Cody was renowned as a Pony Express rider, prospector, trapper, Civil War soldier, professional buffalo hunter, Indian fighter, cavalry scout, horseman, […]
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What would you do if you discovered a secret flaw in scratch-off lottery tickets that allowed you to determine in advance whether or not a ticket was a winner? A geological statistician in Canada named Mohan Srivastava was just that guy. Srivastava had been hooked by a different sort of lure—that spooky voice, whispering to
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Looking for little jobs you can do from home that will help bring in some money to help pay bills? Find a small skill you can utilize like this mompreneur: One such entrepreneur is Elise Clarke, a mother of three from St. George. Rent for a studio was more than she could afford, so she
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Worldcrunch: A cozy fire burns in the waiting room’s fireplace. There’s a cowhide rug on the floor and antlers on the wall, along with a photograph of an imposing mountain peak. A woman wearing a lovely silk dirndl – a traditional and somewhat revealing Bavarian dress – walks in and asks what we would like
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Edweek: If the chart above appears only to be a mess of undecipherable bubbles, look more closely. The man who prepared it, Robert Lytle, a head of Parthenon Group’s Education Center of Excellence, sees a business opportunity. I’ll explain. The chart shows all 50 states plotted based on two factors: the state’s change in per-student
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There it is! You’ve got it! The perfect idea for a business! But, frankly, it might not be everyone’s cup of tea. With any niche market, finding finance is a mite trickier than something with a guaranteed populist appeal. Whether you’re setting up a company dedicated to vintage alarm clocks or a literary agency committed
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There’s no point in setting out as an entrepreneur if you don’t know the basics of business. After all, no-one will know about your great idea if you don’t invest some time and effort into the financial and marketing side of things. But what if your great idea is business itself? Many people have seen
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