According to Startup Smart, Ernst & Young has released a report stating that people are not born entrepreneurs, the traits are learned. According to the survey, 54% of respondents say they did not start their business until they were at least 30, contradicting the widespread claim that 25 is the peak age to start a […]
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Malaya: There’s off the rack, made to order , couture in clothes. An enterprising young woman found her niche in couture ice cream business. What? You may say couture ice cream? Craving for maple syrup with bacon bits? Basil with guava? She has those flavors, you want kesong puti with saba banana or tapsilog? You
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Editor & Publisher: Many people still prefer print to the online reading experience, especially when it comes to newspapers. Europeans, in particular, seem to love their morning paper. The printed medium is tactile — you can touch and feel it. You don’t have to plug it in. Research shows that newsprint users retain more of
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DigInfo: This cooking simulator, being developed by a research group at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, features a force feedback fry pan and spatula to accurately recreate the sense of cooking. This simulator calculates the heat transfer from the pan to the meat or vegetables that are being cooked, and displays the visible changes caused
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Entrepreneur: The Cultons’ business is based on their 13-hour round trip drives to the nearest Ikea store, in Minneapolis, to pick up furniture, placemats, flatware and other items with umlaut-bearing names for customers in Omaha and other Midwest cities far from the Swedish big-box retailer. “The odds of Nebraska seeing a store locate here in
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Lawyer Turned Children’s Book Publisher Yahoo Finance: While reviewing a thick legal document in her office one night at 2:00 a.m., corporate attorney YiShaun Yang had an epiphany and she realized the desire to be her own boss and the need to contribute to society in her own way. At that moment, a metamorphosis occurred
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I never realized how much food Americans waste until I worked in a restaurant. And my mom worried about me eating the last 3 green beans on my plate. According to California Watch, millions of produce in the U.S. rot or are plowed over, restaurants dump tens of thousands of tons of edible food every
Austin American-Statesman: Two Austin dog lovers with entrepreneurial skills have put businesses on wheels this year to get closer to pets and the people who love them. They’ve hit a lucrative and growing market. According to the American Pet Products Association, U.S. pet spending this year should reach about $52 billion. The Great OutDogs Matt
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Agri-View: After the county fair, many 4-Her’s part ways with their project pigs until the following spring. But for 9-year-old Blake Vandehei, raising pigs is a year-round business and a real-life lesson in animal care and economics. Blake, son of Pat and Jennifer Vandehei of De Pere, made his official 4-H debut showing pigs at
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Examiner: With many soldiers leaving service with technical and computer skills, New York-based Incline is offering training in order to help them adapt that talent to the workplace. Today, at 27 years-old, Brittany Laughlin acts as CEO for Incline, saying she saw a business need and wanted to make a difference. “(The) idea for ‘free
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