According to Fast Company, the year 2010 did not begin quietly for voluble writer-director-übergeek Kevin Smith. The only thing that overshadowed the dreadful reviews for his action comedy Cop Out was his much-headlined booting from a flight for being too fat. “A lot of people thought I had a great sense of humor about the […]
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Layfayette, IN is celebrating entrepreneurship among kids next year by dedicating May 1st, 2011 to them reports jconline.com. Launched four years ago in Houston, the program encourages youngsters from pre-kindergarten through grade 12 to learn about running a business while giving back to the community by operating a lemonade stand and donating a portion of
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Richard Branson clearly knows a thing or two about success. At 20, he started a mail order shop, and opened a recording studio a short while later. Now, the Virgin brand boasts dozens of companies and Branson’s net worth is estimated to be more than 3 billion pounds sterling. Dumblittleman.com has put together some choice
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From The Minneapolis Star Tribune comes the inspiring and entertaining story of Rob Sheeley, a 55-year-old entrepreneur whose short-lived retirement gave birth to a $28 million business. As the story goes, Sheeley initially retired in 2002 following a big windfall he received after selling a teleconferencing business he started in 1987. Six months into that
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Recently imeem founder, Dalton Caldwell, came home to his alma mater so he could speak to a room full of budding entrepreneurs reports Peninsula Press. “I know half of you probably saw me on the program and asked ‘Who’s this guy? Didn’t his company just blow up about nine months ago?’ Yes, that is me.”
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Georgia Anderson was born and raised in Italy reports benzinga. It was there that Georgia attended law school. However, it was her move to the US that lead her to her first job and inspiration. From there, she found herself working in Futures and Forex, which inspired her to write a beginner’s guide on the
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Entrepreneurs in the state of Kentucky have a new form of recognition to look forward to: Kentucky Entrepreneur Hall of Fame. According to Kentucky.com, the hall of fame will launch tomorrow with the induction of nine well-known Kentucky entrepreneurs. Brian Raney, founder of Awesome Inc., said the idea was first discussed a year ago, and
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According to CNNMoney, Tyler Marsh grew up surfing in Hawaii, so he’s used to living in what many consider an ideal vacation spot. But after visiting his older brother, Tim, who was living in Costa Rica in 1997, he found his paradise: “It was just someplace that was a little foreign and really open,” Tyler
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Meg Cadoux Hirshberg is a journalist and the wife of Gary Hirshberg, president and CEO of Stonyfield Yogurt, she writes at Inc.com: No one, as far as I know, breaks out divorce statistics for entrepreneurs, but I’d wager they’re higher than the U.S. average. Fortunately, my husband and I are not among that number. The
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San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order last year asking city departments to publish data under their control. Since then, hundreds of sets of data have been released. And the bounty is feeding creativity among app designers. Fast Company reports that at least 50 new apps have been built using the open data,
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