On Monday, we honored Dr. Martin Luther King, an American who played a major role in bringing about positive change in our nation. It’s appropriate that we also remember another renowned American this week — Benjamin Franklin, whose birthday was Sunday. Perhaps the preeminent Founding Father of our great nation, Franklin was born Jan. 17, […]
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When was the last time you were thankful for life? In a world where everyone seems to have a never ending schedule of appointments and no time to relax, the days tend to slip by unnoticed. Sometimes we forget to stop for a moment and remember that each day is a gift, although it’s not
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For young budding entrepreneurs approaching graduation this spring, or for those looking to go back for a post-graduate degree, finding the right program for your needs is very important. In their seventh annual joint effort, Entrepreneur Magazine and The Princeton Review teamed up to rank the top 25 undergraduate and graduate entrepreneurship programs in the
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With the Justice League of America, some of the world’s most powerful superheroes banded together to fight crime. With the Start Project, some successful Silicon Valley entrepreneurs are banding together to start companies according to Brad Stone in the Bits blog at The New York Times. They’re not wearing costumes, but the idea is basically
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Women are entering the world of entrepreneurship at a much faster rate than men, although their businesses have been much harder hit by the recession than their male-owned equivalents, reports The Financial Times. The latest start-up figures from Barclays show that the recession has done little to quell the rise in self- employment with 460,000
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The Frederick News: April Martin rushed from her car Tuesday to sign and pay for a food shipment for Carleo’s Italian Pizza, then began to take customers’ orders while ensuring that the eatery’s operations were intact. A Long & Foster Realtor, Martin and her husband, Jeryl, an independent siding and roofing professional, are juggling their
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Yak About It is devoted entirely to products made by independent inventors and entrepreneurs. The site holds contests that pit two products against each other and deems the one with the highest sales to be the “most yakable.” Visitors can read about the products and the stories behind them, then make comments and purchases. Each
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The Orange County Register: Judy Pomykata was breathless with excitement. She just got the contract of her life. Pomykata is a former event planner whose bridal clients kept asking for something different, like an open bar stocked with candy instead of vodka, scotch, wine and beer. She tried it and fell in love with the
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Thanks to the inventive mind of a motorcycle-loving couple, Bill and Mary Freer, you can now hold onto a pair of love handles that are not attached to the driver.
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New-product innovation tends to be 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration, reports CNNMoney. Here’s that 1% that led to the creation of a hot little company called Sheex: One afternoon in the summer of 2007, Susan Walvius, then the head women’s basketball coach at the University of South Carolina, was at practice and wearing a pair
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