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Famous Entrepreneurs: Benjamin Franklin

March 29, 2012
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  “If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing.” ~ Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17th in Boston, Massachusetts, and lived from 1706 to 1790. According to msnbc.com, he is often called the first entrepreneur. His...
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Famous Entrepreneurs in Entertainment – Walt Disney

March 22, 2012
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  Although he is sadly no longer with us, we’d like to honor another famous entrepreneur in entertainment, Walt Disney. Mr. Disney was a man who transformed the world of entertainment and never failed to capture the imagination of his audience. According to JustDisney.com, Walt Disney was born on December 5, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois....
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Pinball Innovator Steve Kordek Dies at the Age of 100

February 29, 2012
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  Some call him the “Father of Pinball,” although the entrepreneur and businessman did not actually create the first form of the game. What Steve Kordek did do was to take a revision of a 1930′s machine called the “pin game” and turn it into what we today know as “Pinball.” Kordek died at the...
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Innovative Startups: Entrepreneurs Selling Bugs as Food

December 7, 2011
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  With more Americans being open-minded in the types of food they eat, entrepreneurs are taking advantage and are venturing into innovative startups such as selling bugs as food. Fear Factor, along with other TV shows popularized bug eating, maing it less taboo to some Americans. Human consumption of insects, or otherwise known as Entomophagy, is...
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Global Student Entrepreneur Winner Benefits From Lazy Friend

November 28, 2011
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When Ludwick Marishane’s best friend became too lazy to take a bath, the young entrepreneur came up with an idea which caused him to receive the Global Student Entrepreneur Award. Student Entrepreneur Ludwick Marishane was just eighteen years old when he and his friend were enjoying a day in the sunshine. The two boys took in some rays...
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Cleantech Open Awards: Motivating Entrepreneurs to Go Green

November 20, 2011
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Cleantech Open Awards, a non-profit organization, has been rewarding entrepreneurs that espouse clean technology for six years running. The spotlight is on startups around the world that pursue innovation and clean technology in their inventions and systems. To date, 593 companies in the United States alone have finished the entrepreneurship programs of Cleantech Open,...
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Nest Learning Thermostat, iPod of Thermostats

October 28, 2011
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People in the world of gadgetry may know Tony Fadell as the brilliant designer of the iPod hardware. This 42-year old technologist also led the iPhone and iPod division prior to resigning from his VP position. After his resignation, there were assumptions on what his next step will be. Thermostat. Even his wife didn’t...
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California Entrepreneur Launches Huge Job Creation Expansion

October 28, 2011
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At least eleven hundred jobs could be coming to Indianapolis, and even more to other locations at a later time, thanks to California entrepreneur Bobby Yanagihara’s plan to create mobile entertainment trucks. The founder and chief executive officer of the startup company known as ‘Litebox’ plans to build a one hundred, and twenty-five thousand square foot plant which...
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From the Bottom Up: American Start-Ups Launched in the Garage

October 6, 2011
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  It may sound like a fairytale, the American Dream. An American starts their own business in the garage of their home, and that business explodes into a huge success. It may seem unbelievable, or to those who know the story of Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, it may seem like a fluke, a once-in-a-lifetime...
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Encouraging Your Child to Become an Entrepreneur

October 4, 2011
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A recent report from ‘USA Today’ shared ideas and tips on how a parent can encourage their children to become entrepreneurs. After interviewing child inventors as well as their parents, many different questions such as, “What are those parents doing different?” were raised and answered.   Use their imagination One of the first tips which were given...
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