Monthly Archives: October 2014

Explorer Cabrillo made his name with bold, bloody exploits

October 31, 2014

Photo: Handout This rock, located at the Lowie Museum of Anthropology at University of California at Berkeley, is thought to be the headstone of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, early European explorer of Ca...

Rags to riches: Stars who used to be homeless

October 31, 2014

SourceRyan Arciero, http://pagesix.com/ , 31 October, 2014

Actress performs death-defying yoga moves on high ledge (related)

October 31, 2014

SourceRyan Arciero, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ , 31 October, 2014

Rags to riches author shares story at ECU

October 31, 2014

Greenville, NC | News | Weather | Sports – WNCT.com GREENVILLE, N.C. – An author who wrote a book on climbing out of poverty and homelessness shared his story at East Carolina University....

How One Social Entrepreneur Saved 100,000 Lives

October 31, 2014

Jenny Bowen wouldn’t call herself a social entrepreneur or a growth hacker. She’d be unlikely to label her organization a social venture. Yet in 2007, Bowen was awarded the American Chamber of Commer...

Young entrepreneur ‘gloves’ his way to $8 million mark—and...

October 31, 2014

Brian Lim isn’t your typical “glover.” What is “gloving,” exactly? Entrepreneur Lim didn’t know either, until his then girlfriend and now fiancee got him into the ...

13 Brilliant and Outlandish Marketing Stunts Used by Richard Branson

October 31, 2014

Entrepreneur Richard Branson is one of the most daring promoters of all time. Here are 13 unconventional ways he’s promoted his companies. Richard Branson is probably the closest thing to a rea...

When It Comes to Entrepreneurship, Be A Pig

October 8, 2014

I spent a few enjoyable days last week on the campus of several Big Ten universities talking to many people about their entrepreneurship programs. More than once a reference was made to the old saw, ...

Richard Branson remains the face, spirit of Virgin

October 8, 2014

Branson NEW YORK – Richard Branson arrives at the Manhattan showroom of Shinola, an American-made watch company. There are no flashing cameras nor any deals in the making. He just sits on a couch in ...

Celebrate Steve Jobs’ life with this amazing video from 1997

October 8, 2014

Steve Jobs died three years ago today. Apple co-founder and visionary CEO Steve Jobs passed away three years ago today, at the age of 56. In addition to co-creating the company with Steve Wozniak in ...

Meet The Swiss Entrepreneur Who Is Funding African Innovation

October 7, 2014

Jean-Claude Bastos de Morais, a Swiss-Angolan, is a successful entrepreneur and the founder of the African Innovation Foundation (AIF), a Swiss-based organization that promotes innovation and sustain...

Murdoch vs Packer is on again

October 7, 2014

Old fight, new venue: the Murdoch and Packer dynasties will compete for the online real estate advertising market in the US. Washington The Murdoch family will renew its business rivalry against Jame...

The Rags-to-Riches Story of How Oprah Made Billions

October 7, 2014

Oprah Winfrey with Barack and Michelle Obama. Source: Flickr user Luke Vargas. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Oprah Winfrey’s story reminds u...

I’m blind, paralysed and bald…but not broken

October 7, 2014

Adventurer Mark Pollock pictured at his offices before the screening of the ” Unbreakable ” The Mark Pollock Story , at the Lighthouse cinema in Dublin Picture: Frank Mc Grath Adventurer ...

Kenya’s rags to riches marathon star says he can go faster

October 7, 2014

Kenya’s rags to riches marathon star says he can go faster Nairobi (AFP) – Just a few years ago, Dennis Kimetto was working on his family’s farm in Kenya’s Rift Valley highlan...