Word: entrepreneur
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...during the Cultural Revolution. They watch as their father is persecuted to death and their mother debilitated with grief. They are orphaned as teenagers and a battle for survival bonds the boys together. But once China adopts capitalism in the 1980s, their paths diverge. The wily Baldy becomes an entrepreneur; Song Gang languishes as a worker in a state-owned factory...
...Tibet is a fresh market for China’s rapidly growing economy, and its relative lack of indigenous capital makes it an easy target for predatory Chinese corporations. If that weren’t incentive enough, rampant housing discrimination makes Tibet a nice prospect for any Chinese entrepreneur. Most of the new subsidized housing—which the Chinese government made room for by razing thousands of Tibetan monuments—are given to new “Chinese settlers” to provide these new-age colonizers with the most comfortable facilities available. If current trends continue...
...dedicated to publicizing dance videos, and “BurrellTime” iPhone application that allows his fans to follow his life in real-time. “I’m building my social media ecosystem one peg at a time,” he said. As an entrepreneur with an entertainment background, Burrell said that advertising was instrumental in highlighting artistic talent. “At the end of the day, there are only so many notes, so many rhymes, so many keys on the keyboard,” he said. “The next thing...
...Madagascar A BLOODY CRACKDOWN Police killed more than 25 protesters on Feb. 7 in Antananarivo, the capital, when they fired into a crowd that was demanding the ouster of President Marc Ravolomanana. The episode came a week after Antananarivo's mayor and media entrepreneur, Andry Rajoelina, proclaimed himself the country's new ruler and began hosting daily rallies to deride the nation's "millionaire dictator." Ravolomanana later blamed the rallies for inciting the crowd and declared that he had removed the mayor from his post, though Rajoelina has refused to leave office...
...Yagan: I started my first company while I was a senior on campus. When I started at Harvard I definitely did ultimately envision myself being an Internet entrepreneur, I just didn’t realize to what extent...