Word: entrepreneur
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...Until recently, the only airport serving Canada's largest metropolis had been Lester B. Pearson International Airport, located 20 miles from the city centre. The airport is not accessible by subway, so downtowners have to slog through traffic snarls to get there. That looked like an opportunity to aviation entrepreneur Robert Deluce, who, last October, launched Porter Airlines. Porter offered 10 round-trip flights every week day to Ottawa (and later, to Montreal), taking off and landing at idyllic Toronto Island, just a five-minute ferry ride from the city center. The island's green parks, beaches and petting...
...Hadfield ’08, the Web entrepreneur who masterminded the venture with an IT multinational, co-founded the site as a student-driven alternative to University sites, such as my.harvard.edu...
...over the decades, it is true. In 1952, for example, Kemmons Wilson built the first Holiday Inn and revolutionized American motels by introducing standardization and emphasizing cleanliness and value. The era of the big convention-oriented hotels checked in during the 1970s. And in 1984, New York City nightclub entrepreneur Ian Schrager came up with the boutique hotel concept. But for the most part, the basic business model has changed little: sell travelers perfectly acceptable yet generic places to stay for the night at ever-increasing prices, particularly in the world's major cities...
...Life of the Party Name: BENOIT LAVAUD Occupation: Designer, nightlife entrepreneur Age: 33 Destination: Tokyo...
Although Bill Gates has long been Harvard’s most famous dropout—a legendary entrepreneur, the world’s richest man, and an icon of the computer age—it is appropriate that he is only returning to Harvard to take an honorary degree now that he is also known as the world’s most generous philanthropist. We applaud Harvard for recognizing his contribution to society and welcome Gates back to Cambridge to deliver the keynote address at commencement...