Word: entrepreneur
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...scene was to be shot, Damiano would send him away on an errand. And Reems had a chance to display his indefatigable performance skills, as a burlesque comic and sex worker, made the enterprise very viewer-friendly. "Harry wasn't a great actor," says long-time porn entrepreneur Fred Lincoln, "but he was a great fucker." Reems is justly proud of his quick preparation for the money scenes: "I can get turned on by a picture of Minnie Mouse." (Fine, Harry, just don't say Pluto!). Even Federal agent Bill Kelly, who would lead the battle to put Harry...
...Bush, "you need to seek personal help right here at Notre Dame." The exchange goes back on track until Surma veers off course again. "I don't have any kids, and I probably will never have kids," he says to escalating laughter. Bush interrupts: "I thought you were an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs need to be optimistic...
...projects work out. Acumen lent money to an Indian entrepreneur who designed a $42 hearing aid but wasn't able to move it to market. Yet even in that case there was a lesson to be learned, says Novogratz, a former banker. "We want to understand how to build companies that effectively deliver critical goods and services," she says. "The more we can understand how to do that, the more effective we think we'll be in bringing forward a blueprint for change to the world." --By Barbara Kiviat
...It’s about creating something cool,” Saverin says. “That’s what we were always about—you know, not always myself. I guess I’m an entrepreneur at heart. I’ve done a lot of other projects before. But for me this was mostly, ‘Wow, what if we can actually push this forward so that it makes a difference...
Freston has been shaping kids' tastes for a quarter-century. In 1980, this former clothing entrepreneur with an M.B.A. from New York University read about the start-up MTV network (then co-owned by Warner Communications, which was later acquired by Time Inc., this magazine's publisher), applied for a job and became one of the founding executives. He oversaw properties like VH1 and Nick at Nite and, friends say, has remained true to MTV values, both personally, as a U2 fan, and as a businessman, believing that interesting content can make money. "Audiences want variety--in their television...