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Another offbeat entrepreneur trying to create the next big thing? Well, yes. But it just so happens that this project was first hatched by the U.S. government. And the agency that licensed the technology to Emery is one of the most wide-ranging and innovative laboratories anywhere on the planet. Its name (don't laugh): the Agricultural Research Service (ARS). In its 50 years of existence, ARS has provided the genius behind a world of commercially successful products, including permanent-press cotton, Pringles, Lactaid and pretty much the entire frozen-food aisle...
Spaceman Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson has been even busier than usual. After wading into the U.S. online music market last week with Virgin Digital, Branson hailed plans for an early 2005 launch of Virgin Nigeria, an airline for which his Virgin Atlantic carrier will pay $24.5 million for a 49% share. He also found time to christen Virgin Galactic, the world's first space-tourism operator, whose...
MARTHA STEWART is ready for her lockup. Though she will continue to appeal her obstruction-of-justice conviction, the lifestyle entrepreneur asked a judge last week to let her start serving her five-month sentence immediately--ideally releasing her in time "to plant the new spring garden," she said at a news conference. Stewart lamented how she'll miss "my two beloved, fun-loving dogs, my seven lively cats, my canaries, my horses and even my chickens." Human beings may begin to interest Stewart more after she is forced to eat, bathe and sleep in close quarters with them...
...also rare for a North American to go to Germany to start a high-tech business; usually, the traffic in entrepreneurs goes the other way. Cenix demonstrates how far Germany has come over the past few years as it tries to promote the creation of science-based businesses and stem an outflow of its best minds to the U.S. Max Planck had been a "large, slow-moving beast," says Echeverri, but when the idea for Cenix was born, it was Max Planck that acted as the midwife and pushed Echeverri into becoming an entrepreneur. "Cenix Bioscience would never have come...
When a preschooler paints a masterpiece, it is usually hung on the family fridge. But eventually the artwork piles up in a box under the bed--or winds up in the Dumpster. But Chicago entrepreneur Angela Mendez has launched an ingenious service aimed at preserving children's creative efforts and eliminating clutter. Her business, Me, My Room and I, takes kids' artwork or poetry and turns it into collages, murals, wallpaper border or giant stickers. The art is scanned and then imaginatively transformed into custom-made keepsakes and decorations. Prices range from $88 for 12 ft. of customized wallpaper border...