Word: entrepreneur
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...people making two violins a year. Now I have 500 making 3,000 a month," he says. "I didn't expect it would grow to this." It is a success story that is partly rooted in communism, partly in geography and largely in Gliga's innate skills as an entrepreneur. Violins in his top-of-the-line maestro series change hands for as much as $5,000. The company's sales reached $5 million last year, no small achievement in a limited, saturated market and within a national economy still struggling in the aftermath of 40 years of communism...
With angel investing, though, you can exact control over management. Indeed, the typical start-up looking for angel funding wants it from people who can help as board members or advisers. "The perfect candidate is a retired, successful entrepreneur who can provide valuable counsel," says Christopher Starr, managing director of Innovation Philadelphia, a regional economic-development group that finds financing for entrepreneurs. A perfect set of 10 angel investors throwing in $100,000 each to reach the $1 million mark that many start-ups want would include one or two attorneys, accountants, consultants, bankers and industry executives, along with some...
...line of less-sweet but intensely flavored sodas such as Dry Valencia Orange, Dry Meyer Lemon and Extra Dry Ginger Ale. "When you grow up, your tastes change," he says. "You want drinks that are less sweet and more flavorful." And he's not the only soft-drink entrepreneur chasing this market. Tommy's Naked Sodas are all-natural beverages made with cane sugar (as opposed to the corn syrup that has sweetened sodas since the late 1970s). Tommy's orange actually tastes like an orange, and his lemon-lime is crisp and tart, not sugary. Fizzy Lizzy...
PASSIONADA. Leading actor Jason Isaacs portrays compulsive gambler Charles Beck, who pretends to be a successful fishing business entrepreneur. He courts Celia Amonte, a Portuguese widow, after she receives some encouragement from her teenage daughter. Amonte (Sofia Milos) reluctantly falls in love with him, at least until she discovers his true occupation. The Dan Ireland film received rave reviews after its first screening as the closing picture at the Seattle International Film Festival. Passionada screens...
...August and September. These days you're more likely to come across a Cold Stone than a Ben & Jerry's or a Haagen-Dazs. Although Baskin-Robbins remains the industry leader with 2,271 U.S. locations, Cold Stone grew five times as fast last year, according to Entrepreneur magazine. For the first half of this year, the closely held company says, it rang up sales of $71 million, a 56% jump over the same period last year...