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...Recognizing and addressing a demand from within a market they knew they could reach, they have exemplified the entrepreneurial spirit," Sharma said. "They not only worked hard and thought creatively--they had fun while doing it. That is the essence of what it means to be an entrepreneur...
Your article on entrepreneur Louis J. Pearlman and his recording studio-boot camp for developing boy bands was very one-sided [MUSIC, Feb. 1]. It was obvious that the guys who wrote it don't like young male pop groups. The article made it sound as if their fans are all under 15 and the groups would be around just a short time because they aren't really that good. I don't know about the other singers, but the Backstreet Boys have lasted for almost seven years, and they're doing better than ever. They have fans...
Over a year ago, Chik came under University scrutiny when the first installment in a million gift from Hong Kong entrepreneur York Liao disappeared en route to Cambridge. Chik finally repaid Harvard last March, writing a check for $385,000--an inexplicable $52,000 more than he actually owed...
DIED. CHARLES LUCKMAN, 89, entrepreneur and architect who designed Madison Square Garden and Florida's Kennedy Space Center; in Los Angeles. Trained in architecture, Luckman first made his name (and the cover of TIME) selling soap as a sales manager at Pepsodent, and then returned to his first love after commissioning Lever House, one of Manhattan's first glass skyscrapers. In the late 1960s, he inadvertently fueled a national campaign for historic preservation with his design for the Garden, a monstrosity that replaced McKim, Mead and White's steel and glass-canopied gem, Penn Station...
...1970s revolutionary songs as people marked the ballots on their lap. Not all residents were enthused. "These officials are all the same," a wiry farmer sniffed. "I'm not even voting." He complained angrily about the depressed price of pork and lambasted the "Zhu Ba" (Pork Despot), a local entrepreneur who has monopolized the buying and selling of pigs...