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Clearly, the market is a proven wealth builder that can and should benefit all participants in a free-market economy. It's only right that everyone should be entitled to a piece of the action. Scott Sorochak is a 30-year-old Internet entrepreneur in San Ramon, Calif., who has been buying stocks since he was 16. His portfolio today is worth $1.8 million, and he plans to retire at age 40. "We literally go to bed every night laughing at each other over this," he says. Is he taking any chips off the table? Nothing much. "I'm still...
Chiyo's career as Sayuri begins when her elderly father, distraught over his ailing wife, permits her to be placed in okiya, or training houses for geisha, at the urging of a rather dubious local entrepreneur...
...panel included George Mokray, a Central Square resident and scholar of economic development; Sarah James, the principal of Sarah James and Associates, a Cambridge community-planning and development consulting firm; Jason Upshaw, a 19-year-old entrepreneur in Central Square, and Marcy Goldstein-Gelb, Greater Boston director of Working Capital, a non-profit focused on assisting small business owners with training and peer lending...
Risky ventures is what being an entrepreneur is all about, but the success stories of business leaders such as Marvin S. Traub '46 suggest the potential reward is surely worth the uncertainty...
...skills that make one successful in the retail industry are the same skills that make one a successful entrepreneur: creativity, drive, energy and intelligence," he said...