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...turned out to be a prescient analysis of some of the forces that would conspire to deny him the White House three decades later. But while Gore's political career may be over, his fascination with television is taking a new turn. Gore has reincarnated himself as an activist entrepreneur and is about to mount what could be his most ambitious campaign yet: to transform the medium itself...
...Internet. In his unsuccessful 2000 presidential campaign, Gore once even considered bypassing his high-priced consultants and enlisting ordinary voters to make his campaign commercials--an approach that looks very much like the cable network he is about to launch. "He's a visionary," says Joel Hyatt, the attorney-entrepreneur who is his partner in the cable venture. "He's doing things that are new, daring, difficult, just as he tried to do as a public servant...
Konopizza has an American competitor in Crispy Cones, founded by culinary entrepreneur Nir Adar, who developed his own version of portable pizza. Adar is opening a shop in Los Angeles this fall and has investors lined up to support a frozen version to be sold in grocery stores. He wants to take the concept beyond pepperoni and prosciutto. Crispy Cones' menu features not just pizza but also a range of conical chow, including chicken, chili and fruit. Besting the Konopizza prep time of three minutes, Crispy Cones is counting on partially prebaked cones to cut retail oven-to-plate time...
With his nylon socks and cigarette pinched between index finger and thumb, Liu looks like any other small-fry entrepreneur in China's hinterland. Yet for two reasons, he is different. First, his business is oil. Second, he's running from the police. Liu, who declines to reveal his full name, changes his cell-phone number weekly and won't pass two nights in the same bed. His fugitive life is shared by dozens of other wildcat oilmen in northern China's Shaanxi province, where independent drillers are fighting for compensation after the government seized their wells and detained several...
...Roppongi Hills Club, a members-only (initiation fee and deposit: $20,000) oasis of fine restaurants and spectacular views where authors, artists, celebrities and executives can gather in peace high above the masses. Every third Thursday of every month, Fujimoto convenes a meeting here of the Young Entrepreneur Organization, an association of 125 businesspeople under 40 who are the founders and CEOs of companies with at least $1 million in annual sales. The group gets together for a lecture from a corporate luminary such as ex-Sony CEO Nobuyuki Idei or Matsui Securities CEO Michio Matsui, discussion about...