Word: entrepreneurism
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...talented that he does only "special deliveries." This job is so special that Matthew needs his own beeper and phone line, and people call from all over town at all hours of the night asking for his special pizzas. He really has turned into quite the little entrepreneur, earning a tidy sum and even buying his own convertible. John has been particularly interested in Matthew’s little business, and even jokes that in a couple of years Matthew will have to pay for his own college tuition. Only our Matthew could make such a success out of pizza...
...ensuing lives of five of his fellow alumni-all members of Nanjing University's class of 1982-Pomfret shows just how sweeping that transformation was. One of his classmates, who tortured fellow villagers as an 11-year-old Red Guard in the 1960s, ends up as a biochemistry entrepreneur in the business of extracting enzymes from urine. Another rises through the communist ranks by spouting whatever Party line is correct at any given time, thus enjoying a life of chauffeured Audis and plentiful shark's fin soup. Their stories, rife with the contradictions that puzzle China scholars, encapsulate the country...
...That will be a very tall order for the veteran politician. Jefferson is the target of a federal probe into allegations that he shook down a Kentucky entrepreneur for $100,000 in bribes and lucrative contracts for a business owned by Jefferson's wife in exchange for the Congressman's help in procuring contracts for the Kentucky technology firm, iGate, in West Africa. Two people connected with the case, including former iGate CEO Vernon Jackson, have pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with investigators...
...from the Telluride Association Summer Program (TASP), a competitive program for gifted high school juniors, often continue at Deep Springs and colleges like Harvard—there are at least seven TASP alums in Harvard’s 2010 class. TASP was founded in 1911 by Ohio-born electrical entrepreneur L.L. Nunn. He would found Deep Springs...
...entrepreneur who at the age of 17 helped found the Subway sandwich chain gave students a candid taste of business life last night. Fred DeLuca described Subway’s tentative early days and dispensed advice for young professionals, speaking to about 40 students in the Dunster House Junior Common Room. DeLuca said he co-founded the Subway franchise in 1965 in hopes of covering his college expenses. Now the chain has nearly 27,000 branches worldwide. When DeLuca hit hard financial times early in Subway’s history, he faced a choice between shutting down the original location...