Word: entrepreneurism
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...Chen Yifei knew that others could attract money and investment to China. What he wanted to do was far greater: bring beauty back to his homeland. The painter turned style entrepreneur, who died on April 10 at 59, began his mission rather unpromisingly: after graduating from Shanghai's premier art institute in 1965, he spent a decade monotonously painting propaganda art and portraits of Mao Zedong during the Cultural Revolution. But after migrating to the U.S. in 1982, Chen found his hyper-realist paintings of pastoral scenes and flute-playing maidens a hit with foreign collectors, who snapped...
...been what, months, since Stelios Hadji-Ioannou started another business. The European serial entrepreneur of easyJet fame has gone back to his family's maritime roots determined to revolutionize yet another industry with easyCruise. Like easyJet, the minimalist European airline that gave rise to the Easy empire, Hadji-Ioannou's latest venture is bold, bare-bones and very orange. "The strategy," he told attendees at a launch event in Athens, in late March, "is to target younger crowds, in their 20s and 30s, rather than wealthy older people who like more traditional cruises...
Industry experts predict another Easy success. Traditional cruise lines, they say, won't be threatened unless Hadji-Ioannou adds bigger boats to the Riviera lines. The Greek-Cypriot entrepreneur last week said he was talking with the world's largest cruise operator, Carnival Corp., in hopes of finding a strategic partner...
...Melrose entrepreneur is continuing his efforts to bring his version of “duck tours”—amphibious vehicles—to Cambridge, but is facing firm opposition from the City Council...
...Barrett must step down at age 65, according to Intel policy) would only add to the crisis. But Intel has a long history of smooth transitions from one leader to the next, and Otellini has been the heir apparent for more than two years. "Bob [Noyce] was the consummate entrepreneur," says Otellini, describing the company's founding chief. "Gordon [Moore] was the genius. Andy [Grove] was the management guru. Craig [Barrett]'s legacy was building our manufacturing facilities in the middle of a downturn." Of himself, Otellini says, "I'm the product guy." The implication: clever product design and planning...