Word: entrepreneurism
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...based in Austin, Texas, "but it seems like it's particularly devastating for some women." In fact, the airline industry has pretty much ignored the needs of the fat. Aside from catering to the widespread preference for king-size beds, hotels have also made minimal adaptations. Aware of this, entrepreneur Sabourin--who used to travel with 4-x-4 wooden blocks to prop up rickety hotel beds--sells vacation packages to resorts that qualify as fat friendly...
This TV show doesn't exist yet, but it just might by summer. If there's one thing reality TV has confirmed, it's that people will do almost anything for 15 minutes of shame. Fuller, 42, a British entertainment entrepreneur, exploits this as well as anyone. He's the creator of Britain's Pop Idol, its offshoot American Idol in the U.S. (also a hit) and the current Germany Seeks the Superstar, which drew almost 7 million viewers to its most recent episode and gives up nothing in schmaltz to the U.S. version. A recording of the show...
...born entrepreneur, Berman first revealed his flair when he turned the family wholesale-leather business into the nation's largest retailer of leather apparel, now known as Wilsons the Leather Experts Inc. But Berman's true passion is gambling: he has won three national poker titles, and is a member of the Poker Hall of Fame at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas. At a poker table, Gaming magazine once wrote, Berman plays "with the insight of a psychiatrist and the determination of a club fighter...
...center-right government would exempt high R and D firms from paying any corporate income tax for their first three years of operation, wipe out all social charges paid to the state for six years and give capital-gains tax exemption to investors and other shareholders. Biotech entrepreneur Philippe Pouletty, president of the Strategic Council for Innovation, says the move could double the number of "innovative" companies in France (there are about 2,500 today) and make it one of the most attractive places in the world to do business. So far, the bill is not meeting with much opposition...
...Raising the money for his breakaway network expansion is one of those things. Mittal, a serial entrepreneur, is a master at attracting investments and getting loans in India, where capital has been in painfully short supply?a skill that is especially helpful when your rivals have more money than you. Bharti has garnered a total $1.2 billion of foreign equity investment, more than any other Indian company. Singapore Telecommunications has invested $650 million, and Warburg Pincus has a stake worth nearly $300 million, the private equity fund's third-largest overseas investment. Dalip Pathak, a managing director at Warburg...