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Russ Gershon's resume must list at least nine professions.Russ Gershon's resume must list at least nine professions. In alphabetical order, he is a bandleader, player and producer; an entrepreneur; a composer; a jazz musician; a punk rocker; a saxophonist; and a touring musician. Your typical Harvard over-achiever? Yes. Your typical Harvard graduate? Not a chance...
...previous semesters, Lessig has taught a range of courses, some of which--like "The High-Tech Entrepreneur"--have focused primarily on Internet and software...
Maybe. At their stepped-up pace, the government scientists should complete their road map of the 23 pairs of human chromosomes by late June. But there are folks out there who could spoil the victory party. Scientist and entrepreneur Craig Venter's company, Celera, using a riskier "shotgun" approach to plow through all those letters, is working at a furious pace as well. Only two weeks ago, he announced that Celera had completed mapping the genome of Drosophila melanogaster, a.k.a. the fruit fly, a favorite tool of lab scientists. While the fruit fly genome is far less complex than...
...Still, the move has left many asking why. As in, why would a man turn down $40 million per year in endorsements? The word from Jordan's people is that Mike wants to concentrate on his career as an entrepreneur; that like the player who wants to coach or the actor who wants to direct, he wants to go from pitchman to businessman. Others see it as an act of smart management - Jordan's a part owner of the Washington Wizards, and it certainly doesn't help player morale that their nonplaying boss is still the most heavily endorsed...
Danny Cheng didn't graduate from an elite overseas university or acquire information-technology training--and a PalmPilot full of contacts--in Silicon Valley. Instead, Cheng, who is 33, fits the mold of an old-fashioned Asian entrepreneur: he worked his way up from humble Hong Kong beginnings. "My family was poor," says Cheng. "At the beginning of each month, we had to worry about...