Word: entrepreneurism
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...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...
Renfrew made a name for herself as an entrepreneur when she acquired The Wedding List, a company she turned into an innovative wedding-gift-and-registry Web-centric business that she then sold to Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia in 2001. She followed that stint with six months of volunteering in South Africa and several consulting gigs at small businesses like designer Vivienne Tam and retailer Intermix...
...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...
...with a year’s campaigning experience behind him, the 24-year-old British entrepreneur, along with running mate Adam Goldenberg ’08, has been projected as one of the election’s frontrunners from the start...