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...isolated and reactionary "sick man of Asia," seemed confident of its own economic and political power, as comfortable strutting its stuff on the international stage as any member of the G-8. "Now, no one can look down on us anymore," crowed Xue Ping, a Shanghai-based software entrepreneur who was perusing Shenzhou V memorabilia at a local street market on the afternoon of the launch. "After a long time of being considered the little kids, we can now sit at the adult table...
...Lelia P. Bundles ’74, great-granddaughter and biographer of trailblazing black entrepreneur Madam C.J. Walker and a former president of the Radcliffe Association, moderated the lunch discussion, “Being Black at Radcliffe: A Multigenerational Discussion...
...Rana, the aristocrat-cum-bistro entrepreneur, is doing just that. "Suddenly people are thinking, 'Oh, my God.' We are all frightened to live our normal lives. Even to have parties?how can you enjoy yourself when you never know when someone is going to throw a bomb over the wall?" Rana says he tries to keep his usual routine, but has taken to using personal bodyguards. Nor is such insecurity confined to Kathmandu's ?lite. "Most people are aware that Kathmandu is going to be the battlefield," says Devendra Ale, a manager at the Center for Victims of Torture, which...
...people making two violins a year. Now I have 500 making 3,000 a month," he says. "I didn't expect it would grow to this." It is a success story that is partly rooted in communism, partly in geography and largely in Gliga's innate skills as an entrepreneur. Violins in his top-of-the-line maestro series change hands for as much as $5,000. The company's sales reached $5 million last year, no small achievement in a limited, saturated market and within a national economy still struggling in the aftermath of 40 years of communism...
With angel investing, though, you can exact control over management. Indeed, the typical start-up looking for angel funding wants it from people who can help as board members or advisers. "The perfect candidate is a retired, successful entrepreneur who can provide valuable counsel," says Christopher Starr, managing director of Innovation Philadelphia, a regional economic-development group that finds financing for entrepreneurs. A perfect set of 10 angel investors throwing in $100,000 each to reach the $1 million mark that many start-ups want would include one or two attorneys, accountants, consultants, bankers and industry executives, along with some...