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...descent. That wasn't obvious to everyone; even John Stossel, no easy touch, had give the rapidly expanding airline a smooch on 20/20. PeopleExpress had low fares, its own goofy counterairline culture and enthusiastic crewmembers and ground staff who were also stockholders. It had been started by a renegade entrepreneur named Don Burr. And it was growing like mad, even expanding service to London for $149 each...
...company in the hands of a first-class operations guy, Dave Barger, the COO. Barger has proven ops chops, having helped turn Continental around. (Although he certainly has to take some blame for February, too.) In some ways, dumping Neeleman isn't a surprising move. He's a great entrepreneur, but perhaps one of those types who is much better at innovating than operating. The skill sets are vastly different, and many entrepreneurs get bored by running a company and tend to step aside and move onto the next business once the newbie gets on its feet. "This...
...audience’s needs—assuming the audience is your average American male youth, thirsty for the return of Stone Cold and epic violence. In the film, 10 death row convicts from across the world are “purchased” by an aspiring Internet entrepreneur and dropped on a deserted island. Their goal: be the last one standing. The sole survivor earns his (or her) freedom from prison. Meanwhile, the corrupt producer films every second and broadcasts it live over the Internet with hopes of reaching Super Bowl numbers—40 million viewers...
...Until recently, the only airport serving Canada's largest metropolis had been Lester B. Pearson International Airport, located 20 miles from the city centre. The airport is not accessible by subway, so downtowners have to slog through traffic snarls to get there. That looked like an opportunity to aviation entrepreneur Robert Deluce, who, last October, launched Porter Airlines. Porter offered 10 round-trip flights every week day to Ottawa (and later, to Montreal), taking off and landing at idyllic Toronto Island, just a five-minute ferry ride from the city center. The island's green parks, beaches and petting...
...Hadfield ’08, the Web entrepreneur who masterminded the venture with an IT multinational, co-founded the site as a student-driven alternative to University sites, such as my.harvard.edu...