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Kajeet, the Bethesda, Md., start-up that provided Rachel with her Nokia 6165i, has developed its new service in large part with input from kids like her. "We think kids are smart," said Kajeet's co-founder and CEO Daniel Neal. "Our entire philosophy springs from this one core idea. We want our kids to be agile with technology, and we want to help them respond with confidence to what's happening in their world." But it will have to sell the idea that kids can handle it to the real potential buyers: their skeptical parents (and grandparents...
...only public start-up of the group, Silverjet, splits élitism and efficiency down the middle. It's not every day that you see the CEO of an airline collecting trash and empty champagne glasses. But Lawrence Hunt, 40, is a Richard Branson-- style British maverick who rolls up his sleeves, raises $55 million in capital and takes flight with 100 business-class seats on a 767 just eight months later; most start-ups take two years. Hunt expects to break even in six to eight months and will soon add a second and a third plane. Silverjet looks...
...START-UP NECESSARY...
...Kajeet, the Bethesda, Maryland start-up that provided Rachel with the Nokia 6165i as one of 3,000 volunteer "beta testers" for a new service aimed at kids, developed in large part from input by kids. But it will have to sell the idea that children can handle it to the potential buyers, their parents. "We think kids are smart," said Kajeet's cofounder and CEO Daniel Neal. "Our entire philosophy springs from this one core idea. We want our kids to be agile with technology and we want to help them respond with confidence to what's happening...
Since January 2004, Franken has hosted a radio program on Air America, a start-up liberal network. He left the network yesterday...