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McDonalds Fries after 10 Weeks
“Crazy Coffins” A New Booming Business In England
There’s one thing they always say about money – you can’t take it with you. So before you go, you can at least arrange for a memorable send off. One company in England has taken that directive quite literally to heart, creating a bizarre new business that sits on the tentative border between creativity and [...]
Selling sex on cells
Mobile video is all the rage in the wireless world, so how long before porn hits the two-inch screen? As Canada’s No. 2 cell phone carrier just discovered, it may take awhile. ast month Telus, Canada’s second-largest wireless operator, quietly tried to do something that no other North American rival has done: sell pornography. But [...]
25 Most Fascinating Entrepreneurs
Inc. magazine goes behind the scenes with 25 entrepreneurs who best exemplify the extraordinary drive, creativity, and passion of American business. Top 25 list, coinciding with Inc.‘s 25th anniversary, spans the gamut of the entrepreneurial world, from spectacularly successful household names, such as Russell Simons, to Laima Tazmin, an extraordinary talented teenager who runs a [...]
Second Life, Haven for Entrepreneurs
“Second Life was just unfundable,” says the man who dreamed up this virtual world. Funny how things change when you give people the ability to fly. Now everyone, including businesses of all sizes, wants a piece. Second Life is a place where anyone can have just that. It is a richly detailed virtual world where [...]
From Ashes to Fishes
Eternal Reefs Eternal Reefs is the only company in the world that mixes the ashes of cremated people into cement to form “reef balls,†which they then lower into the ocean to help create habitats for marine life. While it certainly sounds strange, it helps if you think of it as a way of creating [...]
Cats Toilet-Training Business
http://www.citikitty.com Rebecca Rescate found her niche the way so many entrepreneurs do: She had a need and nobody was filling it. Rescate and her husband, Christian, had moved from Pennsylvania to New York City with their cat, Samantha, into a very small apartment. They really didn’t have space for a cat litter box—or the odor [...]
