Entrepreneur Kids

It has been amazing to see the effect that our decision over four years ago to become entrepreneurs has had on our children. It has always been known that children are sponges! They soak up everything they hear, see and at times, touch. They are, with all of their...

"Public Option Now" Blog Weighs Congress' Progress on Health Care

The Public Option Health Care Now blog, recently founded by yours truly to follow and enhance Congress' efforts toward health care for everyone in the US, has written a brief and cogent commentary of what's right and what's wrong with the US Congress' efforts over the last...

Michael Kagan PHD Conversation on Shavuot-Giving of the Decalogue

This is an amazing interview with Dr. Michael Kagan on the story of the upcoming Jewish Holiday Shavuot. It is for everyone regardless of religious or spiritual affiliation. He speaks on the meanings behind the...

The businesswoman and her claws

by Sarah Thomson I was reading over some statistics the other day. Not that I’m one to follow statistics, but sometimes I feel this need to see how I fit into the world. I discovered that women own 34 percent of small and mid-sized businesses and they are likely to have...

New York Entrepreneurs Open Bar to Save Money on Bar Tabs

Louis Terline and Jeff Madalena, owners of Oak boutique in New York, have decided to expand their entrepreneurial ventures and open up a bar in Greenpoint, Brooklyn - so they can save money on their bar tabs. "And...

Jumbo Hostel 'Takes Off' at Stockholm Airport

The Jumbo Hostel is the newest hotel in Stockholm, resting adjacent to the Arlanda Airport - but this accommodation is the first of it's kind in the world.  A 30 year old 747 jumbo jet was converted into a...

CrowdSourcing Michelle Obama’s Inaugural Gown

Having recently celebrated a milestone birthday, I have decided to blow the dust off of my lifelong dream of being a working, profitable fashion designer. Yes America, I have launched a one-woman online campaign to be selected as one of the clothing designers for our...

Senate bill sets guidelines for cybersecurity center

"A new authorization bill would give the White House more oversight of the Homeland Security Department's much-beleaguered cybersecurity efforts. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on...

Race Car Driver and Actor, Paul Newman Dead

" September 27, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) According to reports by Los Angeles car accident attorneys, the legendary actor, racecar driver and entrepreneur of Newman’s Own food line has passed away after his battle...

CNNMoney.com reports on Disaboom. Opening new worlds: The disability boom

(From a CNNMoney.com article published 9/15/2008)(Fortune Small Business) -- Despite his wheelchair, and often because of it, Dr. Glen House has always enjoyed doing what he isn't supposed to. Take the time he persuaded his neighbor in Colorado Springs, J.W. Roth, to join him...

Boing Jumbo jet retires as 85 bed Hotel

Dios bought the 500-seater jumbo jet, built in 1976, from its last owner Transjet after the air operator went bust in 2002. The Jumbo Hostel, which will remain grounded at the airport, will begin taking...

Urban farming takes root in Detroit - This might solve the world food price r...

Could growing fresh vegetables help save crumbling inner cities around the world and tackle hunger? Putting in the spade-work at one of the charity's gardens That is the ambitious aim of a charity called Urban Farming, which has...

BlackLight's physics-defying promise: Cheap power from water

"Imagine being able to convert water into a boundless source of cheap energy. That's what BlackLight Power, a 25-employee firm in Cranbury, N.J., says it can do. The only problem: Most scientists say that company's technology violates the basic laws of physics. Such...

Social Entrepreneurship: Tobias Sturmer, Artistic Director for Empowerment Works

"As part of our commitment to highlight social entrepreneurship in Africa, the Cheetah Index brings you this interview with Tobias Sturmer-Artistic Director of Empowerment Works Music.Before going into the interview here is an excerpt from Empowerment Works that describes...

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