Zuckerberg knows: do what you love. Mark Zuckerberg is, with room to spare, the poster child for the dream life. He struck big before 22, and his company just kept striking and striking, growing and growing. He’s done the Paris Hilton, private yacht routine. The conventional wisdom with him is that his life is a ... Read more...
In the world of entrepreneurship many people can see the potential of it. It’s one of the major growing markets, and with the recent economic crisis it’s a great way to really handle the problem and make money without having to slave at a 9-5 job. However, there is a small problem to that. One ... Read more...
Do What You Do Best: But More of It. For Andrea Kihlstedt, attaining success over the age of 50 was less about re-inventing herself than about reinventing her approach. She didn’t quit a job as a nurse or teacher and decide to launch a restaurant. Instead, she used the skills she’d been developing all along. ... Read more...
Bill Gates began programming at age 13. As a college student, he began developing the seminal programming language BASIC. At the tender age of 25, he founded Microsoft. Keep in mind, this meant founding a company to produce something that at the time was not part of everyday life. In 1975, recall, computers were the ... Read more...
Continuing in our series of alternatives to EBay, here’s Ruby Lane, an online marketplace with an emphasis on antiques. It’s important to note, first of all, that EBay was not named after anyone’s mother. Conversely, Ruby Lane was named after the mom of co-founder Tom Johnson. The other half of the partner, Jim Wilcoxson, didn’t ... Read more...