Meet Sixteen Grade School Entrepreneurs
Some kids catch the measles. Others get bit by the entrepreneurial bug. Here are 16 preternatural wealth builders we've met over the last three years.
Forbes staffSome kids catch the measles. Others get bit by the entrepreneurial bug. Here are 16 preternatural wealth builders we've met over the last three years.
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Brett Nelson, Forbes StaffIn most folktales, when a young man sets off to rescue the princess and become the king, one of the first tests of his mettle involves generosity. An old woman asks that he share his meager meal, or a beggar pleads for a coin. The young man's older brothers have already refused this request, and bad things have invariably happened to them. read »
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Michael Bronfein's robots are streamlining the $14 billion business of providing pills to nursing homes. read »
Acceptance of social media, especially Facebook, runs similar to the political spectrum. There are extremists on both sides: those who live on Facebook and those who want nothing to do with it. I, along with the rest of the American public, sit somewhere in the middle. There a big rush in the corporate techie space to get everything on to a social media platform like Facebook, from internal communication to job postings. Most of them are uncomfortable fits, but I think there is one area that does[...] read »
Recently, a reporter asked how I could be so optimistic about innovation, entrepreneurism and the American Dream when our political leaders do so little to support a national innovation strategy. I responded that I had to be optimistic, because the alternative – an America that is in perpetual decline – is unacceptable. read »
BranchOut has raised $18 million in Series B funding for its business social networking within Facebook, trying to turn the place for friends into a place for jobs. read »
Can you remember the last time you stayed up late watching a movie while you should have been asleep? You weren’t wasting your time. In fact; you may have gained some insights into managing your portfolio. In case you missed them, here are 10 kernels of wisdom from Hollywood classics. 10. [...] read »
Baker & Hostetler has charged the Securities Investor Protection Corp. $110 million so far for its work unraveling the Madoff Ponzi scheme. In April the law firm of Irving Picard, the trustee in charge of the Madoff estate, submitted another bill for $43.2 million plus $1.1 million in expenses. read »
Tomorrow I leave on a 330-mile, 4-day cycling adventure: the NorCal AIDS Cycle. I’m a little impressed with myself. “Athletic” is not a word frequently used to describe me. As a kid, I wasn’t picked last for team sports, but I was never picked first. And until three months ago, I had never cycled more than 10 miles at a stretch. My last training ride was an easy, fun, quick 30 miles. I have good reason to be self-impressed. read »