What Makes a Good Entrepreneur?
Most business books and experts assert that there’s just one kind of person who can be a successful entrepreneur. To be an entrepreneur, they’ll tell you, you have to be: – A risk taker – Extroverted – A natural salesperson – A leader of others – Willing to work ’round the clock – A visionary [...]
Sarkisian Turns Things Around at Washington
While we’re on hold with Ripley’s Believe or Not, let’s consider the Washington Huskies as one of those weight-loss before-and-after ads. Before Steve Sarkisian: The Huskies go 0-12 in 2008, losing by an average of 25.3 points a game, staking their claim as the worst team from a BCS conference on the planet. After: The [...]
Mario Lopez Seeks to Expand His Reach
Move over, Ryan Seacrest! Mario Lopez is quickly becoming one of the busiest men in show business as he’s hosting “Extra” and “America’s Next Best Dance Crew,” which is currently in its fourth season — and now he aspires to do more. “I just want to get into more of the producing end and try [...]
Almost Fall at the Beach
While Fall doesn’t officially begin for a few more days, it has been just perfect here on the continents’ edge. I’m not sure where the Summer has gone, but gone it has, and without so much as a by-your-leave. I still check daily, sometimes twice a day, with the National Hurricane Center website. There are [...]
Lexus LX570 Has It All, With a Price to Match
It can pilot the family on the open road or climb a hill and ford a stream, while cooling a couple cans of pop and a sub sandwich. Lexus loaded its LX570 full-size SUV with just about every conceivable amenity and then added a new one for 2009: a $4,050 luxury package with a radar [...]
GOP Aiming to Pick Up Justice’s Senate Seat
Former House Speaker John Thrasher’s victory in a Senate Republican primary is convincing some GOP leaders that comebacks are possible – despite an apparently angry electorate. Jack Latvala sure hopes so. The former four-term Pinellas County senator is trying to mirror Thrasher’s success by winning the state Senate seat now held by Democrat Charlie Justice, [...]
Kiffin’s Tennessee Put Up Quite a Fight
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – In the tailgate parking lot, there were wanted posters of Lane Kiffin taped on Florida SUV windows. On the street that leads to the stadium, there was a bed sheet hanging with a printed warning. “RIP Lane Kiffin. 5-9-75 to 9-19-09.” In the stands, the T-shirts were everywhere. On the front: “Memo [...]
‘Million-Dollar Boy’ Underscores Health Debate
When is a child’s health condition simply too expensive to treat? Ideally, no cost is too high. No treatment is too expensive. But in the case of 4-year-old Dylan Brabon of Phoenix, Ariz., the limit is $2 million. Born with a rare form of a rare disease, Dylan reached his lifetime insurance cap in June. [...]
Values Voters Look to Huckabee for 2012
A straw vote suggests former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is a favorite among religious conservatives to be president in 2012. That’s according to a vote held Saturday at the annual Values Voter Summit in Washington. About one-third of the 1,800 registered attendees cast ballots indicating their preference among potential GOP candidates. Huckabee was tops with [...]
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