Category: Entrepreneurship

Farrah Gray, an American celebrity entrepreneur, syndicated columnist, best-selling author, and motivational speaker, is CEO of Farrah Gray Publishing. Farrah Gray, unlike most American kids, spent his early years in acute poverty and began working …

Gurbaksh Chahal Gurbaksh Singh Chahal is an Indian-American Internet entrepreneur, bestselling author, CEO and founder of gWallet.Inc (now known as RadiumOne). He was born in Tarn Taran Sahib in Punjab, India in the year 1985. …

Henry Ford Henry Ford, an American industrialist and founder of the Ford Motor Company, is best-known as both a folk hero as well as a technological genius. He is also called to be the father …

Ever since the advent of the Internet, globalization is at its fastest pace, literally converting the big world into a small virtual village. Some people realized its potential and used it to change their lives; …

One Red Paperclip Kyle McDonald, a Canadian blogger, came up with a unique idea of exchanging things with possessions. On July 14 2005, he started off with a red paperclip and traded a a fish-shaped …

Some inventions change our way of life; some sophisticate it and some are meant to be amusing. Following examples are self-evident that ideas, no matter how simple or weird they might seem, can be converted …

Joseph’s Lite Cookies Joseph’s Lite Cookies is a family-owned and operated business established in 1986 by Joseph Semprevivo. Joseph was barely nine when doctors pronounced him diabetic and strictly advised him not to enjoy any …

Abbey Fleck At the age 8 Business: Created a product called Makin’Bacon In 1991, Abbey Fleck, at her tender age of eight, invented the Makin’ Bacon microwave oven bacon cooker. The next year, with the …

Adam Hildreth At the age 19 Business: Internet marketing and security (Dubit Limited) At the age of 17, Adam Hildreth started a social networking site and he named it Dubit Limited. Initially, it was exclusively …

Alex Tew Website: MillionDollarHomepage Age at the time: 21 years Time taken: 5 months The innovative idea of creating The Million Dollar Homepage crossed Alex Tew’s mind while he was still a student at the …

Karl Hans Albrecht, a German businessman and the founder of discount supermarket chain Aldi Sud, was born in 1920 on 20th February, in Essen, Germany. His father worked as a miner and baker’s assistant and …

Amancio Ortega, Spanish fashion entrepreneur, was born in 1936 on 28 March in Busdongo de Arbas, León. He is the son of railroad worker and a maid. Due to hardship, he could not further his …