PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — “A lot of people get discouraged in the city, like you would never be enough or just becoming a product of the environment,” said Tari Wright. “So, any way we can switch that up. I think this is the perfect way.” Wright says he used to […]
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Beauty Entrepreneur Chris-Tia Donaldson, Founder of Thank God It’s Natural, Has Died
Chris-Tia Donaldson “Heaven gained its sweetest angel back,” read an online tribute to Chris-Tia Donaldson, founder and CEO of Thank God It’s Natural—also known as TGIN. Donaldson, a pioneer in the natural haircare industry and a self-described “Breast Cancer Thriver,” died on Saturday, November 13, as confirmed in a social […]
Jewish entrepreneur revives pre-Holocaust Amsterdam’s colorful retail spirit
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — This city’s fabled Jewish market, which opened in 1893 on Waterloo Square, came to a tragic end in the Holocaust, when the Nazis and their collaborators murdered nearly all the local Jews. But the spirit of Waterloo Square, and the Jewish peddlers who once bought and sold […]
Hudson Valley Entrepreneur Admits To Defrauding Investors Of Nearly $1,000,000
An entrepreneur from the area has admitted to defrauding investors of nearly $1 million. Joseph Cimino, the founder of a tequila brand based in the Hudson Valley, pleaded guilty on Monday, Nov. 15 to securities and wire fraud charges. As part of the plea, the 57-year-old Cimino, a resident of […]
‘You need to learn to read the room’
Mark Cuban has some simple advice for any entrepreneur looking to pitch investors: Read the room. It’s been one of Cuban’s favorite pieces of guidance since he was 22 years old, when a mentor pushed him to “listen more.” And on Friday’s episode of ABC’s “Shark Tank,” Cuban gave some […]
An entrepreneur told police he was tortured for several hours by masked criminals attempting to steal his bitcoin millions
Zaryn Dentzel, cofounder of Spanish social networking site Tuenti. Tuenti An entrepreneur told police he was tortured by masked robbers targeting his bitcoin millions, Spanish media reported. Zaryn Dentzel, cofounder of Spanish site Tuenti, was attacked at his Madrid home. He was tied, bound, and gagged before the assailants fled […]
What drives this Houston energy entrepreneur? The fear of quitting, for one.
Craig Taylor grew up in disadvantaged neighborhoods near Los Angeles, the son of an African American father and a white mother who had immigrated from Germany. “To some of the Black kids, I wasn’t Black enough, and I certainly wasn’t white,” he says. At 8 years old, he walked home […]
American Entrepreneur Tortured by Gang Trying to Steal His Bitcoin
Source: AdobeStock/tsuguliev Spanish police are investigating the suspected torture, attempted kidnapping and robbery of an American tech entrepreneur and bitcoin (BTC) investor. The case reportedly involved Dentzel Zaryn, the co-founder of the Spanish Tuenti social media portal. Per El Español, police reported that the attack appears to have taken place […]