The liquor license application is unusual because the type of business is listed as a tavern, nightclub, restaurant and ultra lounge, compared to most applications that list just one of the first three options, Verveer said. On its face, the income percentages listed qualify as a bona fide restaurant, Verveer […]
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The tech entrepreneur who founded Trump’s go-to TV news network
Second of two stories Two decades before Robert Herring Sr created the far-right TV channel One America News Network, he learned that a circuit board factory he owned was under an FBI investigation. It was 1994. In retaliation, a court judgment reviewed by Reuters shows, Herring fired an employee who told the […]
This Ghanaian-British entrepreneur developed wireless earbuds that can instantly translate 40 languages
The wireless earbud is the latest trend in the communication world. And virtually all mobile phone brands are coming out with their version of earbuds. One tech entrepreneur has added innovation to the earbuds economy with his own invention. Danny Manu, a Ghanaian-British man, developed earbuds that auto-translate other languages. […]
Visualizing The Journey of a Mining Entrepreneur
Mining may be an industry nearly as old as humankind itself, but the process of how a patch of ground becomes a mine is no different from the modern start-up. It takes someone with vision, knowledge, capital, and especially social skills to navigate the hurdles and pitfalls in order to […]
My Journey: From Miss India To Entrepreneur To IIM Ahmedabad MBA
Vanya Mishra is an accomplished professional with experiences deeply embedded in media, entertainment, entrepreneurship. Having won the coveted Miss India World title at the tender age of 19, she is now a student at IIM-Ahmedabad. Here she walks the runway at the India International Jewelery Week 2012 in Mumbai, India. […]
This Food Entrepreneur’s Investors Prepared Him for Everything From a Major Pivot to a ‘Shark Tank’ Appearance
VENTURE CAPITALIST SORAYA Darabi was on the way to San Francisco International Airport in 2018 when she got a phone call that stopped her in her tracks. The caller was Phil Wong, co-founder of Misfit Foods, which Darabi’s VC firm, TMV, had invested in earlier that year. Sales of the […]
How Chennai software entrepreneur Mathrubootham turned his employees millionaires
Chennai: A struggling young entrepreneur from Chennai once told his wife that he was working hard not merely to buy a BMW car for himself, but also to enable all his employees to buy such a car. The dedication and hard work put in by Girish Mathrubootham as CEO finally […]
Utah entrepreneur charged with scamming ‘vulnerable’ romantic partner out of home equity
UTAH COUNTY — A businessman who co-founded a belt company and successfully pitched it on Shark Tank has been charged with defrauding a romantic partner out of nearly $200,000 while he was still married to another woman. Nathanael Reid Holzapfel, a 42-year-old Orem resident, was charged last week with three […]