Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich got his start in business by selling plastic ducks.
Did their unfair start in business give them the boost that they needed?
These companies got their start in the business by performing speech-recognition searches for the government.
Building models is so time-consuming that a company with a head start in the business has a good chance of defending its position for years.
So we should do all that we can to support our troops and our veterans -- in helping them start a business, in helping them get a foothold in a fire station like this one, and start moving up the ranks, doing outstanding work the way Jacob has been doing.
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One 20-year-old, surnamed Zhou, said he came up to the Foxconn plant from a Sony factory in Shenzhen, but he hoped to return to start a business in trading once he had saved enough money.
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As discussed in earlier columns, America does not have a true entrepreneurs visa or a line for entrepreneurs to get in to start a business and create jobs in America.
Webb got his start in the music business as a staff songwriter for Motown.
Kidworth claims to be able to allow kids to start a business in just minutes.
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Flatley spoke with Forbes Technology Editor Kerry Dolan about how he got his start in the technology business.
Currently there is no appropriate category for a typical foreign-born entrepreneur to start a business in the United States.
High wages and property values mean it is difficult to start a business in the area, or even to maintain one.
Surprisingly, for a man who got his start in the oil business, Bush even bungled an easy question from Steve Forbes about oil pricing.
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Costco CEO James Sinegal got his start in the retail business in 1954, and learned his trade at the feet of legendary Price Club founder Sol Price.
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You should remember that the workforce consists of people, many of whom are getting nowhere trying to find a job or start a business in the services sector.
The trip took 26 Babson College MBAs to visit with start-up CEOs, capital providers, and professors so they could learn about what it takes to start a business in these locations.
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But it pales in comparison to other innovation-driven economies like France, where 17% expressed such plans and Taiwan, where 25% are gearing up to start a business in the immediate future.
More than a quarter of workers 65 or older are planning to start a business in the next three years, according to the 2013 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, an annual study conducted by researchers world-wide.
When the means of production were expensive and the barriers to entry high, having a dad who owned a newspaper chain or a billboard company was a pretty good way to get a running start in the media business.
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The call follows a report earlier in the month which showed business start ups in the region were running at a quarter of the rate for those in the South West and a tenth of the London level.
That is, if anyone in their right mind would dare to start a business like this in California.
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He sees business plans as an invaluable tool in the start of any business and encourages other entrepreneurs to have as many people as possible examine them.
The organizer, Rentenna, is a start-up in the business of rating the city's rental buildings.
He bolted to start his own business in June 2002, financed by Osher and Gallo.
Cuts in capital gains tax in America, he says, led to a big increase in business start-ups and employment.
The last piece of the puzzle was capital expenditures, and at what point companies would start investing in their core business.
ST-Ericsson was an attempt to jump-start a semiconductor business in Europe, but it actually hasn't turned a profit since forming in 2008.
The women arrive at the age of 19 or 20, work for five or six years, and typically return home with a tidy nest egg with which to start a small business in their home town.
It leads the country in business start-ups.
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