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American Brand in Living Color

Alexander Shor DMD MSD Alexander Shor remembers not having a lot of stuff when he was growing up in Latvia.  His world was monochromatic. Most of his books were in black and white. Having books with color photos was a great luxury.  His favorite book was a cook book collection of eastern European, Russian and Latvian recipes.  He loved the recipes for shish kebobs, borsht, and Chicken Kiev, but it was the stylized color...


Spotlight on Brent Brookler and Flowboard.com

Brent Brookler, CEO/Founder of Flowboard is the quintessential entrepreneur in all things mobile. Product-driven and technology focused, Brent is passionate about startup culture and has been in the mobile space for over a decade. In 2000, he started Mobliss, a mobile game developer that powered the American Idol text voting program, and built early mobile games of Family Feud, NY Times Crossword and many others. Mobliss was sold to Index...


Norma Jean Gaynor Entrepreneur at 83

Norma Jean Gaynor: First Professional Inn Sitter

Norma Jean Gaynor, almost 83, is often called Marilyn by her elderly friends to playfully make the association with movie star Marilyn Monroe whose real name was Norma Jean Baker.  Our Norma Jean worked for the phone company for 27 years and retired with a pension.

“I loved retirement,” Norma Jean said. “Retirement allowed me the spontaneity to seize...


Pitch Well, Win Big

Every business needs Terry Ward! He has over 30 years of experience in communication skills training, and is the founder and president of a national communication and presentation skill straining organization. The Comm Skills Group offers a fun, vital and creative training process for business professionals to develop a powerful “State of Mind” so they can master their own natural strengths as communicators.  Clients include: Disney, Mattel...


The Entrepreneurial Mindset

The “Entrepreneurial Mindset” is a book title, the subject of a few websites and management courses, and a topic that has spawned an uncountable number of talks. To say the least, the “Entrepreneurial Mindset” has established its place in the modern vernacular.

Look up “Entrepreneurial Mindset” in Wikipedia and it redirects to “Entrepreneurship.”  The keys to entrepreneurship,...


Paul Dorset on Authors

Paul Dorset was born in Poole, Dorset, England, but has been living in America since1995. He has been writing for many years and some of his early works were published inteen advice columns. He has also had many technical articles published, mostly oncomputing. Paul has traveled extensively but currently lives in the Pacific Northwest, and has workedmany times with teens and youth groups. This background, combined with a vividimagination,...


Disappearing Artifacts

On a recent stroll in NYC, I walked by an apartment house and could see into a stranger’s window, where I saw records (vinyl LPs) and books.  Since I recognized the books and the recording artists, it gave me a glimpse into this person’s life: age, tastes, and even probable religion.

There was a time when I could get a sense of someone (or a couple, a family or business)...


Raihana Mahan | Beauty from Afghanistan

Growing up in Afghanistan, my mom worked as a teacher and my dad was the Minister of Agriculture. We lived a very happy, normal life. We would go to carnivals ‘til late at night, or to movies with aunts, uncles and cousins. We could visit our relatives anytime we wanted and travel to other parts of the country.  Everything changed dramatically when Russia invaded. A curfew was implemented, and we were not as free as we used to be.

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What is Y’Nevano ?

Wali was working on becoming the best Architect in New England, but his calling to be in show business was strong. One day, he told his mother he had decided to give up being an architect and instead he was going to be a comedian.  Her response was “Y'NEVANO” (You never know). Soon Y’NEVANO became more than his mother’s encouragement to live a life without regrets, Y’NEVANO became a state of mind. If the Y’NEVANO philosophy could profoundly...


Intrepreneur Inside the Box

When you’re saddled with the name of a national forest, you have to do something pretty big to stand out. For Gifford Pinchot III that took the form of creating a brand new word – along with an approach to innovating in corporate America that defines it: “intrapreneurship.”

The American Heritage Dictionary defines an intrapreneur as "A person within a large corporation who takes direct responsibility for turning an idea...