They're wide-eyed students interested in entrepreneurship, but they're eschewing incubators and sidestepping venture funding. What gives? Elizabeth Weber has been paving her own path to entrepreneurship for years
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Feed SubscriptionCramming For College At Beijing’s Second High
An intimate look at a group of elite Beijing high-school students reveals how China's schooling system is one of the resurgent nation's greatest strengths--and biggest weaknesses. .caption {color:#666;font-size:11px;} .caption img {border-bottom:2px;} During recess, students at the Second High School Attached to Beijing Normal University--like their counterparts across the nation--gather in the courtyard to do calisthenics.
Read More »Proposed Ban on Ape Research Caps Summer of the Chimps
This summer has seen the release of a blockbuster movie, acclaimed documentary and news-worthy research paper that all--in different but weirdly complementary ways--present sympathetic portraits of chimpanzees, our hirsute doppelgangers. [More]
Read More »Groupon’s Growing Pains
Two summers ago Groupon had 37 employees. Now it has just under 10,000. There's rapid growth, and then there's Groupon.
Read More »Making the Most of an Incubator
Incubators like Y Combinator and DreamIt Ventures are helping young companies get their start. Here's how to make the most of your time at an incubator. Mark Wachen sits in the Manhattan outpost of DreamIt Ventures, the Philadelphia-based start-up incubator.
Read More »There for the taking
PGT: Phil Mickelson is known for wilting in the summer heat, but the lefty can win a fifth major if he plays inspired golf this week at Atlanta Athletic Club.
Read More »Don’t let vacation turn you into a formless blob
There's nothing like a week in paradise to derail a fitness regimen. Plucked from routine and surrounded by temptation, even the most health-conscious vacationers can find themselves torn between exercise and excess.
Read More »Is It Appropriate to Dress Casually in the Summer?
So you run the business. Well, you might want to dress like it, even if it's hot out. About three-quarters (74 percent) of employees think it's acceptable for both men and women to dress "more casually" during the summer, according to a recent report.
Read More »Wine may protect skin from sunburns, study suggests
Important health tip for the summer: Drink more wine! A better protection against harmful sunburns might be a healthy dose of SPF sauvignon blanc, suggests a new Spanish study .
Read More »Happy Anniversary, Inc.com
A Brief History of Inc.com Fifteen years ago this month, Inc.com was born. To mark the occasion, we took a ride in the way-back machine
Read More »A McDonald’s Dietitian On The Healthier Happy Meal
The Golden Arches recently announced that it's Happy Meals will be getting a little healthier. Their nutrition expert explains the rationale and how they fast food chain is hoping a little bit of healthy eating can be the start of a larger change.
Read More »Swimmer Plans On Electronics To Shake Sharks
Sixty-one-year-old Diana Nyad hopes to make history this summer by becoming the first person to swim 166 kilometers of shark-infested ocean between Cuba and the Florida Keys--without a shark cage. Nyad tried the crossing in 1978, swimming in a cage pulled by a boat. Tall waves, strong currents and bad weather kept her from succeeding.
Read More »Mediterranean Sea|: Save €11,000 off a weeks charter aboard the traditional and charming MOONMAIDEN II
Charter MOONMAIDEN II a traditional, charming and comfortable crewed motor yacht this summer, and save an amazing €11,000. Valid for charters from July 29th to August 17th, 2011.
Read More »Dry Weather Worries Farmers from Iowa to Pennsylvania
Prolonged dry conditions from the Midwest to the mid-Atlantic this summer has some farmers concerned about how it will impact their crops. The corn crop, an important staple along the parched agricultural zone extending from Iowa to Pennsylvania, is already being affected.
Read More »WePay Makes It Easy For "Casual Vendors" To Open Online Stores
"She doesn’t need customization," WePay co-founder Rich Aberman says of a Nebraska theater major. "She just wants to get up and running quickly." Let’s say you’re a 20 year-old college student, and you want a simple way to sell the crafts you make as a hobby to help fund a summer trip. Where do you go?
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