Read more entrepreneurs stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/214/entrepreneurs.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:34:58 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72463/miss-jackass-new-site-is-youtube-for-crazy-dares.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFearing that Jackass -style daredevil stunts are getting lost on YouTube, one entrepreneur has launched a site where the brave/stupid take on dares from others. Make A Dare users then vote, with “street cred” the winner’s reward. At least for now—Tory Osinoff tells True/Slant he hopes he can hook...http://www.newser.com/story/72463/miss-jackass-new-site-is-youtube-for-crazy-dares.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 24 Oct 2009 11:17:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71831/web-quick-to-churn-out-balloon-boy-souvenir.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs if anyone doubted the internet-meme potential of today’s Colorado balloon episode … well, there’s a T-shirt for that. Internet entrepreneurs are already on Zazzle.com with a cartoon of the craft at one point thought to be carrying 6-year-old Falcon Heene, with the caption “Go Falcon, Go!” Just $17....http://www.newser.com/story/71831/web-quick-to-churn-out-balloon-boy-souvenir.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Oct 2009 22:30:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69257/gingrich-honors-porn-exec-invites-her-to-intimate-event.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA group founded by Newt Gingrich has named a porn executive “Entrepreneur of the Year” and invited her to an “intimate event” with the former House speaker, Talking Points Memo reports. “I’m honored, and more than a little surprised,” Allison Vivas responded in a statement. “I'll make sure he walks...http://www.newser.com/story/69257/gingrich-honors-porn-exec-invites-her-to-intimate-event.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 12 Sep 2009 16:11:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66593/us-grads-turn-to-china.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLarge numbers of American graduates shut out of the job market at home are turning to the East for opportunities, the New York Times reports. A surge of young Americans have left to try their luck in Shanghai and Beijing in recent years, attracted by the strong economy and the...http://www.newser.com/story/66593/us-grads-turn-to-china.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 11 Aug 2009 5:41:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64842/third-times-a-charm-for-jay-z-raps-cash-king.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs he comes full circle with the Sept. 11 release of The Blueprint 3 , exactly 8 years after the original Blueprint , Jay-Z discusses his journey from the projects of Brooklyn to the top of Forbes’ Hip-Hop Cash King list with Billboard . “We—Usher, Justin Timberlake, Beyoncé, myself—are becoming the...http://www.newser.com/story/64842/third-times-a-charm-for-jay-z-raps-cash-king.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 20 Jul 2009 13:15:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62230/baby-boomers-will-start-next-biz-craze.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe baby boomers may be pushing 60, but they're primed to lead another "entrepreneurship boom" in America, Dane Stangler writes in the American . After all, according to one study, it's the close-to-retirement-age crowd—not 20-something whippersnappers—that has led US entrepreneurial activity since it last picked up in the mid-1990s.http://www.newser.com/story/62230/baby-boomers-will-start-next-biz-craze.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 20 Jun 2009 17:05:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53307/in-barren-job-market-to-get-a-job-create-one.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew businesses are sprouting up across America as unemployed people running out of time and money decide that the only way to get a job is to create one, the New York Times reports. Economists say now is the time in the downturn cycle when "forced entrepreneurship" starts, and this...http://www.newser.com/story/53307/in-barren-job-market-to-get-a-job-create-one.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 14 Mar 2009 9:43:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51191/nyc-wants-to-turn-laid-off-bankers-into-entrepreneurs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith the Wall Street mess taking a heavy toll on New York City's economy, Mayor Bloomberg is launching a program to retrain laid-off investment bankers and make the city a mecca for entrepreneurs and foreign financial firms. The city plans to spend $45 million in federal and city money to...http://www.newser.com/story/51191/nyc-wants-to-turn-laid-off-bankers-into-entrepreneurs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Feb 2009 18:09:33 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/50451/new-economic-saviors-marc-cuban-and-you.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMarc Cuban has some ideas about how to get the nation out of this financial mess, and they have a lot to do with—no surprise—Marc Cuban. The billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks says entrepreneurs can lead the way, so he's soliciting business plans at his blog, the...http://www.newser.com/story/50451/new-economic-saviors-marc-cuban-and-you.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Feb 2009 17:51:26 CST