Amilya Antonetti

They say that necessity is the mother of invention.  This case is no different.  Amilya Antonetti’s son kept getting sick, so she kept cleaning.  Finally she realized that it was the chemicals in the cleaners that were making her son sick.
After much frustration trying to find chemical free soaps and cleaners, she began discussing […]

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Do you recognize this guy?

No?  Well, maybe you’ll recognize his product…

If you don’t know the man behind the beer…let me tell you a little about Jim Koch.
Jim graduated cum laude in 1971from Harvard College with a degree in government.  He then worked for Outward Bound for three years.  Later, he decided to go back to […]

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Liz Lange is a household name in maternity clothes.  Born in Manhattan in 1966, Liz always had a love for fashion.  After graduating from Brown in 1988, she joined the fashion staff at Vogue.  In 1993 she took on two partners and started a contemporary sportswear line.  Once she became pregnant, she began developing a […]

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John Paul Dejoria is one of my favorite stories.  At one point in his life, he was homeless and living in his car with his child.  He learned how to live on $3.00 a day and where all the specials were.  With a lot of hard work and several strokes of luck, he is now […]

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Are mom and dad disappointed that you dropped out of school? Follow the lead of these great business minds and you just might get to carve that Thanksgiving turkey.
I’m going to skip Bill Gates and Paul Allen who made their fortunes with Microsoft. Steve Jobs made his fortune with Apple and the iPod, […]

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