Tag: entrepreneurialism

Elegant 5-course Tasting Menu Is Served in a Minnesota Gas Station

By Sharyn Jackson From Star Tribune Eagan—Between the greeting cards and the beef jerky, three long tables were set for dinner. Dark cloths were draped over the folding tables, where chef Cristian de Leon and his team set out large, blue-rimmed white plates, each artfully arranged with fish and seafood. Hugging the lower left edge…


Century-Old Virginia Beach Cottages Transformed Into Pink Bungalows Perfect for a Girls’ Getaway

By Stacy Parker From The Virginian-Pilot Virginia Beach—Nearly a century ago, small cottages were built near the ocean in the young resort town of Virginia Beach. In 2021, a string of bungalows on Cypress Avenue caught the attention of Katie Denton. “Houses with character,” she describes them. Denton was shopping for a new project after…


Hotel-Hopping Homeschoolers: Q&A With Travel Entrepreneur Colleen Carswell

One of the most commonly touted benefits of homeschooling is the freedom it affords families. Charlie and Colleen Carswell of North Carolina are new homeschool parents who have chosen to make the very most of this freedom. In 2021, after their fourth child was born, they decided to quit their jobs, start a travel-centered family…


Inflation and Poor Economy, Not Racism, Harm Minorities: Entrepreneur

After testifying at the congressional Ways and Means Committee hearing titled “Overcoming Racism to Advance Economic Opportunity” in April 2022, Alfredo Ortiz, president and CEO of Job Creators Network, was so annoyed that he wrote a book. The cover of Alfredo Ortiz’s new book, “The Real Race Revolutionaries: How Minority Entrepreneurship Can Overcome America’s Racial…


The Falsehoods Behind ‘You Didn’t Build That!’

Commentary During the 2012 presidential election campaign, President Barack Obama notoriously told business owners “You didn’t build that.” He was trying to justify hiking taxes on “the rich”—meaning the productive and successful. “You didn’t build that” was not original with Obama. He may have borrowed it from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and she likely lifted…


Chicago’s Top Fungi Guy Is out to Save the World, One Beautiful Mushroom at a Time

By Lisa Shames From Chicago Tribune Chicago—Contrary to what his profession might lead you to believe, Joe Weber hasn’t always been obsessed with mushrooms. It’s not that he hated them either. Rather, while growing up in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, he didn’t think about mushrooms at all, beyond the rare occasion they would make an appearance…