When I’m in a restaurant, I don’t know what to do,” confides Glorian Persaud, 20, a pharmacy student, with a defeated tone in her voice. “There are a million spoons.” I know what she means
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The Revolution Will Be YouTubed: Syria’s Video Rebels
At first you might think you are in the office of a Silicon Valley tech company. There are flip cameras everywhere
Meet Ray Anderson, America’s Green Industrialist
Think of a green businessman and Ray Anderson isn’t likely to be the first to come to mind.
A Turboprop Built for Trouble
Paul Schaller, a former Silicon Valley pilot and high-tech executive, has spent the past five years getting Quest Aircraft Co., a turboprop manufacturer in Sandpoint, Idaho, off the ground. But just when business was taking shape, he ran into a wicked recession that has made owning a private plane about as politically correct as wearing mink to a PETA convention.
Work Like It’s 1999: High-Tech Incubators
On the top floor of an ugly office building in Mountain View, Calif., a dozen entrepreneurial dreams are taking flight. Raissa Nebie, a 31-year-old former investment banker from Ivory Coast, is putting the finishing touches on Spoondate, her top-secret dating site for food lovers