Created a product that launched in international empireHelena Rubinstein was the eldest of eight daughters born to a store owner and his wife in Kraków, Poland.
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Formulated an herbal supplement to help women with menstrual cramps Offered help and advice to women re: health issues during an era when male doctors did not take women’s health
Lydia Estes Pinkham (1819-1883), Successful Entrepreneur Read More »
Sarah Jacob was born into slavery in about 1850; she gained her freedom at the end of the Civil War and moved to Chicago shortly after. In Chicago she met and married Archibald Goode, a carpenter.
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• First African-American businessman to make Forbes list of wealthiest people
• In 1992 donated largest gift from an individual in Harvard Law School’s history
Reginald Lewis (1942-1993), Self-Made Business Success Read More »
Internet entrepreneur Evan Britton has built a profitable company, Resource Webs, by acquiring educational and niche sites built by people who were passionate about each subject; Resource Webs then sells the opportunity for targeted advertising. The traffic to two of Britton’s sites caught his interest, and he began wondering how he could benefit from what he was observing.
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The other day at The Autry National Center of the American West in Los Angeles, I came upon this wonderful International Harvester truck, and I thought it would be fun to post a “then” and “now.”
Then and Now: International Harvester Trucks Read More »
