Sound Bytes - Random Sound BytesUS business information spending to grow at 6.1% a year - 7.1.2007 [more]Read more...News Cellar - Startup / EntrepreneurshipA Good Entrepreneur Chooses a Good Exit StrategyJeff Cornwall / Director of the Belmont UniversityNovember 09, 2007If you have spent any time in Nashville you have probably heard of the Bluebird Cafe, the iconic music club founded by Amy Kurland back in 1982.After twenty-five years, Amy decided it was time to exit her business.  From the Tennessean:Amy Kurland, who started The Bluebird in 1982 as a gourmetrestaurant, is selling the now-legendary club to the NashvilleSongwriters Association International. The group promises not to changea thing."I wanted to retire, but I didn't want The Bluebird to go away,"' said Kurland, 52.Amy could have sold the club for a lot more money than she did. But,money was not the only kind of wealth that Amy created in her business.She measured her success as much in terms of her ability to create avenue to help launch the careers of struggling songwriters andmusicians as she did by the income and wealth that her businessgenerated for her.Read more...News Cellar - Startup / EntrepreneurshipWhat Inspires People to Startup?By Tamara Monosoff|   August 22, 2007These 6 entrepreneurs dropped it all for the prospect of making a difference and fulfilling a personal dream.It's fascinating to hear other people's success stories. One of the most interesting parts is learning how successful entrepreneurs got their start and how they overcame challenges and adversity. Did an idea flash in their minds like a lightning bolt? Or was it something that percolated over the years? How did timing play into their launch? Didexperience or desperation drive their plan forward?When I researched my new book, Secrets of Millionaire Moms, I asked 17 highly successful business ownersfor the personal inspiration and catalyst that moved them to takeaction.  For each woman, it was different. Some were motivated by yearsof experience and the seed money that enabled it to happen; others
launched out of a financial or emotional need.
The common ground
all these entrepreneurs shared was financial success and the
gratification of creating something larger than themselves. Here are a
few excerpts of their experiences:
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Who came up with the theory of six degrees of separation?
The theory that everyone in the world is separated by at most five acquaintances was first proposed in a 1929 short story by the Hungarian writer Frigyes Karinthy. The story was called "Chains," and while the six degrees theory was a purely fictional conceit, the idea proved popular.
In 1967, psychologist Stanley Milgram tried to test the theory by sending several letters to random people in the Midwest. The letter featured the name, address, and occupation of a single person on the East Coast; participants were asked to forward the letters to the people who they thought w