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Chinese space station 2020

NASA has ended its 30 year space shuttle program due to the lack of funding. Today China took the first step to creating its own space station. China launched an experimental module Tiangong-1, or heavenly palace, which many believe is the kick-off to a new space race. Jeff Manber, space entrepreneur, tells us what this means for the US.

CNN Top 10 Hero of the Year – Derreck Kayongo – is a social entrepreneur on a mission to save lives! In PART ONE of this truly inspiring story, Múkami and Derreck talk about how he escaped a brutal civil war in his home country and the life-changing discovery he made when he re-patriated to the United States. It’s an amazing story about how the seemingly little things – things that we often take for granted in life – can make a tremendous life/death difference for others. Watch PART TWO at youtu.be
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Social Entrepreneur Mechai Viravaidya

FRED DE SAM LAZARO, correspondent: It looks more like a theme park than a school, and it's not just the location. In one of Thailand's most impoverished regions that's unusual. The buildings are built of bamboo, a fast-growing, renewable resource, … See all stories on this topic »

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Overpowering Your Lizard Brain – Seth Godin

Complete Premium video at: fora.tv Author Seth Godin argues that one of the main barriers to innovation is the “lizard brain,” the primitive part of the human brain adapted for survival. He explains that the lizard brain “loves being a cog in the system” because it’s safer than doing something foreign and untested. —– The system is broken and the system needs you. Are you indispensable, capable of making a difference, doing work that matters–or are you a compliant cog in a machine that cares little about you? Seth Godin, entrepreneur and bestselling author of Linchpin wants to sell you on doing art, standing out and getting what you deserve. – BizTechDay American Way Magazine calls Seth Godin “America’s Greatest Marketer,” and his blog is perhaps the most popular in the world written by a single individual. His latest book, LINCHPIN, hit the Amazon top 10 on the first day it was published and became a New York Times bestseller.
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The Disillusionment of an Entrepreneur | WomenOnTheFence.com

Prerna Gupta, entrepreneur, discusses the plight of the successful entrepreneur.
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Rick Caruso to Receive the 2012 Ernst & Young LLP Master Entrepreneur Of The …

LOS ANGELES, May 10, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Ernst & Young LLP today announced that Los Angeles developer and businessman Rick J. Caruso will receive the 2012 Master Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Greater Los Angeles. With this award, Caruso joins …
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Dragons Den: series 8: Episode 3 – 5 of 6 [HQ]

Enjoy. Dragons den series 8 episode 3 – 5 of 6 – Across this series the multimillionaires invest in more companies than ever before. How will this episode’s crop of entrepreneurs fare? A Manchester based entrepreneur thinks he has invented the cut-price alternative to a romantic weekend away – a rental kit that transforms an ordinary bed into a four-poster. The bottled water industry is worth millions and Guy Jeremiah from London wants to tempt the Dragons with his green alternative – a collapsible, reusable bottle. The multimillionaires are usually all for inventions that save money, but is this a step too far? Sam Petter brightens up the Den with her mission to get kids more active; and Lancaster duo Peter Harrison and Wesley Downham are hoping that their security company is a safe bet for the Dragons. Between them, they have plenty of experience in facing down tough characters, but will that help them hold their own with the Dragons? www.bbc.co.uk
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