MetaFilter posts tagged with entrepreneur

Bottled Tap Water. Because Spring Water is so 2001.

Pragmatica — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:20:38 -0800

Bottled Tap Water From New York. Sold to New Yorkers. New York City's tap water has been called among the nation's freshest. It's so good that a young entrepreneur is bottling it and selling it for $1.50. To New Yorkers.

Technology and Innovation

sandking — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:18:20 -0800

Ashoka Tech Blog A blog about women, social entreprenourship and technology (especially in the developing world). Includes such gems as the Peepoo bag.

Win In China!

Burhanistan — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 08:32:21 -0800

Win in China! A "reality" TV show in China where young would be entrepreneurs compete for a large pile of startup cash to actualize their business ideas. Not everyone is happy about the glorification of capitalism, of course, and one losing contestant may have committed suicide, but overall reaction in China to the show seems positive. Video clips here (also a full length article by the Atlantic if you have a paid subscription).

Interview with Elon Musk - SpaceX and Tesla Motors

stbalbach — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 07:08:13 -0800

Interview with 36-yo entrepreneur Elon Musk of SpaceX and Tesla Motors (22min, video or audio, Jan 3 2007).

I think it's safe to say I'm the only 18-year-old in Britain with his own airline

runkelfinker — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 17:37:28 -0800

Introducing alphaOne Airways: Probably the world's first budget airline with a Geocities website.

The brainchild of British teenager Martin Halstead, alphaOne will offer twice-daily shuttle flights between Oxford and Cambridge - that's only 70 miles as the crow flies.

Is Martin a pimply megalomaniac, the next Richard Branson, or just another harmless flight sim fanatic? No doubt Stelios is on the case...