Against the advice of his engineer friends, Israeli inventor Izhar Gafni built a working bicycle out of cardboard. He's now ready to make some money out of his invention. A neat story of how somebody smart and persistent can create something compelling out of something we take for granted.
Check out his promo video:
http://vimeo.com/37584656#
If you can't wait for a cardboard bike, perhaps you might want to build your own bamboo bike:
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Build-a-Bamboo-Bicycle/
The word crescent is derived from the Latin verb crescere, meaning "to grow". This New Orleans centered entrepreneurship blog is meant to be inspirational and aspirational. It is part call for a community-driven resurgence of sustainable venturing in a city recovering from tragedy and part love letter to the entrepreneurs making it happen.
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Friday, January 11, 2013
The IdeaCorp Program
I've been working hard lately trying to strengthen the Entrepreneurship program at Loyola. A great opportunity promoted as part of the Idea Village's entrepreneurship week is the IdeaCorp program. During this program a team of 6 MBA's partner with a burgeoning start-up. These students, hailing from schools such as Columbia and Dartmouth, are thrown into a full-fledged consulting project and are expected to come up with solutions that entrepreneurs can implement in a week. They also get to meet and greet very successful business people, politicians and investors. I'm looking forward to advising Loyola students through this gauntlet. Go Team Loyola!
Check out the Idea Village website to find out more! (http://ideavillage.org/how_it_works/entrepreneur_season)
Check out the Idea Village website to find out more! (http://ideavillage.org/how_it_works/entrepreneur_season)