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Eric Lefkosky is an American entrepreneur who has been part of a variety of successful start-up ventures, most notably the popular e-commerce site, Groupon. Originally from Southfield, Michigan, he attended college at the University of Michigan where he earned both his undergraduate degree and Juris Doctor. His career began while still in college where he began selling carpets. From there, Mr. Lefkosky purchased a sports apparel company with a college friend, Brad Keywell. That business…

Imagine owning a world wide known company and being worth 85.6 billion dollars. You probably know who I'm talking about I'm talking about a man known as Bill Gates, also known as one of the wealthiest people on this planet. He has done many incredible things in his life like invent my favorite type of gaming console, Xbox. He is also co-founder and CEO of the world's biggest PC company Microsoft of course. William Henry Bill Gates the third was born October 28, 1955, in Seattle, Washington, U…

Many survivors have had to make tough decisions. A survivor has to be selfish. A survivor has to know when they can help others, and when they need to help themselves first. Making the selfish decision will not be easy, but it is necessary. The following texts, A Long Way Gone, “Is survival selfish”, and “night”, provide examples of survivors who had to make tough decisions. In a long way gone by Ishmael Beah, on page 30, Ishmael steals corn from a five year old boy. Regardless of Ishmael…

In 2009, as Russia was trying to emerge from recession, few would have predicted that five years later Russian soldiers would be making moves into Ukraine following the annexation of Crimea. The Cold War was history, as our President reminded in 2012 when he told Mitt Romney the 80’s were calling to ask for their foreign policy back. A few exceptions stand out. Author Tom Clancy wrote about it in his final novel. On a more scientific level, geopolitical forecaster George Friedman who wrote in…

In April of 1959 Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr. was selected to be one of the seven original astronauts in Project Mercury (NASA). According to the NASA website, the astronauts immediately began training for their mission at Langley (NASA). Their training “included a "little of everything" ranging from a graduate-level course in introductory space science to simulator training and scuba-diving” (NASA). While all the astronauts were given different jobs, Cooper’s was to deal with the Redstone rocket,…

Wayne Gretzky (The Great one) He was born on January 26, 1961, in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. Early life Gretzky began skating at the age of 2 ½ years old. At age 6 he was playing on a all-star team with 10-11 year olds. In 1977 when he was 16 he was already playing with juniors and had the best record for goals and assists for being the youngest player in his league. Professional He turned professional in 1980 at the age of 19 years old. He was the greatest hockey player in the NHL and…

Despite the fact that Republicans and Democrats represent distinctly different viewpoints, both utilize surprisingly similar strategies to persuade voters in their favor. The future of America will be determined by the upcoming presidential election. Many candidates, representing both the Democratic and Republican platforms, are desperately vying for the win. Senator Bernie Sanders, representing the Democrats, and Governor John Kasich, a Republican, are just two of those contenders who are…

would be considered to be an expert source due to the credibility of the author and publisher. The author of this book is John Robert Christianson is a research professor at Luther college in Iowa where has taught world history and has sat as the chairman of the history department for 15 years. He has helped write, edit and translate nine different books and over one hundred articles on Scandinavian and Scandinavian- American topics. He has also helped to translate over 20 publications about…

President, CEO, and chairman of Piedmont Pharmaceuticals Roland Hunter Johnson started off by introducing the Piedmont Pharmaceutical Team that works for him. Before creating his own business Johnson first started working at Ciba/Novartis in 1981- 1996. From there he went on to work for Blueridge. Johnson then talks about how in 9-11-2001 he found Piedmont, explaining the best ways on how to raise money. Five employees, no funding, no validated human products, market restrictions in animal…

At the beginning of the year, many Fed officials, including Chairman Ben Bernanke, thought one of the biggest risks was that the economy might grow stronger than expected. At the time, the Fed's key interest rate was at 5.25%, and the central bank was leaning toward raising it further, rather than easing monetary policy. "My recommendation also is to take no action and to maintain a bias toward further tightening," Bernanke said at the first meeting of the year, noting that inflation risk had…