Edmund Phelps, a Nobel prize winner in Economics and director of Columbia University’s Center on Capitalism and Society, has found that pride in job is more common in the US, and apart from salary, makes a job satisfying.  US Way Out Front in Job Satisfaction

“I don’t think they were thinking of making history, just that it was a nice name,” Echevarria said. “But apparently there was a bar that was called the same, Zorba, like two blocks away, and the owner of the bar came and said, ‘This is going to confuse things to have two Zorbas.’ They had already made the molds for the letters in the sign, so they just rearranged them to see what they could find. They found Zara.”

And what a good find it was. Short, sweet, rolls off the tongue. Just like Sara, but less common, more pizazzzzz. And nothing like some British royalty to up the ante. The birth in 1981 of Zara Phillips, a granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II, probably wasn’t bad for sales. Nor is Kate Middleton’s flair for weaing the fashionable yet affordable brand.  Mera of Zara Dies

It is when you take your passion and your deep knowledge and create a business that you are often successful.  The locker room is a new jumping off point for women entrepreneurs.  Women Start Up Sports’ Businesses

For many years the road network connecting Nairobi and Thika,an industrial town about 40km north-east of the Kenyan capital was known for notorious traffic snarl ups. Businesses avoided that part of town and land prices stagnated. Despite this, one man held onto his property along the route. Gerald Taylor, managing director of Willmary Development, says his family kept the land his grandfather bought in Kenya in the 1930s because it didn’t make sense to sell.  His gut instinct proved correct.  For Entrepreneurs, Timing Is Crucial

Although doing business on the continent is challenging, Sarah Russell said that starting a business in Africa “is worth a shot. This really is a land of opportunity in terms of business. If you can find something unique and something that is missing from the market and you are willing to put in the hard work, then go for it,” said Russell.  Africa the New Frontier

But a School for Entrepreneurship in Australia is doing just that.  By taking students ready to launch a project and helping kickstart their ideas, this school provides a new approach to start ups and creative business people.  Schooling Entrepreneurs

We have found the stories of start ups to be each different in its own way, but also to have factors in common.  Reading them helps to prepare for the trials of starting a business. Start Ups

Research studies usually identify three key success factors behind the internationalization of small firms: effective networking, management motivation and low psychological distance. In my experience, spanning some 20 years, with China’s smaller business contingent, it is the latter of these three that represents the greatest obstacle to international success.  Small Firms Should Think Global