Entrepreneurship - Page 4

May 31, 2024

Meet the American who invented windshield wipers, Mary Anderson, Alabama entrepreneur

Mary Anderson was born in Alabama months after the tragedy of the Civil War. She helped her state rebuild, then went on to create windshield wipers — long before auto titans realized the potential.

May 17, 2024

Meet the American who invented sliced bread: Otto Rohwedder, hard-luck hawkeye

Otto Rohwedder of Davenport, Iowa, created the invention by which all others are judged — sliced bread — in 1928. His innovation quickly changed consumer culture.

May 10, 2024

Meet the American who created bubble gum, Walter Diemer, home-kitchen chemist outwitted scientists

Walter Diemer, a 23-year-old accountant for Fleer Co. of Philadelphia, invented bubble gum in 1928. The secret formula had defied the best food scientists for decades.

May 3, 2024

Mexican beer the most popular in US: Cinco de Mayo will fiesta to the flavor of these cinco cervezas

Modelo Especial, brewed in Mexico, is the top-selling beer in the United States following years of growth and in the wake of the Bud Light marketing implosion of 2023.

May 3, 2024

I asked Congress to stop a ‘Big Brother’ power grab that victimizes small businesses

'Big Brother' financial regulations invade the privacy of business owners. I went to Congress to get them to help protect the more than 33 million small businesses in the US.

April 26, 2024

Meet the American who invented the gas-powered tractor, entrepreneur John Froelich, helped feed the world

John Froelich, the oldest son of German immigrants, was born in Iowa in 1849. The grain mill operator tinkered away on a gasoline traction, the tractor, that changed global agriculture.

April 24, 2024

Tabasco put spice in American life: Here's the surprising origin of Louisiana heat

Tabasco, founded in Avery Island, Louisiana, in 1868, is one of the world's most popular hot sauces. It was conceived by an Irish-American banker amid privation that followed the Civil War.

April 12, 2024

Meet the American who made prescriptions safer, Deborah Adler, inspired by Holocaust survivor grandma

Deborah Adler of New York has achieved acclaim in industry and art for her prescription bottle designs and labeling program that have helped to prevent thousands of deaths each year.

April 7, 2024

College dropout turned real estate tycoon shares lessons in entrepreneurship and life

As a college dropout, I found success not through degrees and diplomas but through grit, determination and a willingness to learn from every experience.

April 6, 2024

Little Miss BBQ is the boss: Phoenix hotspot serves world-class 'cue with southwestern style

Little Miss BBQ is a celebrated casual-dining hotspot in Phoenix, Arizona. It's most famous dish is a giant sandiwich called El Jefe, "The Boss" in Spanish.