Launching a Second Business


The Secret Life of a Serial CEO

Bob Cramer has piloted six companies to big paydays. Now he has found a start-up that offers something else--excitement, poetry, a legacy. If only he can get the investors, founders, and advisers to see things the same way.

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John Scharffenberger, The Tastemaker

John Scharffenberger is a crucial part of the gourmeting of America. He got his start making fine chocolate and now he plans to create an American version of Iberian ham.

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How I Did It: Restaurateur Barbara Lynch

Fake it till you make it, then make it big.

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How I Did It: Serial Entrepreneur Richard Heckmann

Buy fearlessly, sell ruthlessly, repeat regularly. How Richard Heckmann takes struggling companies and sells them for billions

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How I Did It: Sidney Frank, founder, Sidney Frank Importing

"I wanted to be a billionaire," says the man responsible for your Jägermeister headache. At age 85 he stunned the liquor industry by getting his wish.

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Recent Launching a Second Business Articles

The Start-up Guru

Paul Graham's business school and investment fund, Y Combinator, has launched 145 companies -- for a lot less money than you would think  Read story

King Ink

Tattoos are everywhere. But the tattoo business has yet to outgrow its outlaw roots. Mario Barth aims to change that. His goal: to build the Starbucks of tat...  Read story

Serial Entrepreneurs: They Just Can't Stop Themselves

Once exotic, serial entrepreneurs are everywhere these days. From their tolerance for failure to their creative use of resources to their sense of when to le...  Read story

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