KERA:
“TCU student Erick vant’ Westeinde is an expert on antique luxury cars, having fallen for them at age 12, when he started collecting and trading pricey, miniature reproductions of Porsches and Mercedes.
Vant’ Westeinde sold some of his miniatures for double what he paid, then started souping up bicycles. A few years ago, he moved up […]
NYTimes.com:
A generation of digital-era Henry Fords, unabashed and brimming with confidence, has emerged. Born of Silicon Valley and the dot-com culture, they are trying to apply to carmaking the same entrepreneurial spirit that built the information superhighway.
Most of the inventors are not carmakers by background or training. But they are cocksure, backed by millions of […]
InBusinessLasVegas:
Jim Rasmussen credits youthful drive, fueled by an inherent interest in cars, for shaping his professional aspirations.
Although Rasmussen had intended to follow in his mother’s successful footsteps and pursue a career in the insurance industry, he happened upon an untapped market with boundless potential and elected to instead launch his own business.
“I found a niche […]
YorkDispatch.com:
Front lawns have long been the sales floor for people trying to sell their own cars.
But a startup business in Manchester Township opens this Friday, aiming to put front lawns out of business.
Park & Sell Connection will display up to as many as 180 cars for sale by their owners at its parking lot on […]
CNN Money:
“Every morning I wake up at 4:30, brush my teeth, and head to the office wearing pajamas. I don’t travel far - my desk is in my bedroom’s walk-in closet.
My husband, Tom, and I started our 12-employee firm, Atlantic Infra-red (atlanticinfra-red.com), in 2002 out of our home in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J. We own […]
EastValleyTribune:
“Most people who reach the age of 50 start thinking about how to prepare for retirement. Jim Whiteside was ready to start a whole new career.
Whiteside sold his interest in a medical supply company after 30 years in that business and started a chauffeured hybrid-vehicle transportation service in May.
Tempe-based EnviroCar is a cross between a […]
