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Old November 22, 2010, 08:03 PM
Dien Rice Dien Rice is offline
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Default Hippy entrepreneurs...

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Originally Posted by Phil View Post
Keep in mind, as per some Good ol' Google Bots and a little Hippie related Food for Thought(s)...

Steve... Hare Krishna and Many others are Still around and Kicking... Although, Not all and of course Times, Economics etc... Keep on Changing!
Hi Phil,

Well pointed out...!

Actually, I don't have anything against "hippies" per se... I'm just not into the drug thing, personally...

However, many entrepreneurs might be called "hippies" or "former hippies"...

As well as Steve Jobs, some others could be...
  • Richard Branson (founder of... oh... about a zillion companies, including Virgin Records and Virgin Airlines)
  • Paul Hawken (author of "Growing a Business" and entrepreneur behind "Erewhon" natural foods and "Smith & Hawken" garden supply company)
  • Ben & Jerry (of the ice-cream fame)
  • Anita Roddick (founder of the Body Shop)
  • Kenny Kramer (inspiration for Cosmo Kramer on "Seinfeld") - "During the disco years Kenny created an electronic jewelry item that sold so well that Kramer was able to live comfortably long after disco died." http://www.kennykramer.com/kramerbio.html
As long as there's a market for it, you can start a business doing it!

Here are a few more...

"The hippies who made it big"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/695976.stm

Best wishes,

Dien

Last edited by Dien Rice : November 22, 2010 at 08:37 PM.
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