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FOXBusiness.com's Young Guns Archive
FOXBusiness
Young Guns Archive
Twice a month, Fox Business.com profiles up-and-comers with stories that can help you build a better small business—or inspire you to start one. From renting Ferraris to creating to a socially-conscious record label to building a business entirely from waste, Young Guns runs the gamut of startups with vision and verve.
Click on the image to view the video or click on the story to read the Six Shooter Q&A that accompanies every profile.
If you know of an entrepreneur with a compelling story, please e-mail us at youngguns@foxbusiness.com.
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Thursday,
June 25, 2009Young Guns: Takes One to Know One
This filmmaker-entrepreneur is finding success by creating online buzz for small businesses.
Thursday,
May 21, 2009Young Guns: Mom and Pop’s Kids
Even when you’re not the founder, you still need a vision to take a family business to the next level.
Thursday,
April 30, 2009Young Guns: Money That Grows on Trees
How two entrepreneurs are cashing in on coconut water and other exotic Brazilian drinks – and how they’re getting in so many stores so fast.
Thursday,
March 12, 2009Young Guns: Flower Power
How the maker of a trendy liqueur discovered that new businesses do grow on trees.
Thursday,
February 19, 2009Young Guns: Cultural Cartoons
How an Iranian-born entrepreneur is using cartoons to smash stereotypes, break down barriers and build a niche market.
Thursday,
January 29, 2009Young Guns: Digitalizing Healthcare
Startup Phreesia aims to revolutionize the way you check-in at the doctor's office.
Friday,
January 17, 2009Young Guns: It's a Guy Thing
The online site Thrillist is not succeeding because it's breaking new ground but because this city guide with attitude can talk the talk.
Wednesday,
December 17, 2008Young Guns: Red-Hot Business in a Stone-Cold Market
How do you build a red-hot restaurant business in a stone-cold market? It's all about picking the right team.
Wednesday,
December 3, 2008Young Guns: Pop-Up Store for Frugal Times
Jonah Staw’s $25 million business is built on an idea he pulled out of his dresser drawer. Now a smart way to beat the slump and stoke holiday sales has popped into his head—the pop-up store.
Wednesday,
November 12, 2008Young Guns: An Upside in This Downturn for Small Business
We spoke with Columbia University Professor Amar Bhide and some previous Young Guns to find out.
Thursday,
October 23, 2008Young Guns: From MIT to Renting Ferraris
Gotham Dream Cars founder discusses leaving high-tech for high-end cars and racing the business past economic downturn.
Thursday,
October 9, 2008Young Guns: Drink to Your Health With Medicated Water
Function's founders are betting consumers are less interested in what they're drinking and more in why they should drink it.
Wednesday,
September 24, 2008Young Guns: Determination in a Bottle
How one entrepreneur would not allow herself to fail.
Wednesday,
September 10, 2008Young Guns: A Plan to Generate Urban Power
For Teresita and Samuel Cochran, the co-founders of Sustainably Minded Interactive Technology, business meetings began as kids at the breakfast table.
Wednesday,
August 27, 2008Young Guns: Is Dubai a Sweet Spot?
Chocolate Bar founder Alison Nelson is taking her sweet tooth to the Mideast, where she plans to expand her small business fast.
Wednesday,
August 13, 2008Young Guns: An Opportunity in Chaos
As iTunes sizzles and the music business fizzles, is this really the right time to start a record label? That’s what street-saavy entrepreneur Emmanuel Zunz thinks…
Wednesday,
July 30, 2008Young Guns: A Market Crying for Attention
Happy Baby founder Shazi Visram is making millions bringing freshly-made, frozen organic baby meals to everyone’s little someone.
Wednesday,
July 16, 2008Young Guns: Reaping What You Sew
Etsy founder Robert Kalin had a vision and turned it into a $27 million company.
Wednesday,
July 02, 2008Young Guns: Behind the Scenes With Society Coffee
How Karl Williams and his Society Coffee are capitalizing on the renaissance in uptown Manhattan.
Wednesday,
June 18, 2008Young Guns: Here Comes the...Bridesmaid?
Twobirds founder Ariane Goldman was in the middle of planning her wedding when she found her business idea: an innovative way of redesigning the often-dreaded bridesmaid dress.
Wednesday,
June 04, 2008Young Guns: Bringing Home the Bacon
Bacon Salt co-founders Justin Esch and Dave Lefkow came up with some saavy ways to market their product online and grabbed the attention of consumers.
Wednesday,
May 21, 2008Young Guns: Behind the Scenes With InterviewStream
Meet InterviewStream founders, who, without any computer experience, created a high-tech web company that helps you refine your interview skills.
Wednesday,
May 07, 2008Young Guns: Behind the Scenes at Rickshaw Dumpling Bar
Rickshaw Dumpling founder Kenny Lao turned a family tradition into a hip, new take on fast food.
Wednesday,
April 23, 2008Young Guns: Fake It 'Til You Make-Up
Tarte Cosmetics founder Maureen Kelly bluffed her way through some tough situations and did it all with a smile.
Wednesday,
April 23, 2008Young Guns: Worm Wizardry
Terracycle founder Tom Szaky revolutionizes a simple, home-grown process.
