Two of this last centuries great entrepreneurs, Henry Ford and Michael Dell, became the great entrepreneurs they are simply on one idea. That idea wasn’t an invention or some new product. The automobile and the computer had already been invented. Ford and Dell became entrepreneurs because of their innovative ways to sell an already produced product. Ford took the automobile and mass produced it and made the car available to the masses. And Dell took the computer and changed the way people got their computers by producing them made to order. Sometimes all a great entrepreneur needs is a new way of selling things.

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It’s not all about ruffles, haute couture must haves, or waifishly thin models. Its also about business and fashion is a huge business- a 90 billion dollar business, in fact. This means that there is a lot of room for new business, for business failures and for power house old world names.

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As we develop and organize Global Entrepreneurship Week we not only come across some really cool organizations and institutions that help encourage people to think innovatively and creatively but often come across people that already think innovatively and creatively. One such organization is called Design By Humans. This company started by two brothers and their friends in California isn’t just a place to buy new tshirts. But it is a place for artists and regular Joes alike to submit their ideas for tshirt designs and have the Design by Humans community vote on the best designs. The winning designs not only win a cash prize but also get residuals for each tshirt sold through the site.

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