The success story of Guy Laliberte is another true rags to riches success story.  Guy went from being a broke street performer to amassing a personal net worth of $2.6 billion.  His story is one of true...

Frederic Tudor didn’t give up easily, because if he did – we probably wouldn’t be enjoying an ice cold beverage today. I was wondering the other day how the use of ice originated and found this great...

When Brian Scudamore was a kid, he didn’t have bookshelves piled high with stuff or toys scattered around his room—and his 4-year-old daughter sure won’t either. The original name of the company, The Rubbish Boys, played off...

We all know Winston Churchill as the leader of the United Kingdom during the World War II era. But what most don’t know is the tough road he had to travel to get there. He did poorly...

Larry Bird learned an early lesson about patience when he broke his ankle his sophomore year of high school, which cut his basketball season short that year.  He didn’t let that stop him from practicing his favorite...

Pat Benatar, an American rock star who performed such hits as “Heartbreaker”,  “Love is a Battlefield” and “Hit Me with Your Best Shot” has seen her fair share of rejection, yet perservered her was through trying times...

Richard Bach was rejected by 26 publishers because they failed to recognize the potential in his book – Johnathan Livingston Seagull.  The book is short by traditional standards since it’s a little less than 10,000 words long...

Early childhood was pretty rough for DeJoria, the youngest son of immigrant parents who relocated from Italy and Greece, hoping to find the American Dream.  Not unlike other youth growing up in the lower income barios of...

Chris Gardner has come a long way from being homeless.  He is a huge success in the stock brokerage business and has a whopping net worth of $165 million. Chris had an extremely rough childhood and grew up...

Nick D’Aloisio, a 17 year old student sold his Summly app to Yahoo, Inc. for $30 million split between cash and Yahoo Stock.  It is reported that while he is finishing up his high school studies he...