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Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur by Stuart Skorman |Book Brief
In "Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur," Stuart Skorman recounts the ups and downs of his high-stakes career. Skorman launched the online video store Reel.com in 1997 and sold it three years later for $100 million — but his online learning site Hungryminds.com bombed. More recently he made a come back...
Tags: Entrepreneurship, entrepreneur, online learning, online video, career, video, game
Videos 2007-10-24

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EX-COUNCILMAN Skorman PLANS OWN GLOBAL WARMING NONPROFIT
Former Colorado Springs City Councilman Richard Skorman has parted ways with the Catamount Institute and will form his own nonprofit to address global warming. In January, Skorman announced he would leave his regional director job with Sen. Ken Salazar's office to launch a conservation effort intended...
Articles 2008-03-07
Skorman Productions Launches Customer Education Program With Borders Pilot
National Retailer Goes Local With 350 Free Classes in February SAN FRANCISCO -- Skorman Productions today announced a new customer education program that will enable national retailers to "go local" and become more entrenched in their communities by hosting an enormous variety of free classes. All classes are...
Articles 2008-02-04
Elephant Pharm CEO sees expansion ahead
Blanca Torres,, Years before Kathi Lentzsch joined Elephant Pharm, founder Stuart Skorman had tried recruiting her to work for the company several times., She finally agreed when Skorman decided to replace himself as chief executive., Just befor... [missing text] Q: Why do you think Elephant Pharm could...
Articles 2007-07-29
A call for help on Fountain Creek
An effort to turn Fountain Creek into a wildlife and recreation corridor needs oversight and money. That translates to new taxes or fees, members of the Fountain Creek Vision Task Force said Friday. The task force, made up of elected officials, nonprofit...
Articles 2007-07-21
Man remembered as a 'gentle giant'
Those who knew Jon Smith -- the actors who performed with him and the staff at Poor Richard's where he threw pizzas masterfully for 15 years -- remember him as a "gentle giant." Smith, 53, died Thursday at Memorial Hospital after undergoing open heart surgery to...
Articles 2007-06-22
Letters
HEALING TIME Bookstores made right move by not hosting Jones I would like to thank the bookstores in Colorado Springs that are not holding a book signing for Mike Jones' new book, and I would like to ask the owner of Poor...
Articles 2007-06-06
Chocolate-covered donations to help kids stay safer
Kidpower knew the magic word: chocolate. The sold-out Chocoholic Frolic on April 21 at Kissing Camels Club had enough mouth-watering milk, dark and white chocolate, bonbons, chocolate-dipped strawberries and pineapple, truffles, brownies, fudge and little cakes and chocolate-chunk cookies to more than satisfy all 325 sweet...
Articles 2007-05-06
When you've an itch for business
EVER thought of starting your own business? Or being a `serial entrepreneur', doing all kinds of jobs? Though the idea of running one's own business may seem exciting, there are many potential pitfalls to watch out for. And the idea of losing one's hard-earned capital is not exactly pleasant. ...
Articles 2007-04-01
Pay-raise ballot issue polarizes mayoral, council hopefuls
If a proposed pay raise for Colorado Springs City Council members were decided by those running in the April 3 election, it would be a tossup. Only six of 13 candidates favor raising annual pay to $12,000 from $6,250. Four oppose it, and three won't say....
Articles 2007-03-06
Revenge of the movie buff.(Reel.com Inc. plans new business)
By Stuart Skorman, retailer/author In the '80s, my video rental chain, Empire Video , had the highest-volume stores in the country because we focused on picky, hard-to-please movie buffs. Later, this movie-buff niche strategy would be the secret to my success...
Articles 2007-02-26
A Fountain Creek snag
Money looms as a barrier to converting Fountain Creek from a polluted, eroded channel into a park-lined stream with clean water and managed flows. Not only has Congress balked at full funding for the creek's biggest study, but local agencies are struggling to come up with...
Articles 2007-02-17
3 challenge Rivera for mayor
Colorado Springs voters will choose a mayor from a field of four candidates, including incumbent Lionel Rivera, and select four atlarge City Council members from eight contenders, among them the four incumbents. Wednesday was the deadline for candidates to submit nominating petitions to the City Clerk's...
Articles 2007-02-08
A councilman of contrasts
A few weeks ago, hikers on Pikes Peak could have seen Colorado Springs City Councilman Scott Hente trudging up the mountain, belting out the theme song from the Broadway musical "Wicked." Saying the scene was worthy of a double take is an understatement. This was Hente,...
Articles 2006-06-05
Letters
BAPTISM OF FIRE Newest council member deserves more respect The left-wingers who harbor an abnormal fear of firearms cast insults on new City Councilman Bernie Herpin, an individual who pays taxes, works for the community and has done nothing to cast doubt...
Articles 2006-04-04
Councilman sworn in
After a contentious few days, Bernie Herpin was sworn in as a Colorado Springs City Council member Tuesday to a standing ovation. The analyst at Lockheed Martin and former president of the Pikes Peak Firearms Coalition takes the at-large seat vacated by Councilman Richard Skorman. Skorman,...
Articles 2006-03-29
Council picks firearms activist
Colorado Springs City Council members stepped to the right Friday, choosing firearms activist Bernie Herpin to fill the seat vacated by open-space advocate Richard Skorman. Herpin received five of the eight votes in a tally taken Friday morning, one day after the council heard from 29...
Articles 2006-03-25
29 audition for council job
Like contestants on "American Idol," the applicants for an open Colorado Springs City Council seat filed one by one before their judges Thursday night. One wished his wife a happy birthday; another recited song titles but refrained from singing; an- other promised to use "buns of...
Articles 2006-03-24
Council will hear 32 for job
Thirty-two candidates for the open Colorado Springs City Council seat will try to sell themselves tonight, but slow-growth activist Dave Gardner won't be among them. The council denied Gardner's request Wednesday to make his pitch at tonight's meeting because he is out of town on a...
Articles 2006-03-23
Council hopefuls at 24 as deadline arrives today
Three new candidates, including a former city transit worker who wants to discuss departmental problems, applied to fill an open Colorado Springs City Council seat Tuesday. Today is the deadline for applicants to serve the last year of Richard Skorman's term. Skorman left his at-large seat...
Articles 2006-03-15
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