business enterprises

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business enterprises

Better mousetraps

product improvements that led to success
1990
Presents brief biographies of individuals who improved, refined, and perfected various products and processes, from cameras to razors.

Bucking the Sarge

2004
Deeply involved in his cold and manipulative mother's shady business dealings in Flint, Michigan, fourteen-year-old Luther keeps a sense of humor while running the Happy Neighbor Group Home For Men, all the while dreaming of going to college and becoming a philosopher.

Framed

2005
Dylan and his sisters have some ideas about how to make Snowdonia Oasis Auto Marvel into a more profitable business, but it is not until some strange men arrive in their small town of Manod, Wales with valuable paintings, and their father disappears, that they consider turning to crime.

The fortunate fortunes

1989
Recounts the success stories of entrepreneurs who were able to found profitable companies or make lucrative developments through a combination of imagination and luck.

Give a goat

2008
After hearing a story about a girl in Uganda whose life is changed for the better by the gift of a goat, a class of fifth-graders pulls together to raise funds to make a similar donation to someone in need.

Kid power strikes back

1984
Kid Power hits a slump when school begins but the coming winter gives twelve-year-old Janie new ideas on how to revive business. Sequel to "Kid Power.".

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