• Rules from the BABY’s Book on Becoming a Billionaire
  
  

  • Rule #412: One’s reality is only limited by one’s imagination.

  • Rule #35: Never underestimate the power of sex.

  • Rule #402: Divorce can be detrimental to the accumulation of wealth.

  • Rule #387: Where some people see disaster, the entrepreneur sometimes sees opportunity.

• It’s a bird…it’s a plane… “chicken” entrepreneurs may actually soar.

• Billionaire update: Never be afraid to fuel the fire--Phil Anschutz ignited new business in oil.

• “I wish I’d thought of that idea” Idea: Big returns on dog deposits

• Keith Taylor provides local humor and commentary.

• Sharing the beauty…Tanya Zabalegui and her husband market glass art from Argentina to benefit people on both continents.

• Can entrepreneurship be taught? Ray Smilor asserts great entrepreneurs are great learners.

Tanya Zabalegui, the president-elect of the National Latina Business Women Association-Orange County, started Crafts from Argentina with her husband Mariano, an industrial designer. After receiving a unique glass platter as a wedding gift in Argentina, she and Mariano took the plunge to start their own business in 2004.

Prior to this, she had 15 years of diverse marketing and retail experience including working at Proflowers.com, the leading online direct-from-the-grower florist. She also held various university positions including serving as associate director of business development for Executive Programs at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management.

Dr. Ray Smilor, executive director of the Beyster Institute, have developed an innovative program that identifies, develops and sustains a new group of business leaders in developing countries including Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, West Bank/Gaza and Yemen.

The Beyster Institute's mission is to advance the use of entrepreneurship and employee ownership to build stronger, higher performing enterprises nationally and internationally. Launched in 2002 by the Foundation for Enterprise Development, the Institute is now part of the Rady School of Management at UC San Diego, serving as its key center for entrepreneurial thought and activity. It is the only such university-based center to integrate both employee ownership and entrepreneurship.