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The Privateer

Privateers fundamentally were entrepreneurs

Privateers were little more than legal pirates, and legal only because the monarch gave them written permission to raid the ships of specific rival powers.


Section: Other, July/August 2008
Tags: privateer, wilderness, colonial, Virginia, Jamestown, history Read More »

Business in the Wilderness

Entrepreneurs in early America set the stage for business models of today.

In honor of Independence Day, we examine how the roots of small business in America are really the roots of America itself.


Section: Features, July/August 2008
Tags: Independence, roots, America, Jamestown, governor, noble, English, England, Raleigh, Spain, Puritans, Mexico, Peru, Walter, colony, Roanoke, Stock, trade, Virginia Read More »