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Posted June 24, 2014

Unlike a lot of TSB’s past Self Made Men, Larry Jeter isn’t someone many of our readers have heard of unless they live in Baltimore. Even then, it’s doubtful that ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Sputnik Monroe

Posted June 3, 2014

Anyone in my readership who likes the band Sputnik Monroe (all, what, ten of you?) might be surprised to know that they named their band after a professional wrestler. So logically ...

The Self-Made Man: Philip Danforth Armour, Sr.

Posted April 11, 2014

When you think of the Gilded Age, a few specific men come to mind: Andrew Carnegie, J.P. Morgan, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and so on. These men were industrialists and entrepreneurs, a ...

The Self-Made Man: Chris Hardwick

Posted December 26, 2013

One of the nice things about the Internet’s effect on media is that it’s possible for a small group of people to create entire networks of blogs, podcasts, email newsle ...

The Self-Made Man: Super Dragon

Posted December 12, 2013

This week’s Self Made Man is making a go of it in perhaps the most unforgiving, capital-scarce industry there is: independent professional wrestling. At a time when venture c ...

The Self-Made Man: Benjamin John Coleman

Posted November 7, 2013

I hope I’ve made it clear to TSB’s readers that entrepreneurs can excel in most fields and industries. Yes, the current entrepreneur stereotype is a young, Polo-shirted ...

The Self-Made Man: Gary Solomon, Jr.

Posted July 4, 2013

Let’s take a break from the tech sector this week to talk about, uh, tech. A different kind of tech, though. Theatre tech and stage production are an entirely different beast ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Joe Charboneau

Posted April 9, 2013

In honor of baseball season starting up again, I thought I’d profile another ball player for this week’s Awesome Men Throughout History. As we’ve seen, baseball a ...

The Self-Made Man: Johnny Temple

Posted December 6, 2012

At first glance, Johnny Temple looks like your average, boring, early-40s Brooklyn professional. You’d never guess that he grew up on DC hardcore and played bass for Girls Ag ...

The Self-Made Man: James Lillis

Posted October 25, 2012

This week’s Self Made Man—Black Milk Clothing founder James Lillis—is a young self-starter who differs from many of the other young self-starters we’ve featured her ...