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Stuart Skorman is an entrepreneur who has founded eight companies:
"He is known for pioneering new business models and marketing them to baby boomers, challenging the long-standing companies in the industries he enters. As a result of his work in the dot com industry he was referred to as one of the so-called "dotshots" of the 1990s. Skorman was also an executive at Bread & Circus, the Boston-based natural foods chain bought by Whole Foods in 1992 and is the author of the book Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur, Why I Can't Stop Starting Over (Jossey-Bass, 2006)."
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Elephant Pharmacy “Mention the name Elephant Pharmacy to people here and the response is, ‘That’s the drugstore that prescribes yoga.’ ” “Elephant Pharmacy is positioning itself to challenge established chains such as Walgreens and Rite Aid Corp. by pairing traditional aspects of pharmacies with alternative remedies.” “Stuart Skorman founded Elephant Pharmacy, and he wants it to do to Walgreens what Whole Foods did to Safeway.” “Amid all the happenings crowding in on each other in this hectic chain drug year, a case could be made that the No. 1 story has been the success of an independent drug store, Elephant Pharmacy of Berkeley, Calif., and of its entrepreneurial proprietor, the redoubtable Stuart Skorman.” |
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