The Winner's Circle

Every Summer, Usher's Camp New Look offers a 360-degree look at the entertainment business with hands-on projects, workshops and appearances by well-known industry leaders. One Hundred and fifty young people get to take that passion to the next level -- maybe even discover a career. Learn more at Usher'sNewLook.org.

Darrell Green is a Class of 2008 Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinee and former seven-time All-Pro defensive back for the Washington Reskins where he played for 20 years.  For more information, go to http://www.darrellgreen.com/.

When Charlotte Fowkes was fired from her job, she turned her hobby creating "diaper cakes" into an online business.  Three years after Baby-Cakes.com was created, demand for her product has been so great that sh recently opened a traditional retail store.  Charlotte shows that ingenuity and creativity can lead to success in entrepreneurship.  For more information, go to http://www.powerhomebiz.com/OnlineSuccess/babycakes.htm.

The Home Depot started with two words on an ordinary day in the spring of 1978: “You’re fired!” Arthur Blank and Bernie Marcus were unceremoniously fired from their positions at Handy Dan, a chain of home improvement stores, notwithstanding the fact that the two had built up Handy Dan to over $155 million in sales. “Bernie and I picked ourselves up, we mapped out Home Depot on a napkin in our favorite coffee shop. We had almost no capital," recalls Arthur.  For more information, go to http://www.lemonadestories.com/depot.html.