The city's strength in enterprise tech is a strong bedrock for a durable startup ecosystem, but it is hard to turn the success of, say, an advertising analytics platform into a beacon for others to try their own fortunes in the startup world.
Loading up her mother's fine carpets and Persian collectibles, the family moved in 1925 to try to make their fortune in what was then Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe.
Most bizarre film: Crust - the story about two men and a girl trying to make their fortune with a giant boxing shrimp.
For several years after Muhammad Ali found the manuscripts, they were mainly in the hands of antiquities dealers, who tried to make their fortune from them.
Conversely, few if any great ideas, religions, peoples, civilizations, or empires have fallen without trying to reverse their fortune by force of arms first.
Now Zilo IV, who sublimates his omnivorous sex drive through work, and his twin brother, Tommy, who's a bit of a moron, are trying to make their fortune with "F'neggs," rocket- and star-shaped scrambled egg meals for kids.
Unlike in the brave new world of KL, no one is rushing around trying to make their fortune, and many of the village boutiques selling batik and woven baskets that I remembered have disappeared, to be replaced by Thai wellness spas.
In the following six books, Olaf disguises himself, finds the children and, with help from his many accomplices, tries to steal their fortune, committing arson, murder, and many other crimes.
The Raiders couldn't have picked a worse opponent to try to change their fortunes.
When business profits and share prices fall, companies try to reverse their fortunes by firing workers and increasing productivity.
