spot business

His ability lay in spotting business opportunities, making connections, speaking simply and, it seemed, sincerely.

During a crash course in American-style entrepreneurship, Marie-Louise Huber, a 26-year-old British biochemist, spotted business opportunity in an unlikely place: virginity.

He is described as a brilliant businessman who had the ability to spot business opportunities, but he was also a quick tempered, and was found by some to be excessively risk-averse.

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Mr. de Moraes, who said that he once worked for 20 years without a vacation, has repeatedly displayed a shrewd eye for spotting business opportunities in Brazil, Latin America's business behemoth.

And AARP has found that 80 percent of boomers say they want to work in retirement, not necessarily to generate income, but, as the article makes clear, because they think they have spotted business opportunities that play to the strengths they have developed by working for someone else.