Oliver Bishop (left) of Steak Media and Dan McGuire (right) of Broadbean Technology (web 2.0verkill?) were announced as the winners of the Young Entrepreneurs Award, as chosen by the Growing Business Awards. This was the first time the judges announced two winners for the Young Entrepreneur Award. Hats off to them! […]
For the 1 reader who lives in South Dakota, you’re in luck! According to CNN’s 10 Best States for Starting a Business, it costs the least to start a business in the bustling state of South Dakota. South Dakota, with a population of - uhmm… five… apparently has the cheapest property tax, utilities […]
The successful man is the one who finds out what is the matter with his business before his competitors do.
Roy L. Smith
Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won’t expect it back.
Unknown
Never let an inventor run a company. You can never get him to stop tinkering and bring something to market.
E. […]
I have a mission for you aspiring entrepreneurs. This mission is critical and I want everyone to participate.
You are all going to be shopping this holiday season - don’t lie. While you are out, find one item in each store you visit and critique its design. Come up with a better […]
Miki from Leadership Turn sent me an interesting article about age, entrepreneurship, and how differently people will view your pitch. The article is titled How to Get Prospects To Take You Seriously… Dammit! from Freelance Switch:
…Get over it and start focusing on where the real problem is—credibility and value. Just like price is never about […]
That’s right, I said it. Young Entrepreneurs have the ability to create better businesses than the older generation. Do we have more wisdom? Probably not. Do we have more business experience? Eh, not really. In this age, businesses are driven, displayed, marketed, and sometimes even conducted on the internet. With the younger generation growing up […]
I don’t like introductions to lists because the title is supposed to be descriptive… so let’s get to it:
20. You want to stick it to “the man”… or woman. You want to show your boss “HA! See this? Yeah, well now the rims on my car cost more than your entire […]
Here’s the situation… you come up with a service pitch for college students - it’s an online tutoring service you have set up. It is the Friday before exam cramming starts and you have to get the word out TODAY (while classes are still in session). Your plan is to type up a […]
If you want one of the most solid pieces of advice to carry with you as a young entrepreneur, remember to always think vertically first. This applies to everything. By “vertical,” I mean this literally and figuratively. Think vertically, build vertically, and spread vertically as far as you can until there is […]
To prevent any confusion between my opinion and the previous author’s, I decided to set the record straight as to where I stand on education and being a young entrepreneur: education is a necessity. Have people successfully started a business without a full education? Yes. However, before you quit school […]
Written by Jim Gordon [email] for b5media.
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