January 26th, 2008
In spite of how simple your business seems to be, it’s kind of imperative to find ways to diversify it. Diversifying, as stated in the dictionary, is expanding into new areas of business – broadening your horizons, so to speak.
See, for example, a small English learning institution that caters to foreign students. If you’re the [...]
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January 25th, 2008
To be able to sell to classmates and other people in school, forget the word “embarrassing.” Every successful entrepreneur has learned to swallow their embarrassment and pump up their guts to be able to sell. Having just the right amount of shyness, you can now set out to sell.
Start with your friends. Get them to [...]
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January 24th, 2008
If you’re a student and you’re earning, it would be only normal to have the thought or feeling that you don’t want to study anymore and just want to concentrate on making money. Good business indeed tempts the student entrepreneur to just drop out and take up the business full time.
Deciding to give in, however, [...]
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January 23rd, 2008
A lot of people mistakenly think that College Startup is anti-college. Nothing could be further from the truth. While we do believe that it takes a whole lot more than a business degree to succeed in business (duh!) we also think that college can play an important formative role in teaching you how [...]
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January 21st, 2008
After setting your goals and getting that clear picture of how you want business and academics to be for this year, it’s time to make a good plan.
Combining work and school together is never easy as one compromises the other most of the time. You need to do an assignment but have to check on [...]
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