I was watching CNN the other day when they featured an impressive young entrepreneur named Farrah Gray. Growing up in the projects of Chicago’s south side, he was a natural businessman. At age six, he started selling home-made body lotion and hand-painted rocks to his neighbors. By twelve, he was operating several ventures related to [...]
Finals week has come and gone for me. A total of 9 days of preparation including countless theses all revised ~12 times each, countless practice problems, and bunches of Facebook status updates to complain about finals week to fit in amongst your fellow, struggling students. So the natural question arises: What if you tried this [...]
Being an entrepreneur can be a stressful occupation. It’s said that 50% of all new businesses fail within the first year, and most of the other 50% fail within the first five years. Those numbers do not sound very promising. However, a study done [PDF, 11 pages] on SBA (U.S. Small Business Administration) stats suggest [...]
Here’s proof that it’s never too early to start your own business. At age 12, Ephren Taylor began making 3D video games which he sold in school for $10 per copy. He got over a thousand dollars out of that first endeavor. Not too shabby, and he wasn’t even in his teens yet! Of course, [...]
The recent informative College-Startup post regarding the blogging scholarship application deadline that has since passed reminded me of the NFIB scholarship that I have alluded to numerous times while blogging here. NFIB is a national small business association that offers an annual YEA award (Young Entrepreneur Award) that can provide $1,000 to $10,000 in tuition [...]
