November 10th, 2008
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 [...]
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October 21st, 2008
During some downtime this past week, I started browsing the Ticket Exchange Facebook group for my university’s website, curious as to what football tickets were going for now that our football team is nationally ranked at a surprising #25 in the nation. I was pretty surprised to see single game tickets going for $30+ apiece, [...]
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July 28th, 2008
The most popular College Startup article of all time is called 15 Successful Entrepreneurs Who Didn’t Need College. I think that article really served as inspiration to the entrepreneurial spirit in all of us. If nothing else, it made clear that college is not the critical key to success (though it can help, no doubt). [...]
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July 5th, 2008
Garrett from new travel product startup TravelRelic.com has been kind enough to grant me a quick interview about his business, marketing, and the startup process in general. I was thinking it could help give College-Startup readers some motivation and a glimpse into a real startup business and an entrepreneur making it happen. So read, enjoy, [...]
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June 1st, 2008
I recently ran across a blog post stating that you shouldn’t start a business, but should instead just buy one. The idea originally came from the Entrepreneur Journal oddly enough, and it’s main points are.. it’s easier to buy than startup the current down economy valuations are favorable for buyers. At first I was kind [...]
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