We live in the age of entrepreneurship. Everyone knows that the best way to create wealth is to start something of your own. You can’t really live the life you want slaving away and working on making someone else’s dream a reality – who’s going to work on your dream then? Many people first go…
Two years into college, I made a resolution: I decided that I wanted to be an entrepreneur. And then I decided that I would take a year off from school, and test this resolution. I wanted to create my own path instead of following one chosen for me, but I was anxious: what if my…
The best thing a successful entrepreneur can ever say is that there is no “I” in a startup. Maybe one person has a lucrative business idea that resonates, but it’s always a solid team that executes that idea and commits to turning the vision of a single person into a reality. This also applies to…
Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but the success of your start-up is in the eye of the market. Many ambitious entrepreneurs who believe they have a paradigm-shifting product get so caught up in the genius of their idea that they don’t consider the fact that others may not be as enamored…
If you want to understand what “customer acquisition cost” is and why it plays a critical role the success of your start-up, think of a small, poorly made teddy bear. That small teddy bear is what you want to win at one of those semi-rigged carnival games, like throwing rings around bottlenecks or shooting…
You can’t major in “Sales” in most colleges. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t study the art of salesmanship, especially if you are a young entrepreneur looking to start their own business. In fact, failing to understand the importance of sales skills or thinking that it will be someone else’s job can be fatal to your…
If you are an entrepreneur looking for a co-founder to join you on your start-up journey, where should you focus your search? Perhaps a place overflowing with an abundance of smart, talented people; young, motivated, hard-working and excited about the future. People who are fun to be around but dead serious about getting things done….
Many entrepreneurs come from different walks of life and an array of backgrounds. However, if you are fortunate enough to know from a young age that entrepreneurship is for you, attending college in an entrepreneurship program is an excellent asset. Several colleges and universities across the country offer entrepreneurship programs. The Princeton Review created a…
Renee Mulder, founder of Rumble Media, currently lives in Chicago, Illinois and is fulfilling her dream of running her own business. Rumble Media is a “boutique digital marketing company specializing in social media for small and medium-sized business.” A marketing graduate of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, Mulder tells us that her main goal…
No one person can succeed in running a startup alone. Entrepreneurs are not created in a void without a great deal of help from those who came before them. There are many mistakes to be made, but taking the time to find a mentor may help you avoid some of those mistakes, and can serve…
While most students look to their post-graduate years to enter the business world, many students are getting their feet wet and creating their own businesses while still in school. Building a business from the ground up as a young soon-to-be professional is tough, but if done right, the payoff can be more than rewarding. Let’s…
One of the greatest difficulties that student entrepreneurs face is finding the funding to start their businesses. Expenses add up quickly for things like travel, webpage hosting, promotional materials, physical product development, and legal fees. Luckily, every year there are endless competitions for students to enter in depending on their field and project scope. While…
