Richard Branson in TED / Dyslexic / ADHD / ADD
July 29, 2010 by Crystal O'Connor
Filed under Blog, Education, Entrepreneurs
Richard Branson is yet another successful entrepreneur that indicates he was not a good student. He goes on to define his learning style as dyslexic and suggests a low IQ score be the result of his assesment. Intersesting how this pattern continues to emerge in the stories of particularly successful entrepreneurs. As the need [...]
Teaching Kids to Take Charge by Infecting them with “I Can”
July 10, 2010 by Crystal O'Connor
Filed under Blog, Education
Kiran Bir Sethi at a Ted Talks conference shows how her groundbreaking Riverside School in India teaches kids life’s most valuable lesson: “I can.” Watch her students take local issues into their own hands, lead other young people, even educate their parents. The founder of the Riverside School in Ahmedabad, Kiran Sethi has launched an [...]
Grasshopper is a Phone system helping Entrepreneurs Change the World.
June 30, 2010 by Crystal O'Connor
Filed under Blog, Branding, Entrepreneurs
This video is marketing genius. It pulls at the heart of every Entrepreneur that is struggling to make things happen with their IDEA. It also reminds me of the various ways to market your product in this day and age. This video has gone viral. Never before in history could you go ‘viral’ with an [...]
Understanding the Financial Crisis for Kids and Grownups
June 28, 2010 by Crystal O'Connor
Filed under Blog, Credit & Debt, Kids & Investing, Real Estate
It is so easy to forget what really happened to cause the financial Crisis situation we are living in today. Sometimes a good reminder as well as a ‘visual’ helps…especially with regard to explanation we give our kids. Leaving our kids unaware of the facts is NOT using it all as a powerful learning [...]
Donald Trump tells 22 Year old Millionaire how to Keep Going.
June 23, 2010 by Crystal O'Connor
Filed under Advice on Success, Blog, Entrepreneurial Advice, Entrepreneurs, Success Coach
Trump discusses with a 22 year old millionaire how to make his next 40 million. He tells him that the natural human trait is to lose focus and how important it is to NOT lost that vision and focus. Overcome nature and continue to grow your business.
Kidpreneurs Book Makes the NAPPA Gold Award
June 23, 2010 by Crystal O'Connor
Filed under Blog, Books to Read, Entrepreneurs, Kid Entrepreneurs, Kids & Money, Philanthropists
Serial entrepreneurs and constant advocates for the fostering of intelligent young minds, the Toren brothers have done something unique with “Kidpreneurs,” by outlining the basic tools and strategies adults use to groom their businesses in a simple, straightforward manner that will allow any child to easily understand. Throughout the many years that Matthew Toren and [...]
High School Drop Out Rates cost the US Billions
June 18, 2010 by Crystal O'Connor
Filed under 21st Century Learning, Blog, Education, Kid Entrepreneurs
High School drop out rates affect our economy in vast and numerous ways. Eating at the core of our job market and economic growth as a whole we are faced with the question of what to do with our education system. Our nations High School drop out rates are only growing and the expense of [...]
Michael Jordan and Nike pair up to share the tale of success.
June 18, 2010 by Crystal O'Connor
Filed under Advice on Success, Blog, Principles, Success
Failure has a silver lining, it’s called success. You cannot succeed without failure. To put in simpler terms you must find ways to fail many times if your success level is higher than the average individual’s. Michael Jordan and Nike pair up to share the tale of success.
Elizabeth Gilbert describes FEAR and its control over Creativity.
April 21, 2010 by Crystal O'Connor
Filed under Blog, Entrepreneurs, Overcoming Fears
Elizabeth Gilbert the author of the bestseller Eat Pray Love explains creativity on a level we may understand. Fear causes our very natural creative spirits to diminish and become smaller than they could be. Creativity and entrepreneurship are so tightly connected and related and share a very similar path. It takes a mindset and much [...]
The Voice of the 21st Century Student is Speaking..are we Listening?
March 23, 2010 by Crystal O'Connor
Filed under 21st Century Learning, Advice on Education, Blog, Education, Entrepreneurial Advice, Entrepreneurs, Kid Entrepreneurs
This guy is really amazing on so many levels and for so many reasons. Dan Brown has put me in a state of Awe because of his Audacious Fearless Ambition. He speaks the truth and speaks for our Youth. Please listen up and open your minds and be aware that he is not the far and [...]
