"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
You must do the thing which you think you cannot do." -Eleanor Roosevelt

Kid Entrepreneur has web design business in his home.

Maryland high school senior and entrepreneur, Keenen Geter talks about his web design business. For more on youth entrepreneurs, watch Biz Kid$ (http://www.bizkids.com) a public TV series where kids teach kids about entrepreneurship.  Or visit the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship.

These Kids Mean Business: A PBS Documentary about Kids and Entrepreneurship

Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Clarence Page looks at the role of entrepreneurship education as a way to help change the lives of at-risk youth. Check out this preview for the 60-minute PBS special:  These Kids Mean Business.
I love his statement “The old thinking figured kids were too young to learn about entrepreneurship. [...]

Commercial Real Estate Success Stories from KISS?

“I wanted to be in a band that gave bang for the buck. I wanted to be in the band who didn’t look like a bunch of guys who, you know, should be in a library studying for their finals.” – Gene Simmons
I just got done reading the book “Sex, Money. Kiss” by [...]

Lemonade Day: Teaching Kids about Entrepreneurship

Lemonade Day introduces kids to entrepreneurship!  This city-wide event encourages kids to start a lemonade stand and sell their lemonade to the entire community.  Schools, community groups and businesses get involved to make this all happen.  Visit the website and click on your city to get more information and don’t forget to get involved with Lemonade [...]

Harvey MacKay: Overcoming Obstacles

Harvey MacKay discusses briefly the story of Abe Lincoln and the brilliant idea of  increasing your failure rate in order to increase your success rate.    What a concept.  If only we could accept that we will fail…we could succeed.  Try it.

CNN-Young and Rich, Sean Bilnick CEO of Bizchair.com

Sean Belnick is a self-made millionaire at age 19!  This Atlanta teenager studies business at Emory University and runs a multi-million dollar business called Bizchair.com.

Teen Millionaires: How did They do it?

23 year old Cameron Johnson,  author of You Call the Shots, started and sold 12 businesses before the age of 21.  Here are just a few of the keys to success he shares in his book:

Don’t think too far outside of the box, keep it simple and do what you know or are familiar with
Read [...]

“The Reality of Today’s Business Environment”

Guy Kawasaki the creator of Alltop introduces his new book Reality Check.  A great book defining the areas of success in todays business environment.  His assessment can be broke up into three successful steps that involve:

Outsourcing your competition
Out-managing your competition
Out Marketing your competition

I love how he describes the individual mindset of today’s entrepreneur:
“Crazy, Passionate and [...]

Crystal O’Connor interviews Brett Trout, Patent Attorney

Crystal O’Connor interviews Brett Trout, Patent Attorney.

Crystal O’Connor interviews Mike Wagner with the White Rabbit Group

August 16, 2009 by Crystal O'Connor  
Filed under Blog, Branding, Entrepreneurs

Mike Wagner of the White Rabbit Group discusses the importance of Branding.  “Branding is more than just logos and taglines.”

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