Money-Smart Kids: No money for money education?

Money-Smart Kids No money for money education? By Tom Henske From Westport News Online Last week — while reading Karen Blumenthal‘s article in The Wall Street Journal, “Is There a Cure for Financial Literacy?” — I was reminded of one of the impediments to improving financial literacy in our country. Citing data from The Jumpstart Coalition, Karen reminds [...]

4 Tips for Raising Funds in a Harsh Environment

4 Tips for Raising Funds in a Harsh Environment Lessons from an entrepreneur who raised $6.25 million in venture capital funding By Zephrin Lasker From Entrepreneur Magazine Online While capital markets continue their well-documented convulsions, that doesn’t mean that dedicated entrepreneurs must shelve their startup dreams next to the past few years IPO filings. With [...]

Financial Reform and You

Financial Reform and You By Matt Quinn From Inc.com You can be forgiven if you’re having trouble figuring out what the financial regulatory reform bill means to you. Reportedly logging in at over 2,000 pages, even if it were fully public and finalized, you’d have to take a sabbatical from work to plow through it. [...]

Video: Susan Beacham provides advice on Teens and Money on the Dr. Phil Show

Katie is a teenaged girl who wants a lot, and who expects her parents to foot the bill. She asks for manicures, haircuts and clothes without any thought to the financial cost. Susan Beacham sits down with Katie to discuss her family’s monthly income, and shows her the amount available to spend after mortgage payments, [...]

Is Your Money Mind-set Tanking Your Biz?

Is Your Money Mind-set Tanking Your Biz? Don’t let fear and desperation make your financial decisions for you. By Marc Pearlman From Entrepreneur.com The latest statistics from the Small Business Administration show that new businesses have a 50 percent chance of surviving five years or more. While this dispels some longstanding beliefs that 95 percent of businesses fail [...]

Video: Teenage Millionaire

Ashley Qualls is a 17-year-old self-made millionaire. Find out how she struck gold on the web.

How a business makes it to $1 million

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — After a year with the Peace Corps in Kenya, husband and wife team Kevin Ward and Renice Jones returned to the U.S. with a business idea: import Kenyan crafts and provide artisans with an affluent new market for their wares. The idea that launched Global Crafts was simple. Building a profitable business [...]

Kidpreneurs Book Makes the NAPPA Gold Award

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 [...]

MoneyWatch.com: Saving money through social media networking

Facebook and Beyond: Social Networks for Saving Money By Farnoosh Torabi From MoneyWatch.com. Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, LinkedIn: Take your pick; social networking has become America’s new favorite pastime. These platforms help us find new jobs and long-lost high school loves, spy on our neighbors, post pictures, and fan Betty White. But did you know social networking can [...]

Feature: Banking advice for college students

Bankers can be Choosers: What college students need to know about choosing a bank By Kate Foley Money can be quite an intimidating prospect when a college student first fledges from the safety of mom and dad’s wallet. Food, gas and credit card bills must now come before the late-night pizza deliveries and weekend parties. [...]

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