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JuniorBiz Journey


Yesterday, we unleashed our book of interviews with the world’s top young entrepreneurs.

Of course, knowing us, we had to do it in style. Check out this crazy video that we made to show off our interviewee’s break-dancing skills:

Battle a Giant Video

But what does a video like this do for a product launch? We’re still figuring it all out, but here is a snapshot of our WordPress stats from late last night:

Continue to check out our stats from launch day…

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Nick Tart

Taking Down the Giant: Publishing Week Video

by Nick Scheidies and Nick Tart

As you may have noticed, there have been a lot of interviews here and not a lot of regular postings. There’s a good reason for that. There’s a lot of behind-the-scenes fun…

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Proclamation for Life After College: JJ Entry #29

Proclamation for Life After College: JJ Entry #29

by Nick Tart

Today was the first day of the rest of my life and it makes me uneasy. I graduated from Colorado State University on Saturday, May 15th and for the first time in my life…

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My Weekend in Washington with Young Entrepreneurs: JJ Entry #28

My Weekend in Washington with Young Entrepreneurs: JJ Entry #28

by Nick Tart

The last five days has been one of the most eye-opening experiences of my life with some of the most ambitious young people I’ve ever met. I’ve learned more about how to sell things…

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Ditch This Word and You'll Be Successful: JJ Entry #27

Find Out What Word You Need to Ditch to be Successful: JJ Entry #27

by Nick Tart

About a week ago we did this neat little exercise in my Business Capstone class.To give you some background info, this class is the culmination of all my other business classes at CSU.

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Happy New Year, Happy New JuniorBiz! JJ Entry #26

Happy New Year, Happy New JuniorBiz! JJ Entry #26

by Nick Tart

Wait, don’t go! After about seven months of tedious redevelopment, I’m proud to present to you the new JuniorBiz.com.

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Thumbnail image for Summer 2009 Project Charter Goals Report: JJ Entry #25

Summer 2009 Project Charter Goals Report: JJ Entry #25

by Nick Tart

Beautiful sunny days make it hard to sit inside and work on a computer. And this is evident by me only achieving 11 of my 20 goals. Whether I errored in setting or accomplishing, I certainly learned from this experience.

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Thumbnail image for Lawn Mowing Guide Sales Report: JJ Entry #24

Lawn Mowing Guide Sales Report: JJ Entry #24

by Nick Tart

When I first wrote the JuniorBiz Business Plan, I projected selling 750 copies of my Lawn Mowing Guide by the end of the year. All you have to do is write it and put it on Amazon, right? Unfortunately it’s not that easy. I’ve only sold 15 copies since I published it in April, but I’ve learned several lessons along the way.

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Thumbnail image for 3 Golden Nuggets of Advice for Young Entrepreneurs: JJ Entry #23

3 Golden Nuggets of Advice for Young Entrepreneurs: JJ Entry #23

by Nick Tart

Earlier this week I was featured in the CSU daily newsletter, Today @ Colorado State University! One of the writers for this newsletter contacted me because of the article in the Coloradoan.

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Thumbnail image for JuniorBiz in Local Newspapers: JJ Entry #22

JuniorBiz in Local Newspapers: JJ Entry #22

by Nick Tart

Over the last few weeks JuniorBiz and I have been featured in two major local newspapers, The Fort Collins Coloradoan and The Longmont Times-Call. In this JJ Entry I’ve included links to both of those articles…

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Thumbnail image for How Entrepreneurship is Like Climbing Mountains: JJ Entry #21

How Entrepreneurship is Like Climbing Mountains: JJ Entry #21

by Nick Tart

Saturday, July 11th at midnight I embarked upon a journey to climb four 14’ers in one day. For those non-Coloradoans, a 14’er is a mountain that is 14,000+ feet above sea level. There are over 50 14’ers in Colorado…

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