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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Interview: Philip Hartman, 2008 Young Inventor of the Year

Interview: Philip Hartman, 2008 Young Inventor of the Year

by Nick Scheidies and Nick Tart

Philip Hartman became an entrepreneur when he was eight-years-old. That’s when he started building sling-shots that shot BB’s and arrows. Today, a home-schooled high school senior…

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Interview: Andrew Fashion, $2.2 Million by 21 and Lost It All

Interview: Andrew Fashion, $2.2 Million by 21 and Lost It All by 22

by Nick Scheidies and Nick Tart

As a sixth-grader, Andrew Fashion and a pal figured out a way to transform their mechanical pencils into miniature rocket launchers.Unlike most boys, they weren’t content merely using their invention…

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Nationwide Competition to Award $30,000 in Prizes for Teen Girl Entrepreneurs

Nationwide Competition to Award $30,000 in Prizes for Teen Girl Entrepreneurs

by Nick Tart

Normally, I wouldn’t share something like this but it’s a phenomenal opportunity to reward the bright young female entrepreneurs in your community. The 2010 Girls Going Places Award Program is going to award…

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Target Your Customers Like You Eat Your Pizza

Target Your Customers Like You Eat Your Pizza

by Nick Tart

Find the fattest, juiciest, spiciest pepperoni on the pizza and chew the heck out of it.

Let’s back up. You see your pizza for the first time and the whole thing looks delicious. If only your stomach was big enough to eat all of it… But it’s not.

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Interview: Emil Motycka, From 'Mow Boy' to Lawn Mowing Enterprise

Interview: Emil Motycka, From ‘Mow Boy’ to $135K

by Nick Scheidies and Nick Tart

By the time he was in the eighth grade, at 13-years-old, Emil had taken out his first loan: $8000 to purchase a commercial lawn mower. He paid off his four-year loan in two years.

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Giveaway: Kidpreneurs Book and a Review

Giveaway: Kidpreneurs Book and a Review

by Nick Tart

I think it’s safe to say that we all wish we could have started sooner. Imagine where your business could be if you started it a year earlier. Imagine how much more experience you would have if you started a year earlier.

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Positive Word of Mouth Spreads Like Wildflowers

Positive Word of Mouth Spreads Like Wildflowers

by Nick Tart

If you’re like most humans, you love to talk. More specifically, you love to gossip. Not only is it something we do every day, gossip can be an incredibly powerful motivating tool. As an entrepreneur, you need to take advantage it.

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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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Don’t Buy a Book Without Finding Where It’s Cheapest

by Nick Tart

College tuition: $5,000
Room and board: $2,000
Textbooks: $500
Saving $300 on books by using WeCompareBooks.com: priceless (actually it still costs $200, but you get the point).

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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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