So after falling asleep watching television half-way through writing this post (I took a break – it makes sense, trust me) – I wake up to find it is 6AM Monday morning. Crap…
Here’s what you missed:
Road Show for Young Entrepreneurs Award
Asian Young Entrepreneur awards. This takes place in Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Bangladesh, Vietnam and Brunei.  I know there some people from Malaysia who are reading this – look into this awards show!
Mentorship Project for New Entrepreneurs
I’ve decided India is totally into entrepreneurs.  Half of the articles I find are about Indian entrepreneurs, and more …read more

Young Republican entrepreneurs and business professionals prefer Ron Paul.
In Phoenix, Arizona, Ron Paul won the GOP vote for young professionals with 80% of the vote. That’s a pretty significant percentage. According to the website, “Paul opposes the war and most government spending. He wants to dismantle the Internal Revenue Service and what he calls America’s ‘empire’ abroad, including military bases and reducing foreign aid.”
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette finally looks up the word “entrepreneur” in the dictionary.
The basic idea of this article discusses Pittsburgh’s low startup rate. Maybe it is because it is one of the most dangerous cities in …read more

It’s the holidays and the news is slow. This week, I read through one news item titled a business plan that will get you a loan that was really worth my time.

This article covers similar material to what I was writing during part 1 of my business plan series. The idea is to lay everything out for your investors and address every finite detail about your business plan. If you don’t have time to read the article but want to take something out of it, read this:
The best way to construct your business plan is to start …read more

It’s that time again – only this Sunday has somewhat of a theme – going from small to big! We have four articles to cover, so let’s get started.

This article is based around a small business owner wondering if he should expand. The situation goes like this:

Guy makes/sells terrariums
Wants to expand, but not too fast

There’s some pretty good advice given in the article. Basically, if you happen to expand too fast, there are a few ways to mitigate the number of orders:

Raise prices
Create a waiting list

“Take a step back and create a business plan” was the main …read more

Sorry about the late Sunday-Monday news, everyone.  I am studying for my finals, so I am getting a bit behind with what really matters – surfing the internet!   This week has been pretty quiet, and I haven’t really stumbled upon much about young entrepreneurs.  Either way, here’s your belated Sunday news:

HA! We beat onrec.com to the punch with this story (after we were beaten by another site).  The only reason I am posting this article is because it has an image attached from the actual awards ceremony.  The article didn’t even mention Oliver Bishop winning the award WITH Dan …read more