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11 Year Old Starts Green Business

Keyc:
In local news, an 11 year old girl from New Ulm has taken up an unlikely hobby that looks to benefit the environment. News 12’s Kira Klapper has more on her mission. 11 year old Kennedi Kokesch makes all these birdfeeders with recycled glass. After seeing glass being thrown away, and into garbage bins, at […]

Deaf Entrepreneur Succeeds Despite Disability

Bernama.com:
Being deaf is no obstacle for 36-year-old Tengku Arman Harris Tengku Ismail to succeed as an entrepreneur. He is among Terengganu’s rare breed of successful ‘people with disability’ (OKU) entrepreneurs in the batik industry.
Tengku Arman, who communicated via sign language through his 59-year-old mother Wan Zaitun Wan Mansur, indicated that he started work at the […]

No Yelpers

The New York Times:
The Rooz Cafe, a restaurant and coffee shop in Oakland, Calif., signals its distaste for patrons who post reviews on Yelp.com with a small sign: No Yelpers.
The sign is routinely ignored by devotees of Yelp, a San Francisco Internet company that enables average folks to write reviews of everything from restaurants to […]

Is The U.S. The Best Place To Be A Young Entrepreneur?

Young Entrepreneur:
Young entrepreneurs are always saying that they don’t have the resources around them to start a business. A new study out of England suggests, however, that young Americans might be better off than their British counterparts.
According to The Prince’s Trust, a UK based youth charity which focuses on entrepreneurship, more than a third of […]

Poor Man’s Gold

The Wall Street Journal:
The government rationed food during World War II and gasoline in the 1970s. Now, it’s imposing quotas on another precious commodity: 2008 dollar coins known as silver eagles.
The coins, each containing about an ounce of silver, have become so popular among investors seeking alternatives to stocks and real estate that the U.S. […]

Uncommon Startup Advice

Work.com:
It is extremely easy to find great startup advice, especially lists of mistakes to avoid. These lists generally offer the same information that has been regurgitated for decades, with updates for the web era based on lessons from the dot com bust.
Start Building Business Credit Early
While it is common to see advice to separate your […]

Online Product Development

Work.com:
You’ve had the break through idea and have sorted out your business plan. If your business involves a new product or service there will probably be a section in your business plan marked “Product Development.”
This is the phase where you’ve got a prototype or a beta service and you want to refine it, make it […]