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Is College Worth It For Entrepreneurs?

US News:
There’s no law saying you have to go to college to start a business.
There’s also a carrot and a stick that might lead entrepreneurial minded members of Generation Y to want to skip college. The stick is that hiring prospects might be grimmer than they thought.
The carrot? All the examples of wildly successful entrepreneurs […]

When Your ‘Unique’ Biz Idea Is Already Taken

College Startup:
Let’s pretend that you started the new and exciting business of making scarves for people’s pets. Eventually, your neighbor decides to do that for himself. And so does your (former) best friend. Suddenly, the neighborhood pets are dizzy from the choices.
Your business idea will get stolen. It can be re-hashed and repackaged and there […]

The Dog Who Breathed A New Biz

The New York Times:
Who would have thought that a middle-age couple who held government jobs and were a tad unsure what an entrepreneur was would make a small fortune from their beloved dog’s bad breath?
Joe and Judy Roetheli (pronounced RATE-lee) of Kansas City, Mo., founders of S&M NuTec, maker of Greenies dog treats, were as […]

Mompreneur Sleeps In Style

To be able to receive the best night’s sleep, we want our children to be comfortable. They sleep well, and we sleep well. That’s why parents want the best, and most affordable, sleepwear possible. Linda Levine has taken a step to make sure people are able to find children’s pajamas with those qualities […]

Inventors Get Ideas, Make Them Reality

Record-Eagle.com:
Back when they were students at Bertha Vos Elementary, Keith Nielson, Kevin Vann and Tom Hills liked to take things apart to see how they worked.
Now the friends are designing and manufacturing their own products through their fledgling company, Foresight Design Group.
“It’s something we’ve done in our spare time,” said Nielson, 29, a mechanical engineer […]

Copyright Office Discovers Online Submissions

Arstechnica:
Given the fact that copyright has become an unlikely new rallying point for the digital culture wars, you might think that the Copyright Office itself would be the sort of place that’s been accepting online submissions for years. You’d be wrong.
The Copyright Office uses the web solely to offer its federal forms, which users can […]

Biz Resource: Public Library Card

Small Business Idea:
Entrepreneurs have an insatiable thirst for novelty and information.
Quench this thirst with a library card instead of your wallet. You can still buy items for your personal library later on (items you’ve checked out of the library 3 times), but 90% of the stuff you buy or think you want you’ll never end […]