Management
Starting a Business in College - Part 3 (final part)
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007In part 1 of the starting a business in college series, I discussed taking initiative. Part 2 was about creating your company - building a team, advisors, and resources.
This final part will give pointers on launching and what advantages you have as a college student that you may not realize. Assuming you are able to […]
Starting a business in college - Part 2
Sunday, April 22nd, 2007Last week I wrote part 1 of leveraging college resources for your startup. The theme of that post was learning to take initiative at your school. Professors and administrators don’t comb the student rosters to seek out entrepreneurs - you have to be proactive and aggressive in finding the entrepreneurial environment at your college.
The theme […]
How to leverage college resources for your startup (Part I)
Tuesday, April 17th, 2007As a college student and entrepreneur, I’m faced with the everyday challenge of balancing schoolwork, social life, and my startup venture. But when you know how to leverage available resources at your college, it becomes less of a load to run your business and manage schoolwork. This post is the first part of a series […]
Why People Say NO
Friday, March 30th, 2007Seth Godin wrote in “The two reasons people say no to your idea”
“It’s been done before.”
“It’s never been done before.”
In pursuing a startup, how will you be prepared for these rebuttals? You’re going to have to persuade at least one person your idea is worth it.
Slowdown your Startup with Space
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007I found a good post from Matt McCall at VC Confidential (Chicago-based) via FoneShow’s blog about how office space slows down and financially hurts startups. As entreprenuers we’re 90% optimists, so we should/have to admit our optimist view on our “baby.” Too many startups have died due to the lack of managing growth and signing […]
