Your laptop is your shop. You store your inventory in your dorm room. You cooked up your idea in your backyard. Or the basement.
It’s a tiny endeavor, yes. You may not know where it’ll end up when college is done. Not for sure, anyway.
But students like you became Silicon Valley’s most unassailable businessmen.
Pursuing business during college is easier now than it was before. Blame it on the internet! Young people like yourself can start a business with your own savings or by borrowing from your parents and relatives. Resources online give you access to information about setting up your own enterprise; they link you to other entrepreneurs who can teach you, or who can expand your business through partnerships.
Founded by Mark Zuckerberg as a student in Harvard, Facebook was first restricted to students of the university. It quickly adapted to demand and has since expanded its base to anybody who is above 13 years old. Nifty and customizable applications were added later on. So far, it has a purported value of $15 billion and is the second largest social network on the internet.
Cookie makers undertook a humbler endeavor. Do you ever get hungry at the most unholy of hours? Especially when you’re studying? A few undergraduates decided to answer midnight snackers’ needs. Aptly called Insomnia Cookies, these students have been delivering fresh cookies and milk at any time their customers needed them.
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Dorm-Room Bizs That Made It Big
July 31, 2008 by Rich | 3 Comments
In Bootstrap, College, Success
Angela on July 31st, 2008 at 12:20 pm
I enjoy hearing about young entrepreneurs. They are becoming more and more common, and I think it’s great! Thinking outside the box is a great way to learn new things and find new successes.
jaeda on August 1st, 2008 at 3:21 am
yes, that’s very true.. i agree with you, it’s very nice coz at their young age they manage to establish business.
cassy on August 2nd, 2008 at 12:14 am
Well.. we should really thanks the internet, without it we can’t learn and know what business is good for us. There are many small ideas here that can lead us to a bigger and brighter future.