When Jud Bowman first considered entrepreneurship, he had to ask his history teacher how to raise funding. Since then, he has found success helping others sell their phone apps, reports The Herald-Sun. Bowman is now the CEO and founder of the Durham-based technology company Appia that builds online storefronts where businesses can sell mobile phone […]
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Kathy Griffiths was ready for a change. Deciding it was time to do what she wants before it is too late, Kathy asked her husband to build her a cattery in their yard, reports Bay of Plenty Times. Called the Top Katz Boarding Cattery, Kathy offers a five star service to all cats that are
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According to LaCrosseTribune.com, Dagny Mochalski’s small knitting business is the first step in helping her pay for a $7,000 trip with People to People. At 14 years old, she has high hopes over reaching this goal. The Coulee Montessori eighth-grader is hoping the knitted hats, scarves, footbags and iPod holders she’s selling through Coulee Arts
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Hayden Hamilton kept getting asked by his online pharmacy customers why contacts were so expensive. According to OregonLive.com, he decided to seek out an answer. He concluded there was no good reason for contacts to run $20 a box or more, other than pure profit for the handful of manufacturers that control the market. “It
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If you’re a first-time entrepreneur with a business idea, you probably need to do a lot of research and planning before you’re able to persuade anyone — banks, angels, friends or family members — to give you funding. Entrepreneur.com reports that startup boot camps can help. Their sole purpose is to teach you how to
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Today many of the successful entrepreneurs we might think of are young. For example, the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg. However,that is not necessarily true. According to The Huffington Post, a series of studies have shown that it’s not the younger generation that’s driving our growth. Research by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) shows that
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Are you young and enterprising? Get ready to crash and burn. Every entrepreneur will fail at some point, says start-up investor Alex Taussig. But those under 30 tend to fail in ways that are “wholly unnecessary,” he writes in Fortune, ratting off a list of “15 mistakes young entrepreneurs make but don’t have to.” Among
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Have you made any business resolutions for the New Year? While many people set personal goals based around the idea of dieting, many business owners are looking for ways to help fatten up their earnings. Reuters has posted a list of resolutions that might help inspire you. Social Media Do whatever it takes to get
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As soon as Paul DeWys turned 15 years old, he went out and got a work permit. That was only the first step he needed to take to realize his life long dream in manufacturing. Now, at 22 years old, he is the owner of his own business: DeWys Industrial Design. Paul got his start
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Candy How sweet it is. Even in a recession, candy has been a luxury that many people can still afford. “Chocolate is a comfort food,” says Dan Johnson, owner of Choco-Logo in Buffalo, New York, which has seen retail sales rise 30 percent since last year. The confectionery industry, as a whole, grew 3.7 percent
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