The New York Times: Periods of high unemployment tend to be particularly hard on teenagers, who wind up competing for jobs with more experienced, laid-off adults. When Faith Borden, 16, of Metuchen, N.J., applied for a job in March to be a counselor at a summer day camp, she looked around and saw “all these […]
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The Orange County Register: The work is a lot like being a chimney sweep. The business model invented by Chris King, 19, a freshman at USC living in Huntington Beach, Calif., with his parents during summer break, is pretty simple: extract built-up lint from long, winding clothing-dryer ducts, and charge $39 for the service. It’s
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USA TODAY: Launching a small business can bring big returns. But it’s anything but easy money. Running a firm takes stamina, creativity, discipline – and sometimes, even physical work. For kids who want to get started right away, USA TODAY polled successful entrepreneurs and small-business experts for advice. Their tips: – Don’t let shortcomings thwart
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photo credit: foundphotoslj The current economic situation is giving birth to new businesses everyday. One new small tutoring business is the brainchild of Indiana college student Matthew Fouts. Last year, we linked to a story about his business, but I thought I’d ask him the inspiration for starting his business. Dane: Matthew, why’d you start
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Out of Australia comes the interesting story of a number of young entrepreneurs with one thing in common. They all think that now, in this “recession”, is the best time to start a business. “If we can start up in a recession and be successful, we can survive anything,” said 20-year-old Ryan Djurovich, who started
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An eighth grade Canadian boy has invented a plastic decal that will stop birds from flying into windows. The decal is painted ultraviolet, a color that is invisible to humans, but very visible to birds. It’s like putting a big stop sign in the middle of the window, ” Charlie Sobcov on CBC Radio. 500
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Daily Herald: Paying attention in history class actually pays off. South Elgin High School senior Joe Basile recently won the Chicago Young Inventor’s Challenge for his “King of Kingdoms” game, a board game where Henry VIII, Alexander the Great, King Arthur and others battle over power and territories. In addition to receiving prizes for his
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TechCrunch: My name’s Scott. I’m 13 and have launched a web startup.” So began an email exchange over last weekend which culminated with me chatting to Scott’s mum today to verify, that, indeed, he was actually 13 and really had launched a blogging site for people in Scotland. ScotBlog.net is essentially a social network for
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ThisWeek: Nicholas Fala has two passions — bicycling and technology. Bicycling is a hobby. His technology skills, on the other hand, allow the Westerville North High School junior to make a living, a very good living. Fala said he became interested in computers when he was 10, around the time he was making money mowing
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