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Collegiate Entrepreneurs Start Your Engines

By Kaira Rouda|2023-02-07T01:46:54+00:00May 18, 2009|college students, contests, dorms, innovation, StartupNation, startups, Web site|Comments Off on Collegiate Entrepreneurs Start Your Engines

Are you or do you know a college student with entrepreneurial aspirations? Show off your business by entering StartupNation Dorm-Based 20, which ranks the top 20 leading collegiate entrepreneurs in the country. To enter the contest, you must attend a college in the U.S. (not necessarily living in a dorm), your business must have a Web site, and you have to fill out the online form. The judges will be looking for: Innovativeness of business concept Potential for growth Cutting-edge business practices Demonstration of business fundamentals Potential for overall impact Financial performance Check out the 2008 Dorm-Based 20 winners: A Slice of Paradise Ablaze Custom Cleaning Affordabook Bizooki Brett Adams Design LLC CaptainU Collegeffect.com Digital Wingman, Inc E SCRAP Ohio EnMobile Hurricane K-9 Waste Removal, LLC IsThatOneGood LLC Note2Home ROCS College Student Staffing Sand Shack Shelby Burford Design The Magic of Jared Sherlock Vortex Web [...]

Entering the Business World Knowing Your Passion

This past week I was approached by a graduating college senior, and she had an excellent question. “While my first choice is to find a job on my own, my family owns a business and they’d love for me to join them. Given the current state of the economy, should I consider joining the family business my best option?” And after talking with her, I started to realize that is about the time when students are planning to set foot into the “real world” and are unsure about what’s next and which direction they should go. So to answer her question and to try and calm the fears of other students in her position, I say… Don’t alter your passions. Do you really want to join the family business? Is it part of your passion? Or are you altering your passion for security? Will it [...]