Flush the Toilet: Young Entrepreneurs

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.
— Bill Gates

I started playing chess when I was in 11th grade in high school. I immediately became fascinated with the game (the art) after watching my younger brothers banging away at the pieces on the board. I asked them to teach me this ancient game and within weeks I must’ve read a good 10 books on […]

“The ‘ You set the criteria. You are in control. We make it happen’ philosophy guides his business, Gatsby Valet. And it is Rzeplinski’s goal to become Canada’s largest valet service provider - a feat well within his reach, if his clients are any indication.”[Guelph Humber student named Ontario entrepreneur of the year]
” Matt Berg […]

He’s the founder of tribe.net, SupportSoft, Tank Hill, FreeLoader, and many more startups. He has held executive positions with Columbia Capital, Telecommunications, Inc., and Lazard Freres & Co. He’s and investor in the totally cool facebook and friendster social networking sites and napster, impulse buy network, brightmail, EVDB, technorati, feedster, socialtext, xoom, stir crazy, nanosolar, […]

Give me a lever and a place to stand and I will move the world.
—Archimedes

This entrepreneur gets paid to brainstorm for other businesses – what a great way to make a living.
Anand Chhatpar, one of the Top 5 Young Entrepreneurs as named by BusinessWeek, is interviewed by CNBC India on a show called “Young Turks.” Checkout the video here.

“So, a business partner was reading my blog yesterday about improving team handoffs for project management….”[The Bottom Line on Business Blogs]
“Bill Gates and Michael Dell are probably the best-known examples of people who started businesses while in college, but they aren’t the only ones. Student entrepreneurs are found — if not exactly common — on […]

I am grateful for all my problems. I became stronger and more able to meet those that were still to come.

– J.C. Penney

I was in a train with a friend of mine yesterday afternoon and he asked me “if I didn’t feel that I was wasting my time with my company.” I responded with, “no not at all, in fact I feel that I am ahead of time.”
Everywhere I go students are asking me “what am I […]

“You don’t need to live in San Francisco to make it big…”[It’s a great time to start a business]
“I was thinking the other day about how I get my clients, and it really seems as though I just happen to get lucky…”[How do I get clients?]
“I wouldn’t know where to start. I took entrepreneurship in […]