Flush the Toilet: Young Entrepreneurs

All entrepreneurs know what a successful business looks like: Positive Cash Flow. Or, for most of us youngsters, not having to work for someone else.

In the past when I started turning the gears on a new business idea I thought merely of how I could get it into positive cash flow, and how richly I could live. I found myself becoming demotivated pretty quickly, even though I knew the business had a chance and it would be a valuable service to its users and clients. I started questioning my lack of motivation, going as so far into questioning my abilities to ever really make it as an entrepreneur.

So when I started the business I am gearing up now, I did a little soul searching. Actually, I think it was more like my soul found me (that sounds a lot cheesier then soul searching for some reason) when I got an unsuspected gift. A little back-story first.

“The Lack of Money is the Root of All Evil” by Andrew Leckey is a must read. Through the timeless life lessons of Mark Twain, Leckey shows how having money can open up a world of opportunities in ways never before imagined.
This book is so versatile, it runs through information on: investing, saving money, seeking […]

I am starting a new business that you’ll all be hearing about over the next few weeks. I just wrote a small article — Only Takes A Sheet — at Dorm Room Biz explaining my process of brainstorming and generating ideas for starting a business.
Here’s a taste:
A few days a go I walked over to […]

A consultant is simply anyone who gives advice or performs other services of a professional or semi-professional nature, in return for compensation. This means that regardless of your area of interest or expertise, you can become a consultant. Everyone has a unique background, with special interests and experiences duplicated by few others, and in demand […]

As an entrepreneur I am a firm believer of sharing knowledge, visions, thoughts, and even ideas with fellow entrepreneurs. Now I don’t go running around sharing my ideas with every entrepreneur I meet, but I do make it habit to strategically share ideas with entrepreneurs who I believe share similar goals, desires, and ambitions as […]

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
- Mark Twain

Hello everyone. My name is Eric Allam and this is my first post of hopefully many being a guest blogger here at Flush the Toilet. I ran across David’s blog and gasped as I realized I hadn’t seen any blog that focused solely on Student Entrepreneurship, and after contacting him and having some […]

What’s going on here? This is awesome. Remember how I told you guys that I’d be guest blogging on Dorm Room Biz? Well I still am, PLUS ftt will be adding another blogger to the team as well. Eric Allam, another student entrepreneur from A&E Investments, will be jumping onboard the ftt blog.
This is great […]

ebay can provide any entrepreneur with an additional stream of income from auctioning off items that 1.) are just laying around the house/room taking up space 2.) items that can be purchased from yard sales for cheap amounts and sold for much more and 3.) selling items for someone for a small commission.
For the past […]

Hey guys, I just did a small introduction of myself on Dorm Room Biz. I’m excited to be sharing my experiences and knowledge of business with some new readers and I hope to be helping a lot more people with this opportunity.
Here’s a small section of the post:
One of life’s joys for me is helping […]