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The “Swarm Intelligence” of the Young Entrepreneurs

Bees…ants…wasps… all of these insects have one thing in common: they are “social” insects. Each of them work together for common goals. Building intricate nests. Protecting their queens. And helping maintain their empires. Well did you ever think about young entrepreneurs as a “social” community working together for common goals?
I think that we can learn […]

Get Off your Chair, it’s Time to Network

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You wake up every morning and work on your business
You’re calling those clients
You’re writing that code
You’re writing those business plans
Great…. Great…. Great… That’s all good and dandy, but what are you doing in your day to reach out to fellow entrepreneurs? That’s one of the most important questions that you should be asking yourself everyday. […]

Free is Good, Great, and Profitable.

My younger brother picked up film about a year ago. He’s pretty good at what he does and I’m definitely proud of him. He’s passionate and hungry to succeed with what makes him most happy in life. Awesome.
He isn’t the savviest person when it comes to business, so I always try to lend him my […]

How To: Become a Campus Networker, Part 3

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This is the last post of my 3 part series on How to: Become a Campus Networker. Checkout part 1 and part 2 to catch up on all the fun.
One of the best ways to become the ultimate Campus Networker is to dabble in everything and everyone at college. What do I mean by this? […]

How To: Become a Campus Networker, Part 2

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This is Part 2 in the series How To: Become a Campus Networker. Catch up by reading Part 1 if you haven’t already done so.
Who’s Ready to PARTY?
It’s a Friday night and classes are done for the week – YES!! – so what do you do? Here are your options 1.) Hit the books with […]

How to: Become a Campus Networker, Part 1

This is Part 1 in a series on college networking on campus. I am going to cover a few tactics that you – the student entrepreneur – can go about networking with your fellow classmates.
It’s very important for the student entrepreneur to be constantly networking in any and all places, especially at relationship breeding […]

The Networking Net in interNET

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Never before in my experience with the internet have I been able to network so easily. I can now truly understand that the “NET” in the word internet must really stand for networking. Just think about it: how easy is it to communicate and network with other entrepreneurs on the net? It’s so easy –especially […]

Share the Gold but keep the Diamonds

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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 […]

Beach and Business

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Summer is almost here and it’ll soon be time to go to the beach — awesome! BUT, let’s not forget that summer is one of the best times of the year to expand or start a business. Why? Because school’s out and there are a lot less obligations for most of us around this time.
During […]

Where the Hell is that Number?

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I don’t know about you guys, but I have two books filled with business cards. Whenever I meet somebody interesting and they give me their business card, I just stick it in my card book that I purchased from Staples.
Of course we all have email addresses and it’s as simple as just saving the person’s […]