Entrepreneurial Insights From Venture For America
Q & A With Andrew Yang Venture for America’s founder Andrew Yang, appeared recently on C-Span to talk about his nonprofit and book. C-Span.org Smart People Should Build Things Several thoughts: 1. Venture for America is restricted to college graduates. Curiously, several famous entrepreneurs starting out would not have qualified for the program…. 2. Many […]
TpT Niche Roundup
25 Business Education Resources (Pre-K to Adult) For supplemental PDF lessons by Dee Adams: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Finding-Your-Niche The listings below are included with permission. No one paid for inclusion. Missing on many educational sites is a business or entrepreneurial category. But on TPT (Teachers Pay Teachers), you’ll find a wide range of learning resources for aspiring entrepreneurs in […]
Putting The Right Light In Your Life
Health & Productivity Did you know? Lighting is an issue often overlooked. The wrong lightning can disrupt your ability to think and work effectively So, choosing the right light and where to position it is a health-related issue. The value of lightning was featured on last night’s airing of Shark Tank. For the first time […]
12-Year Old Fashion Designer Sends Kids to Camp
Competing in the 850-Million Dollar Neckwear Industry Shark Tank’s repeat airing on Friday of the episode of Mo’s Bows reminded me once again of the earlier profile I’d written on Knotacess http://wp.me/p3Kr4S-1qt So I revisited the website and Mo’s Bows where I discovered the Send a Child to Camp bow tie. And I began to wonder […]
When Someone Steals Your Great Business Idea
Be Prepared ABC evening news recently ran a story about an entrepreneur who is suing Sears for stealing his invention. Unfortunately, the story is not new because people have been stealing business ideas around the world for centuries. Some product ideas are better protected than others, but a great idea often becomes fair game for people […]
Reality TV & Budding Entrepreneurs
Myths & Lessons Popular, competitive industries and related concepts provide inspiration for top TV cable shows. The food industry, for example, has provided a rich source of ideas. Here are a few examples: Food/Restaurant Restaurant Impossible Each week, an episode showcases how a hopeful entrepreneur bought a restaurant, yet failed to learn, beforehand, how to operate […]
Q & A: Funny or Unusual Business Ideas
Q: What’s the funniest or most unusual business that you have found or thought up? A. Well, in the funny category that has to be Goat Yoga. Most unusual was a segment on Shark Tank in which the idea involved mailing messages that were written on potatoes to customers. I still don’t understand that one. […]
Dream Business
Inspiration Sleep Many people want to start their own home-based business or small company in order to achieve financial independence, but finding the right idea is often challenging. Some budding entrepreneurs solve the problem in their sleep. Thomas Edison is often mentioned as having dreamt up the solution for the light bulb, but his dream […]