This post was submitted by Sarah Fudin who currently works in community relations for the University of Southern California’s Online Masters in Education program, which prepares students to earn a California teacher credential. Outside of work Sarah enjoys running, reading and Pinkberry frozen yogurt. If you’re heading into the blogosphere looking to launch your own [...]
During tough financial times, it’s not enough to have a solid, well-paying job that you can at least tolerate, if not enjoy. More and more people are turning to the Internet for low-cost start-up business ideas that will help them augment their family’s finances and earn their way to financial independence. The online marketplace has [...]
Hey everybody! This is just a quick note to tell you about an event coming up on Wednesday, tomorrow, hosted by Matt Wilson and the great folks over at Under30CEO.com. They have started to put together a series of interviews and Q&A sessions with different industry figures, experienced entrepreneurs, and successful business people to build [...]
If you’re the student who has to step out of class to take a customer service call, this is for you. First, I applaud you. Keep doing it because you’re getting (in most cases) a better education than that of your class. While in school, I too was that student and found these tools to [...]
The College Advantage: Making The Most Of The Campus Community Thanks to the unique environment furnished by college campuses, students hoping to start their own businesses have a variety of resources to draw upon. Social Support Many traditional entrepreneurs start their business ventures with very little social support or advice to guide them. Students, on [...]
Only 2 days left in this great offer! The sale is over, but the book is still an amazing one to pick up! If you have big dreams for your blog but have been putting improving it in the ‘one day’ basket – you’re not alone. 31 Days to Build a Better Blog is a [...]
I’m happy to share with you all that last week the folks at Unstrapped.com posted their list of the Top 30 Young Entrepreneur Blogs of 2009 and Dorm Room Biz was on the list!! Definitely go check out the full post for a list of all the sites and hopefully you will find some new [...]
This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Jones Soda. All opinions are 100% mine. Izea sure is filled with a bunch of characters! Whether it was Ted Murphy or someone else who found these crazy turkey hats, well, my hats off to you! I’m way behind in writing about this but [...]
I got an email this afternoon letting me know that the website Guide To Online Schools put together a great list of the Top 200 Education Blogs. Among the other featured sites was Dorm Room Biz! What a great surprise and success! The site and myself have been featured in similar top lists for student [...]
In my short video review of the book Bootstrapping: Weapons of Mass Reconstruction by Sramana Mitra, I mentioned that she brings up the topic of mental capital. At many points throughout the book, Sramana talks about why entrepreneurs and start-ups should not go looking for venture capital, but instead focus on bootstrapping their business…hence the [...]
