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Preparing For Your Startup’s Elevator Pitch

As an entrepreneur, you naturally need to possess a wide range of traits and skills. You need to have an idea, a passion, and a willingness to take risks. You need to have strong business sense but an eye …

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How to be a Student and an Entrepreneur at the Same Time

Does the idea of living a life of both, a student, and an entrepreneur, at the same time entice you? Are you passionate enough to take your first step in the world of entrepreneurship, setting up your very own business, while still being a …

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Making Social Media Work for You

You’re on the homestretch of your education, learning a lot and so close to graduation that you can hear Pomp and Circumstance playing as you envision your proud walk across the stage to geuk viagra onlinet your diploma. You’re excited about displaying that hard-earned …

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Strategies For Internet Entrepreneurs

The online universe is growing exponentially and so is the revenue being derived from it. Entrepreneurs are spilling from the woodworks with ways to monetize the net. If you want to get in on this 21st century gold rush, you need a game plan. Herebuy real viagra are …

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Don’t Go It Alone

An intrepid entrepreneur who goes it alone is impressively confident, but perhaps a little misguided. These days, so much of what makes an idea take off and becoming financially valuable is putting together the right pieces. Media and technolbuy generic viagraogy are varied, cross-disciplinary, complex. …

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The Benefits of Starting Out with a Virtual Office

It isn’t easy being an Internet entrepreneur, at least a successful one. This is especially the case when your young, and a rough economy sure doesn’t make it better. Between the business ignorance inherent with youth, collectors calling everyday cheap viagra pillsabout those private Discover student …

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Advice for College Entrepreneurs

A quick introduction – I’m Justin, CEO and Co-founder of PerBlue, a video game developer based in Madison, WI. I started PerBlue in 2008 with my friends while attending the University purchase viagraof Wisconsin-Madison. I’m delighted to join the conversation here at Young Go Getter and I hope
you find my blogs to be valuable. I’m passionate about entrepreneurialism and look forward to
sharing my view with you.

A couple weeks back, PerBlue Founding Employee Forrest Woolworth and I participated on
the “Campus Entrepreneurism: Fad or Fixture” panel at the Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium . We had a great time, and I’d like to share with you some of the great entrepreneurial advice that came from the event. Watch the full video from the panel at the end of this post.

How did PerBlue start?
Justin: When we first started, the idea was really simple. We wanted to make another game.
There were 4 goals in mind: the game would be played on the phone, it had to be fun, it had to
make money, and just for kicks, it would use the phone’s GPS. We were bored with homework
at about 4 am, and decided to start right there and then.

What was the key turning point of success for PerBlue?

Justin: My key moment was November 23rd, 2009. At that point most of us were still in school,
we had been working insane hours for no pay. We were trying to ship a new age, one that
would integrate our Virtual Good business model and finally make us money. I remember telling
myself, “If we don’t make any money tomorrow, we’ll shut the whole thing down and I will be
very happy. This has been fun, it was a great adventure, and we did our best.”

We woke up the next morning and we had made about $5,000. That was the turning point of
success for PerBlue and Parallel Kingdom , because revenue is my biggest metric for success.
It showed that my time spent productizing something, and then putting it on a shelf and selling
it, was ultimately worth it. Earning revenue after productizing time and talent, was a key
benchmark of success for me and the company as a whole.

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A Major Dilemma: Tips for Unsure College Students Choosing a Major

At the start of every school year, bright-eyed freshman walk the grounds of college campuses filled with enthusiasm and potential. However as time passes, an ever-present lurking question begins to appear behind those eager eyes: If I don’t knocheap discount viagraw what to do with my life, what major should I choose? Many college students harbor doubts about whether their major is right for them or if it can lead to a profitable career. However, by doing some research, exploring, and engaging in new experiences, college students can make a decision on their major and prospective career choices.

Tips for Picking a Major
Picking the “right major” is a tricky question that has no right or wrong answer. However, choosing a major that is best suited to your interests and personality is highly important. The following are some tips for the prospective freshman or the older college student seeking advice:

1. Set Some Goals:
Before rushing to the nearest computer and changing your major, you should first sit down and ponder over your goals. What do you want out of your major, or out of your experience in college? What are your ultimate goals in life? Perhaps you want to cure diseases, help people abroad, or simply make a lot of money. By answering these questions, you can create a structure by which to shape your college experience.

2. Explore your Options:
College is the best time to meet people, make mistakes, and learn about new interests. Therefore, try to experience all you can while on the path of “finding yourself”. Whether by taking a class not in your requirements, joining a sport, or participating in an internship, college is an opportunity for you to explore different options and career choices. In other words, try not to stress yourself out asking this question. Sure, it’s extremely important, but you may surprise yourself throughout your time in college.

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StartUp Weekend Hamilton 1: A Resounding Success!

This post was originally on canuckseo.com by Jim Rudnick, one of the mentors at the event!

Yup, the best weekend I’ve ever spent in #HamOnt is over and I can tell you that it was “best”viagra for sale not only for me, for the 100+ attendants and participants but for the city of Hamilton itself!

Everyone won and the big news is that everyone will continue to win!

First, the sponsors deserve credit for their participation and belief that holding our first ever StartUp Weekend here in Hamilton would be an event that they could take a-hold of and use to promote our city and our new culture of startups! So a big thanks to Innovation Factory, to Intelex, to McMaster Innovation Park, to Inceptive Solutions, Mohawk College, SoftMills and SoftwareHamilton too….their ability, skills and yes cash helped get this event up and running!

Next, I must also thank especially the team at our RIC, the Innovation Factory for their efforts and attention to details that made the registration, running and judging of the contest once again, the best I’ve ever been at hands down! I must mention Stephanie, Tammy, Mike, Keanin, Peter Smith, Robin Hopper and especially Ron Neumann too, who all worked very very hard both behind the scenes and out front too to make exactly the right “feel” happen for our more than a hundred participants and startup founders too!

Beginning last Friday nite, with an open mic call to any entrepreneur in the audience who had an idea, we saw I believe over 25+ such ideas for startups broached and expounded upon by contest participants. They showed their passion and their belief that what they wanted to build in 54 hours over the weekend would be both an attainable goal as well as an actual up-and-running company by Sunday night judging time! And what a wide assortment of ideas we all heard….many for hi-tech apps, new social media ideas, communitys and more!

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Resources for Young Female Entrepreneurs

With so many women in the workplace today, it’s no wonder that many have decided to seek their fortunes as entrepreneurs. As a young, professional woman, you can acquire the exact knowledge and experience that will propel you into the future. If ycost of viagraou haven’t had the luxury of pursuing an MBA, online research may be the best place to start for answers. By carefully selecting the appropriate product, demographic, and marketing strategies, you will be in a great position to expand and grow with an unlimited earning potential. Having the correct resources is the key to developing your business.

Top Three:
Ladies Who Launch can assist you with certain aspects of your business like promotions, connections, special offers, and events. There are two levels of membership, gold and platinum. The gold level offers access to join their online community and share in the latest information and opportunities. The monthly rate is $19 or $199 per year. Platinum members receive all of the aforementioned benefits and support as well as access to local, in-person meetings, and exclusive members-only events. The monthly rate is $39 or $399 per year.

Also known as the United States Small Business Administration (SBA), the Office of Advocacy can assist women-owned businesses with all types of research, act as a voice and advocate, and provide statistical records. Many laws for women in business have been changed for the positive due to the consistent work of the SBA, so it’s a good idea to keep them in mind.

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