First Ever Interview Week
We’re really excited to introduce a new series for you teen and young entrepreneurs here at TeenBusinessForum. We’ve done a number of interviews in the past couple months with entrepreneurs in different fields. Some you know from the business forums and some you know well… because they’ve already made a name for themselves. [...]
How To Hire A Freelance Writer From Elance
A while back, I wrote an article on how to start a business with no money by becoming a freelance writer. This time, I’ll look at freelance writing from the other perspective. If you are looking to hire someone to write for you, here are some tips to successfully hire a freelancer.
“Slow To Hire, Quick [...]
Inspiration For Everyone, Not Just Entrepreneurs
Life is though. We all need some kind of motivation once in a while. I went through YouTube and found some of the best. Whatever circumstance you’re in, just remember to keep fighting.
Life Is A Game Of Inches
How Much Can You Get Hit And Keep Moving Forward
The Last Lecture
No Fear In Free Running
Life Without Limbs
Give [...]
How To Browse Flippa Listings Like They’re Foreclosures
The economy is not doing well- we all know that. It may have come back up a bit but it was no where near in 2005. When the banks starting falling, housing prices went down and people started to foreclose on their properties. People needed money and they had to sell whatever [...]
Pitching Vision For First Time
Last night, I presented the vision and aim of TeenBusinessForum at a Meetup in DC. The event, was sponsored by NetSquared and the event was called SpeedGeek Show & Tell. There were 8 presenters in all, and we each had about 7 minutes for both the presentation and feedback. Anyway, let’s get to the exciting [...]
EBook Review- Make Money On Fiverr
There’s a lot of talk recently about the site Fiverr. People are either outsourcing tasks on it, or making money by doing tasks. A while back, Martin Njounkwe wrote an ebook on how to make money on Fiverr. He’s been making money on that site for some time and wanted to share his experiences. The medium [...]
Corey Freeman- Writer, Designer, Musician, Student, Entrepreneur
When I first talked about doing interviews for TeenBusinessForum, Corey suggested I interview the members. First thing I thought was yup! So I said, “Corey, how about an interview”? Seeing Corey had done so many projects, I myself wanted to learn more about her. The first time I talked to her on [...]
From a Cybercafe to the Heights of Davos: A Teenage Entrepreneur’s Journey to Become a Global Business Leader
The following is an excerpt from Young World Rising: How Youth, Technology and Entrepreneurship are Changing the World from the Bottom Up, by Rob Salkowitz, published by John Wiley & Sons, 2010. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Suhas Gopinath knew he was in trouble. He had failed an exam at his high school in Bangalore, [...]
Why People Buy | Toms Shoes And Zappos
A while back, I posted a video about a TED talk in which the speaker presented that people don’t buy what you do but why you do it. I came across two stories today and wanted to share with everyone which supports that. We don’t buy Apple products because they’re functional (they are actually), or [...]
July 2010 Contest
Last month, TeenBusinessForum had a video presentation contest. The goal of this was to build up those presentation skills that all entrepreneurs need. Whether you’re selling information, or a product, entrepreneurs have to be able to market themselves in addition to the product. And the ones that practice the most are the most successful ones. [...]
