Teen Business Forum

Last Saturday, I did my first ever workshop for NFTE.  NFTE is a global organization for teaching entrepreneurship to high school students.  I first got involved with them judging business plans a month ago.  Afterward, I received an invitation to do a workshop on “creating a website for your business”.  I immediately took the opportunity [...]

In this current, ever-changing environment of social networks and other Internet marketing strategies that are available to any business, it can be difficult to separate fact from fiction, myth from reality, or solid, common business sense from flash-in-the-pan techniques. Twitter is one of those internet marketing tools that, unfortunately, has been abused, neglected, and overlooked. [...]

This is a guest post by Tommy Odom.  Tommy is a young entrepreneur who is working on networking with his peers, learning and applying as much as he can. Currently he is writing articles for various blogs, TBF included, as well as starting his own entrepreneurial podcast, The Tommy Odom Show. Our society is a [...]

This is a guest post by Megan Scholefield-Nicholson, a member of TeenBusinessForum and also a 19 year old female business owner in the UK with a domestic cleaning company as well as a commercial company. The emergence of the internet has completely changed the way many of us, especially those in business, live our lives.  [...]

Looking back when I was in school, I realize now that the popular kids would have made very good entrepreneurs.  Let me tell you why. They Know Everyone Where I came from, the popular kids have one thing in common: very big network.  They have a large contacts list.  They know who’s who and what [...]

Here’s yet another option for you if you want to start a business but have little or no money.  For this post, I went straight to a member of the TBF community.  Ryanhami has been buying items and then selling them on eBay since last year.  He is currently building a website, iaccessories4u.com to grow [...]

If you’ve ever wanted to be your own boss, if you simply want to step away from the rat race and work from home, or wherever you feel like being on any given day, then an introduction to affiliate marketing is in order. Affiliate marketing is one of the most efficient and simple ways to [...]

I didn’t think I make a big deal out of this but if it brings TeenBusinessForum more press, I’m all for it.  I was part of a 10 week entrepreneurship program sponsored by the Northern Virginia Tech Council.  They brought in many of the top entrepreneurs in the area.  We had one of the founders [...]

If you love writing, then this is the business for you. There is so much demand for good writers out there. This is especially true on the internet. The reason is because of the trend in internet marketing. A lot of people are building blogs and niche websites who don’t publish their own content. They [...]

Unlike me, you have an eye for art. And unlike me, you’re also very creative. It’s what drives you. Why not consider starting a web design business? It costs less than $50 to get started. If it’s what you already enjoy doing, why not get paid for it? In this article, we’ll walk you through [...]