Teen Business Forum

Am I the only one who thought the Green Lantern movie had a great message for entrepreneurs? I just saw it recently, and had no prior knowledge of what it was about. Come to find out, the source of the power for the character and the other Green Lanterns is willpower. And the movie depicts [...]

This week, I’ve had several meetings with venture funds, incubators, corporate accelerators and other significant players in the startup eco-system. One theme seems to come up over and again, especially from geographies outside Silicon Valley: lack of a reliable pipeline of deals. On July 1, 2006, commenting on the Indian startup scenario, I had written [...]

You may have read or heard about the importance of a network in building a business.  The network is simply a group of people that you know, or who know you, and enjoy what you are doing.  There are people in your network who are champions for you; there are certainly fans and customers who [...]

How did a 19-year old get venture funding for his business idea? Better yet, how did the same teen entrepreneur establish the connection in the first place? Today’s interview is with Nate Drouin, the founder of Fundraise.com. For any domainers out there, the name itself would make you jealous. In this interview, Nate talks about [...]

Those of you who are familiar with my work know that I do a lot of trend spotting. Some recent trend posts on my blog include There’s a Trend To Spot In Groupon’s Growth Rate, Customer Service and the Social Web, SaaS Enabled BPO, Near-shoring and U.S. Policy. During this week’s roundtable, I spotted yet another trend. We had [...]

Not too long ago I wrote the an article about the Top Fictional Entrepreneurs of all time and it inspired the this article about the Top Movies for Entrepreneurs. So the following is the list of movies I think are the must see for entrepreneurs. 10. The Big Lebowski Ok this movie really has nothing [...]

Anyone can do things that are entrepreneurial. I came to that conclusion a while back and thought about the ways that musicians can be entrepreneurial. Below are some examples of how musicians use clever marketing and apply sound business principles. Entrepreneurs, take note.   1. Kickstarter To Kick Start Our Album Our band Ghosts of [...]

Max Lytvyn is the founder behind Grammarly, the web-based solution for spelling and grammar checking. After selling his previous company to BlackBoard, he decided to again focus on the educational industry. Watch how Max started the company, some of the lessons he learned and what their strategy is for growing the company. What Max Shared: [...]

With the first-ever global business conference coming up in August, I wanted to share many of the inspirations and frustrations that made us create this event. The summit is for you, teens and young adults out there who are looking for answers in starting a business. This was created to benefit you, not us. World [...]

Recently, we got on the Mario Armstrong show on Sirius XM channel 128. The way it happened is remarkable. That’s because the entire connection was setup on Twitter. Twitter is such a powerful networking tool for someone who know how to use it effectively. In this article, we’ll show you exactly the steps we took [...]