Support Young Entrepreneurs – The NFTE Alumni Holiday Gift Guide
NFTE, an organization that helps young people from disadvantaged neighborhoods begin businesses (and the same organization that helped Dreamer ENT’s founder begin hers) has posted a cool Holiday Gift Guide featuring products created by young entrepreneurs and NFTE alumni. Support young entrepreneurs by considering purchasing one of these gifts, and get some inspiration on starting your own business.
Click here to view the NFTE Alumni Holiday Gift Guide.
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Going Up – Young Entrepreneurs Pitch Their Businesses
Check out the videos of 28 businesses created by high school and middle school students around the country who are competing in the NFTE 2010 Elevator Pitch Challenge. The students have thirty seconds to present their business idea before time runs out, for the opportunity to get funding to actually start their businesses.
From photography businesses to sweet treats and other products and services, check out the creative ideas these young people have dreamt up, and vote for your favorite elevator pitch videos! Visit www.elevatorpitch2010.com to view the videos and to vote. (You can vote once per day).
What is an elevator pitch?
An “elevator pitch” is a carefully crafted message designed to explain a business to a potential investor. The catch — it must be given in the time that it takes to ride up an elevator. Vote now for your favorite young entrepreneur.
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Teen Making His Mark in Medicine
Check out the video below from the Today Show featuring Tony Hansberry, a 15-year-old scientist and aspiring neurosurgeon who discovered a new surgical technique that had his mentors amazed.
Tony shows us that you don’t have to wait until you’re older to explore that career path you’ve been dreaming of – imagine contributing to the medical community at 15. Great work Tony, you’re an inspiration! Click here to read a full article about Tony and his discovery.
“If you have a passion for it – it’s probably for you.”
“It doesn’t matter what other people have to say – just stick to it.”
— Tony Hansberry II
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Serving Up Style: Interview with Young Entrepreneur Raymond Lei Founder of ooShirts
Entrepreneurship is all about fitting your skills and creativity to serve the needs of those around you. 19-year-old Raymond Lei is doing just that as he helps people everywhere customize their style through his T-shirt company ooShirts.com.
The idea for ooShirts was sparked in 2006 when a group of Raymond’s classmates needed custom t-shirts for their school club, “Monta Vista Tennis Club.” Then a sophomore in high school, Raymond took up the task of finding a company to print their shirts. He looked through both local and online companies, only to discover time after time that the Tennis Club couldn’t afford to have its design printed.
Disappointed at the poor selection of affordable services, Raymond vowed to one day start a t-shirt company that saved its customers money. He gathered up $2000, began planning and in March of 2007 the first ooShirts website was launched. The site allows anyone to upload their own design, pick a shirt style and color and have their t-shirt printed and shipped. Ever since, Raymond has been serving up personalized style a tee at a time. Check out what he had to share with Dreamer ENT about being a young entrepreneur:
Dreamer ENT: Tell us about you: How old are you, what school do you go to, your major and year?
Raymond Lei: I’m 19 years old and I’m a business major at UC Berkeley. I’m going to be a sophomore next semester.
DE: Tell us about your company and the concept and mission behind it. Where did the name come from?
Raymond: The company sells custom printed t-shirts to groups. Typically, you need a large budget to get your shirts done, but my goal is to make this affordable by running a more focused and efficient business.
When I was 16, I saw that Google and Yahoo, two of the largest tech companies, had two o’s each in their names. “That must be the trick!” I thought to myself, and named my company ooShirts.
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Creating Your Own Summer Job: This Florida Teen Is In Business
Check out this video from CNN where a South Florida senior named D’Anna talks about how she started her own creative clothing customization business, D’Anna Dolly’s House of Fashion.
The young fashionista reworks jeans, jackets and other items by tie-dying, sewing material or adding jewels & studs. You can read more about D’Anna and another teens in this article from the Miami Herald that also talks about how you can also start your own business this summer instead of wading through the current unpredictable job market.
Photo Source: The Miami Herald
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