Small Business Entrepreneur Blog

There is this article on youngprepro about common mistakes done by young entrepreneurs. And while it’s good at saying what entrepreneurs are usually failing at, I don’t think the list is specific to young entrepreneurs but to entrepreneurs in general. I’ll try to get a bit more specific with my own list.

You’re probably wondering how do I know what …

Harvard Business School’s (HBS) Rock Center for Entrepreneurship (http://www.hbs.edu/entrepreneurship/) and the Office of Alumni Relations today announced the launch of the second annual HBS Alumni New Venture Contest (NVC). With half of the School’s alumni classifying themselves as entrepreneurs ten to fifteen years after they leave the campus, the Contest is designed to encourage the creation of promising …

The new advocacy group that will teach young people how to build income-generating businesses and create their own incomes from the ground up. Scott Gerber, author of the upcoming book, Never Get a “Real” Job, today announced the launch of the first-ever Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC); an advocacy group made up of many of the world’s most successful young …

Harvard University announced today the opening of its first lab for innovation and entrepreneurship with the goal of spurring innovative ventures across the University, at Harvard Business School (HBS) and in the Allston-Brighton neighborhood. The Harvard Innovation Lab will open in Fall 2011 in a building on Western Avenue in Allston that formerly housed public broadcasting’s WGBH.

“For the University …

The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), an international non-profit organization dedicated to nurturing entrepreneurship in low-income communities, today announced 31 student finalists representing 28 businesses from around the country will compete for top honors in the 2010 OppenheimerFunds/NFTE National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge, presented by Kathryn W. Davis. The teen entrepreneurs will square off on October 5 at the Hudson Theater …