Posts Tagged ‘entrepreneurs’

Learn the Lyrics To Success: Metro Lyrics’ Founder Talks with TILE

Monday, March 21st, 2011

TILE showed up for part of the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards at the New York Stock Exchange this October, and we met some young folks who made us feel bad about sleeping through college.

Take Milun Tesovic, for example. He wanted a better way to find song lyrics online, so he messed around on his computer for a few hours and – next thing you know – he’s a CEO and winner of the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards. Check him out.

Watch the oh-ficial GSEA 2010 recap video here. To see all our GSEA interviews, click here.

Used Mobile Phones More Valuable Than You Might Think

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

“More companies are jumping into the business of refurbishing and reselling the used cellphones and other electronic gadgets clogging Americans’ drawers and closets.

Within a few years, the used market could account for a fifth of all cellphone sales in the U.S., says Stephen Manning, chief executive of ReCellular Inc., one of the largest U.S.-based cellphone refurbishers.”

What do you think?

What do you usually do with old cell phones and other electronic items?

Family Investors? More Like Donors.

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

“Experts generally advise entrepreneurs to ask for an amount that their loved ones can afford to never get back, and say the recent recession is in some cases proving this point.

‘The reality is most companies do not succeed,’ says William D. Bygrave, a professor of entrepreneurship at Babson College who co-wrote a 2010 study on the expectations and motivations of informal start-up investors, including family, friends and strangers.

Dr. Bygrave’s findings show that about half of such investors anticipate a positive return on their investment, while the other half expect to lose part or all it. ‘The closer the relationship between an entrepreneur and an investor, the lower the expected return,’ his research concludes.”

What do you think?

If you borrowed money from a family member for a business venture, how likely would you be to pay it back? Would you sign a formal agreement or try to keep the loan “casual?”

Think you can out-Batali Batali?

Friday, February 4th, 2011

According to this surprising breakdown of the costs of opening a high-end restaurant in San Francisco, you could easily drop $2,697,000 before your first customer even walks in the door!


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23-year-old entrepreneur Zach Vruwink takes a different view of investing

Thursday, February 3rd, 2011

TILE showed up for part of the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards at the New York Stock Exchange this October, and we met some young folks who made us feel bad about sleeping through college.

Zach started a tech support business when he was 14 years old. Since then, he’s followed his heard and stuck by his values, and now that small business has absorbed several others in the area and is on its way to total. market. domination. Watch this clip to see where he’s coming from:

Watch the oh-ficial GSEA 2010 recap video here. To see all our GSEA interviews, click here.

Michael Caito – The Hungry Entrepreneur

Wednesday, December 29th, 2010

We met Michael Caito at the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards when we visited the NYSE this October. He’s the Chairman of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization, which is the group that created this annual competition. Michael is an entrepreneur himself (as you may have guessed), and he took a moment to tell us what it takes to be successful out there.

Watch the oh-ficial GSEA 2010 recap video here. To see all our GSEA interviews, click here.

College Entrepreneur Kristen Santerian Is Moving [Out]

Saturday, December 11th, 2010

TILE showed up for part of the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards at the New York Stock Exchange this October, and we met some young folks who made us feel bad about sleeping through college.

Kristen Santerian is still in college, and she decided to forgo sleep entirely to start her own competition-crushing moving and storage business called PennMoveOut. She seems to be dealing with the sleep deprivation pretty well to us:

Watch the oh-ficial GSEA 2010 recap video here. To see all our GSEA interviews, click here..