Dorm Room Businesses That Made It BIG!

Dorm Room Businesses That Made It BIG!

Your laptop is your shop. You store your inventory in your dorm room. You cooked up your idea in your backyard. Or the basement.

It’s a tiny endeavor, yes. You may not know where it’ll end up when college is done. Not for sure, anyway.

But students like you became Silicon Valley’s most unassailable businessmen.

Microsoft, Apple, Netscape and even FedEx were conceived by people who were pretty much your age.

Pursuing business during college is easier now than it was before. Blame it on the internet! Young people like yourself can start a business with your own savings or by borrowing from your parents and relatives. Resources online give you access to information about setting up your own enterprise; they link you to other entrepreneurs who can teach you, or who can expand your business through partnerships.

You can see the biggest impact of the internet on sites such as Facebook. [Zagged Dedge]

10 College Urban Legends Debunked

Chances are that if you’re a college freshman or just going into college, you’ve heard lots of legends ranging from how students have cheated on SAT exams to a Biology class faux pas.

Here is a list of the most frequent myths you’ll probably here about – whether it is a group of kids discussing how funny and absurd they are, or that guy who is trying to convince people this is something his cousin did – so read up because you don’t want to be left out in the cold on these. [Campus Compare]

How to Email College Coaches

One of the best ways to get the attention of college coaches is to email them. The problem is most recruits don’t know exactly how to go about doing that.

From my own experience, I’ve whittled contacting coaches down to an effective formula. Here are some tips on how to email college coaches for maximum results. [The D3 Experience]