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Eleven-year-old Wins Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award

HappyNews.com:

Jason O’Neill, creator and founder of Pencil Bugs, is the youngest student to receive the Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2007.
Young Entrepreneurs of America (YEA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating and motivating young entrepreneurs. Since the program began over a decade ago, high school students across the country have been competing for this […]

Business Profile: An Artistic Outlet for New Moms

NewsDurhamRegion.com:
An art therapist is showing new mothers a baby doesn’t have to be the only new creation they welcome into the world.
Susanne Watson-Bongard offers art and wellness programs for all ages with her company, Art and Soul Express.
The studio is home-based with a focus on new and expectant mothers they can also give birth to […]

Former Teachers Using Their Skills and Experience as Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneur.com:
Teaching is a selfless career. For some educators, changing a student’s life makes all the hard work worth it. But endless piles of papers, insufficient planning time and meager salaries can leave some teachers feeling helpless and unrewarded. A 2007 report from the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics found that half […]

On Being an Entrepreneur at Heart

IdahoStatesman.com:
I’m 40 years old this year, and I’m finally living my dream. Just a few years ago, I was a chemical engineer at Micron with a secure income and nice house. Two years ago, I walked away from all that and became an entrepreneur. I have never worked so hard or had such an uncertain […]

Moms Design Their Dream Baby Carrier, and a Business is Born

NewsDurhamRegion.com:
It was the quest for perfection that put Lesley DiGregorio and Jen Clarke on the entrepreneur train.
The first-time moms were on maternity leave together three years ago when they realized the baby carriers currently on the market did not meet their specific needs.
By the time Ms. DiGregorio had her second child — Ms. Clarke followed […]

UK Franchise Offers Free-spirited Music and Dance Classes for Children

News.independent.co.uk:
Pop into a music class for young children and the chances are you’ll find them sitting in a circle singing songs. When Helen Harrington’s son was young and boisterous, this was less than ideal. “Don’t get me wrong – these types of classes are fantastic, but my little boy needed something less rigid and more […]

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