Two nights ago I attended the Problogger.net bash here in NYC, sponsored by the texlinkads.com, or who I like the call the, “TLA team.” It was an amazing turnout. Bloggers, programmers, hackers, designers, people curious about the Internet, and probably people some who just wanted to get bashed for free (open bar) all showed up [...]

Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Content Management Systems (CMS), programming, designing, social networking, Web 2.0, Google Page Rank (PR), organic listings, search engines, etc… We, young Internet-savvy entrepreneurs have become very familiar with these terms. In fact, many of us have become self-taught experts in some of these areas and have built entire businesses around them. [...]

Why is this new version called “Cheetah”? Simple. The Cheetah is the fastest animal in the world. It’s one of the most opportunistic, innovative, and curious animals in the animal kingdom. Young entrepreneurs have been moving at such a rapid rate with innovative startups, creating new business models, and disrupting the status quo, that we [...]

Michael Simmons, a fellow member of Mind Petals and author of the Young Entrepreneur Journey blog, is launching a 50-college entrepreneurship tour in 2007-2008. At each half-day event, one of the country’s top young entrepreneurs will deliver a keynote. The Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour, the first ever collegiate entrepreneurship road tour, is launching a 50 school [...]

Last night I visited my local bookstore and picked up a copy of the newly released “Campus CEO” written by The Apprentice 4 winner, Randal Pinkett. After reading the first few pages of this book, I already like the direction that Randal is headed in. It looks like it’s going to be a good read [...]

For the next few Mondays Mind Petals will be hosting various contests on different topics each week. The winner for each week will receive a brand new copy of the new book “Kiss Theory Good Bye” by Bob Prosen. The book has been personally signed by Bob, and includes a nice folder filled with information [...]

Happy New Year, Entrepreneurs. It’s been a great year and we expect even bigger advances with Mind Petals this year – connecting more young entrepreneurs across the world. Mind Petals wishes you, your family, and your business a profitable and promising 2007.

2006 has been a wonderful year for young entrepreneurs. We have continued to penetrate sectors, disrupt preexisting business models, and launch innovative services that have solved problems and made lives easier and more entertaining. One of the highlights of the year came from the acquisition offer from Yahoo to purchase the notorious facebook for 1 [...]

Wow, can you believe that it’s been six months since we launch Mind Petals, now here we are and it’s Christmas! Over the past few months we have all come so far. We have started businesses, met more young entrepreneurs, developed new services, grew our clients, and have contributed a bit more to the world. [...]