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The Green Initiative: Classroom Style

With all the money being spent on the alternative energy initiatives here is an initiative that starts from the ground up, is as much about the future as any alternative energy plan ever could be, and yet gets almost no funding from the government. Funding is done on a state and county level as well [...]

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Listen to “Professor You” — Your Number One Teacher

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education” – Mark Twain It’s school time for many of you Mindpetalers out there, so it’s time for a reminder of how not to let school take full control of your mind. Meaning: don’t let your professors’ every word affect how you are going to live [...]

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How Important is Education for Entrepreneurial Success?

With the increasing numbers of young and successful entrepreneurs in the self-employed sector, it makes us wonder how much of their success can be attributed to educational background and knowledge. Elite universities might offer a solid education, a social network, and access to resources that complement your studies, but how much can you take out [...]

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Institute For Entrepreneurship College

You all know how much I hate the fact that colleges are ignoring young entrepreneurs by not offering courses in entrepreneurship, you know how I bash the traditional / theoretical teachings that most business classes use in their courses, and you know that I’m disgusted by the amount of non-entrepreneur professors who end up teaching [...]

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Are Colleges Starting to Appreciate The Young Entrepreneur?

Wall Street Journal published an interesting article today called Entrepreneurship 101. Mind Petals advisor, Dan Putt, sent the article my way and boy was I glad to read it… it made my day to hear that colleges are actually starting to wakeup and come to terms that entrepreneurship can’t be ignored. They are starting to [...]

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Questioning the Professor-Entrepreneur

A friend of mine needed to interview an entrepreneur to fulfill a requirement for his Strategic Management class. His professor — a self-proclaimed entrepreneur — requires as much. I agreed to the interview on the grounds that I would be helping a buddy. Anyway, I was curious. I mean, what’s an entrepreneur-professor? With few exceptions [...]

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College Isn’t Cutting it — Let’s Go to Mind Petals University!

Beep!…Beep!…Beep!… Beep!…. Yup, that your alarm going off in your room. But guess what, the time isn’t 7am, it’s 10am – the time that “you” wanted to wake up. You arise from your bed and take a few steps to your office to start working on your startup. Your roommates/partners, who live in the suite [...]

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Asking All Young Entrepreneurs: Are You Absolutely Sick of College Yet?

I’m writing this article to share the experiences that I encountered in college while running a startup. Though I have completed college and now hold a degree in English, my latter years of college were quite interesting. Ok, so my first 2 years of college — in terms of academics and having the school spirit [...]

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Scholarships Around The US

Scholarships Around The US is an informative blog geared towards educating students on how to go about obtaining a scholarship for college and discusses various student-related topics. One article that caught my eye was on a college student who was caught hacking into the computer system to change grades for fellow students. This student is [...]

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