Why your college student should start a business — from entrepreneur.com by Mark Kohler

Excerpt:

If things proceed according to plan, he will:

  • Learn the steps to implement a business, even if he fails
  • Take responsibility serving clients and meeting deadlines
  • Experience the basics of entrepreneurship
  • Help pay for tuition or at the very least, earn some spending money

Here are 10 basic steps we can take with our children to make starting their own business a reality…

From DSC:
With 30%+ of the workforce already freelancing — and that figure is projected to go 40% by 2020–  this is solid, relevant advice for our college students. We need to help them get started on developing their businesses before they even graduate — even if those businesses fail.  If freelancing will likely be a part of their future (at least at some points along their journeys), then we should provide the information that they will need to have significantly better chances of success.

 

Also see: