Five Tips on Being a Successful Entrepreneur in College

1. Entrepreneurship takes A LOT of time and effort. Make sure you have your regular life (homework, classes, clubs, etc.) handled before you decide to take on your own business. 2. Use your resources. There are many people at Penn State, especially now, who want to help you in many different ways. Personally, I’ve used the…

Risky by design: How I applied entrepreneurial thinking to my not-so-entrepreneurial design business

My name is Nathaniel Peters. I am an independent designer with five years of experience in the field. Freelance and independent designers are a weird hybrid of consultants, makers, and merchants. They alone offer advice on what to purchase, create the product, and ultimately sell it. Conversely, entrepreneurship is about creating a sustained system of…

Passion

Passion is the motivation for every accomplishment I have achieved. Rhythm For Relief is a reflection of what I believe in, a reflection in which I want the world to see. Rhythm For Relief is a fundraising organization that raises money for non-government organizations in various parts of Africa by hosting concerts. This vision comes…