Your assignment: create, design, market, and sell your own product or service

(This is what entrepreneurship is ALL about after all)

1: The Monster List of Freelancing Job Sites

http://freelanceswitch.com/finding/the-monster-list-of-freelancing-job-sites/ 

 

2: Find freelancers at the world's largest online service marketplace

Or

    Find freelance jobs at the world's largest online service marketplace

http://www.guru.com/index.aspx

 

3:” The Entrepreneurs Behind the Entrepreneurs”

                http://www.sequoiacap.com/sequoia-capital/

for those who have a business plan and need ‘seed’ money

 

4: Outlines, plans, ideas, do’s and don’ts; this a daily blog about entrepreneurs written by entrepreneurs  http://www.inc.com/

 

5: “Welcome to Startup Search, a directory of the startup companies, products, investors, and people changing the web”

http://www.startupsearch.org/ is another powerful resource site for entrepreneurs

 

6: Online version of print periodical called “entrepreneur

            http://www.entrepreneur.com/webofthefuture/index.html

 

Investigate the many tabs in left column. The headings range for seed money and planning to automotive businesses and celebrity companies (or endorsements)

 

7: “. . . list of labels that release music that we cover in the magazine . . . “is for those students with musical aspirations. Find the magazine the preceding quote refers to.

http://www.dirtylinen.com/linen/special/label.html is a VERY long list of record companies from around the world, complete with addresses and – occasionally – a website link.

 

8: DESIGN, CREATE, BUY and SELL YOUR OWN T-SHIRTS HERE

http://www.spreadshirt.com/us/US/T-Shirt/Spreadshirt-1342/

 

9: PUBLISH, BUY, SELL, COMMUNITY

http://www.lulu.com/en/browse/index.php is an excellent site for selling your own writing right now!

 

A.      Using the above sites as reference, models, or just an idea, explain your idea (product or service) in writing. Print it out for the teacher.

B.      Make it viable, practical, or just plain believable. Print (or email) the same document for yourself.

C.      Be serious BUT have fun too. Your ideas must interest you; just like successful investing, it’s only what you’re interested in to begin with that will yield you the most returns.