10 Rules For A Good Day

1. TODAY I WILL NOT STRIKE BACK: If someone is rude, if someone is impatient, if someone is unkind...I will not respond in a like manner. 2. TODAY I WILL ASK GOD TO BLESS MY "ENEMY": If I come across someone who treats me harshly or unfairly, I will quietly ask God to bless that individual. I understand the "enemy" could be a family member, neighbor, co-worker, or a stranger. 3. TODAY I WILL BE CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT I SAY: I will carefully choose and guard my words being certain that I do not spread gossip. 4. TODAY I WILL GO THE EXTRA MILE: I will find ways to help share the burden of another person. 5. TODAY I WILL FORGIVE: I will forgive any hurts or injuries that come my way. 6. TODAY I WILL DO SOMETHING NICE FOR SOMEONE, BUT I WILL NOT DO IT SECRETLY: I will reach out anonymously and bless the life of another. 7. TODAY I WILL TREAT OTHERS THE WAY I WISH TO BE TREATED: I will practice the golden rule - "Do unto others as I would have them do unto me" - with everyone I encounter. 8. TODAY I WILL RAISE THE SPIRITS OF SOMEONE I DISCOURAGED: My smile, my words, my expression of support, can make the difference to someone who is wrestling life. 9. TODAY I WILL NUTURE MY BODY: I will eat less; I will eat only healthy foods. I will thank God for my body. 10. TODAY I WILL GROW SPIRITUALLY: I will spend a little more time in prayer today: I will begin reading something spiritual or inspirational today; I will find a quiet place (at some point during the day)!

Top Young Entrepreneurs – aged under 25

Young Entrepreneur Rich List

	PICTURE	RANK	NAME	WEBSITE	AGE	NETWORTH
		1	Mark Zuckerberg	Facebook	26	$13.5 Billion
		2	Andrew Gower	Runescape	28	$650 Million
		3	Chad Hurley	Youtube	30	$300 Million
		4	Blake Ross and David Hyatt	Mozilla	22	$120 Million
		5	Andrew Michael	Fast Hosts	29	$110 Million
		6	Angelo Sotira	Deviant ART	26	$75 Million
		7	John Vechey	PopCap Games	28	$60 Million
		8	Alexander Levin	Image Shack	23	$56 Million
		9	Jake Nickell	Threadless	28	$50 Million
		10	Greg Tseng and Johann Schleier-Smith	Tagged	28	$45 Million
		11	Sean Belnick	Biz Chair	20	$42 Million
		12	Matt Mullenweg	WordPress	23	$40 Million
		13	Kevin Rose	Digg	30	$31 Million
		14	Aodhan Cullen	Stat Counter	24	$25 Million
		15	Markus Frind	Plenty Of Fish	29	$23 Million
		16	Robert Small	MiniClips	24	$23 Million
		17	Ryan Block	Engadget	25	$20 Million
		18	Matt Mickiewicz	Sitepoint	24	$18 Million
		19	Tom Fulp	Newgrounds	29	$15 Million
		20	Rishi Kacker and Matt Pauker	Voltage	24	$12 Million
		21	Catherine and David Cook	My Year Book	17&19	$10 Million
		22	Fredrik Neij	The Pirate Bay	28	$10 Million
		23	DAVID LEVICH	Iced Out Gear	25	$10 Million
		24	Jeremy Stoppelman and Russel Simmons	Yelp	30 & 29	$10 Million
		25	David Hauser & Siamak Taghaddos	GotvMail	24	$8 Million
		26	Rand Fishkin	SEOmoz	29	$6.5 Million
		27	Jermaine Griggs	Hear and Play	23	$5 Million
		28	Jay Westerdal	Domain Tools	29	$5 Million
		29	Ashley Qualls	What Ever Life	17	$4 Million
		30	Ben Way	Rain Makers	27	$4 Million
		31	Pete Cashmore	Mashable	30	$3.8 Million
		32	Seth Sternberg, Sandy Jen, and Elaine Wherry	Meebo	30,29 and 27	$3.5 Million
		33	Cameron Johnson	Millionaires Secrets	22	$3.2 Million
		34	Rob Benwell	Blogging to the Bank	23	$3 Million
		35	Alex Tew	Million Dollar Homepage	22	$3 Million
		36	Mario Lavandeira	Perez Hilton	29	$3 Million
		37	Lauris Liberts	Frype	25	$2 Million
		38	Neil Patel	ACS	22	$1.8 Million
		39	Zhang Rui	Mosh	28	$1.1 Million
		40	Matt Wegrzyn	Bodis	19	$1 Million

Why College is the Perfect Time to Start a Business

Many people go to college to become good employees. The ironic truth is, college presents a phenomenal opportunity to start a business of your own. I attend a large public university and it’s hard not to notice the amazing opportunities in front of me. Here are the reasons that your college years are the perfect time to start a business.

Minimal Responsibilities

Entrepreneurship is notoriously risky. Luckily, the typical college student has few crucial responsibilities: no family to support and no full time career to worry about. In other words, you have little to lose. If your first business fails and you end up with the net worth of a cashew nut, no problem! That’s probably how you started out.

Youth

The typical college student also has plenty of time ahead of him or herself. This has benefits in the case of success as well as failure. If you build a successful business, you will have plenty of time to expand it and leverage your resources and knowledge to build other successful businesses. Or, you could just cash out at 30 and retire.
On the other hand, in the event that your business flops, you have plenty of time to try again. You’ll only be smarter the next time.
Youth also means a fresher perspective than previous generations. You are more familiar with current technologies and what’s trendy. You aren’t as bound by traditional preconceptions of how things “should” be done.

Abundant, Inexpensive Labor

College students are known to be hard-strapped for cash. If you’re looking to hire inexpensive, decently skilled labor, college campuses are a great source. And if you’re attending the college you will know exactly where to advertise for your desired skill sets.

Access to Knowledge

I’m not sure how many hundreds of PhD professors are at my school, but it’s enough that I could find an expert on virtually any topic. Whether I wanted to learn about emerging scientific research or I wanted some help with a business plan, it wouldn’t be too hard to locate the right person. All major universities share this abundance of brilliant people. Although not all professors are sympathetic, many will be extremely helpful if they recognized that you are a student trying to do something extraordinary.
In addition to professors, students most likely have access to one if not many comprehensive libraries and online databases.

Access to Software

Chances are, if you’re starting a new business, you could benefit from the incredible capabilities of modern software. In the normal world, advanced applications range in price from hundreds to tens of thousands of dollars. Luckily, universities provide an amazing array of software to their students. To drop some names, my school provides access to: AutoCAD (3D design), Final Cut Pro (film editing), Adobe Design Premium CS3 (graphic design), Maya (3D animation), Maple (mathematics), ERwin (data modeling), SQL Server (database management), Virtuoso Schematic Editor (internal circuitry), SolidWorks (3D design), and many more.

Access to Equipment

Large format printers, 3D printers, laser etchers, machine shops, film editing bays, film studios, camera equipment, computer labs, meeting rooms, scientific equipment, etc. Major universities offer serious equipment such as this to their students. Usually students in relevant degree programs get preference, but it is there nonetheless.

Financial Support

Many universities want their students to build businesses. I don’t know why. Perhaps for marketing or to encourage future multi-million dollar donations? Regardless, they will give grants for good business plans. From my observations this can amount to $5,000-$20,000 of free money.

21 Suggestions For Success

 “suggestions for success” by the American author H. Jackson Brown.

21 Suggestions for Success

By H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

1. Marry the right person. This one decision will determine 90% of your happiness or misery.
2. Work at something you enjoy and that’s worthy of your time and talent.
3. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.
4. Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know.
5. Be forgiving of yourself and others.
6. Be generous.
7. Have a grateful heart.
8. Persistence, persistence, persistence.
9. Discipline yourself to save money on even the most modest salary.
10. Treat everyone you meet like you want to be treated.
11. Commit yourself to constant improvement.
12. Commit yourself to quality.
13. Understand that happiness is not based on possessions, power or prestige, but on relationships with people you love and respect.
14. Be loyal.
15. Be honest.
16. Be a self-starter.
17. Be decisive even if it means you’ll sometimes be wrong.
18. Stop blaming others. Take responsibility for every area of your life.
19. Be bold and courageous. When you look back on your life, you’ll regret the things you didn’t do more than the ones you did.
20. Take good care of those you love.
21. Don’t do anything that wouldn’t make your Mom proud.

Business Advice From Billionaires

If you want to learn about entrepreneurship, investing, and becoming wealthy.This is a compilation of advice, videos, and books created or recommended by billionaires.
We don’t hear much about billionaires from day to day. This is partly because there are so few of them (there are currently about 1,000 billionaires in terms of US dollars in the world, which is 0.000015% of the population) and partly because most of them keep a low profile. Luckily, some members of this elite group have offered some help to the rest of us.

Richard Branson

Sir Richard Branson is the founder of the “Virgin” brand of over 350 companies.
Net worth: 8.6 billion USD

Books written by Richard Branson

• Losing My Virginity (1999) – This is Branson’s first autobiography. It vividly details everything from his early teenage ventures to his death-defying ballooning attempts to his hard-fought success with Virgin.
• Screw It, Let’s Do It (2006) – This book contains more life lessons that helped Branson survive and build a fortune.

Videos of Richard Branson

• Richard Branson interview on TED Talks
• Richard Branson interviews on Charlie Rose (several here dating from 1998 to 2008)
• Richard Branson speaking at the 2007 Aspen Ideas Festival

Quotes by Richard Branson

• “Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.”
• “Fortunately we’re not a public company – we’re a private group of companies, and I can do what I want.”

Mark Cuban

Currently chairman of HDNet and owner of the Dallas Mavericks NBA team, Mark Cuban gained his billionaire status in 1999 by selling Broadcast.com to Yahoo! for 5.9 billion in stock.
Net worth: 2.8 billion USD

Blog Posts by Mark Cuban

Mark Cuban is the only billionaire I know of who publishes a blog. Blog Maverick is where Cuban frequently writes about business, and technology, and basketball. Here are some excellent posts:

• Success & Motivation
• The One Thing in Life You Can Control: Effort
• The Best Equity is Sweat Equity
• The Sport of Business
• Success & Motivation: Don’t Lie to Yourself

Videos of Mark Cuban

• Beyond The Glory, a television biography of Mark Cuban.
• Mark Cuban interviews on Charlie Rose

Quotes by Mark Cuban

• It doesn’t matter how many times you fail. It doesn’t matter how many times you almost get it right. No one is going to know or care about your failures, and neither should you. All you have to do is learn from them and those around you because… All that matters in business is that you get it right once. Then everyone can tell you how lucky you are.

Warren Buffet

Warren Buffett is the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, a massive conglomerate with holdings in GEICO, Costco, Fruit of the Loom, Coca-Cola, American Express, Nike, and dozens more.
Net worth: 62.0 billion USD

Books Authored by Warren Buffet

• The Essays of Warren Buffett (2008) – Every year Buffett writes a letter to the shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway. This is an organized a collection of all of those letters from the past few decates.

Books Warren Buffet Collaborated On

• The Intelligent Investor (2003) – Buffet wrote the preface and appendix of this revised edition and has called it the best book ever written on investing.
• Buffet has also recommended dozens of other books over his lifetime.

Videos of Warren Buffet

• Warren Buffet speaks to MBA students at the University of Florida
• Warren Buffet interviews on Charlie Rose

Quotes by Warren Buffet

• “Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.”
• “Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.”
• “The dumbest reason in the world to buy a stock is because it’s going up.”

Larry Ellison

Larry Ellison is the co-founder and CEO of Oracle Corporation, a major enterprise software company. Today he is ranked as the 14th richest person in the world. Not bad for a college dropout.
Net worth: 25.0 billion USD

Books Featuring Larry Ellison

• Softwar: An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle (2004) – A biography of Larry Ellison and his company, Oracle, with commentary by Ellison.

Videos of Larry Ellison

• Larry Ellison interviews on Charlie Rose

Quotes by Larry Ellison

• “I have had all of the disadvantages required for success.”
• “When you innovate, you’ve got to be prepared for everyone telling you you’re nuts.”

Eric Schmidt

Dr. Eric Schmidt became a billionaire from the stock options he received as the CEO of Google. Today he is also a member of the Board of Directors of Apple.
Net worth: 6.6 billion USD

Videos of Eric Schmidt

• Eric Schmidt interviews on Charlie Rose
• Interview with Eric Schmidt by iinnovate
• Schmidt speaking about innovation at Stanford
• List of short videos of Schmidt speaking to students at Stanford
• Speech on technology, advertising, search at the Seoul Digital Forum

Business Models by Eric Schmidt

• 70/20/10 Model – an employee resource management model

Quotes by Eric Schmidt

• “The Internet is the first thing that humanity has built that humanity doesn’t understand, the largest experiment in anarchy that we have ever had.”
• “Anytime you’re in a pressure situation you find out who’s going to step up and do it and who’s going to fade into the background.”
• “Technology is always evolving, and companies – not just search companies – can’t be afraid to take advantage of change.”

Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs is the co-founder and CEO of Apple Steve Jobs and he was the majority shareholder of Pixar when Disney bought it in 2006 for $7.4 billion in stock.
Net worth: 5.4 billion USD

Videos with Steve Jobs

• Steve Jobs’ Commencement Address at Stanford

Interviews with Steve Jobs

• BusinessWeek Interview

Quotes by Steve Jobs

• “Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.”
• “You can’t just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they’ll want something new.”
• “Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.”

Larry Page

Cofounder of Google, Inc.
Net worth: 18.0 billion USD

Videos of Larry Page

• Larry page gives advice for entrepeneurs at Standford in 2002

Quotes by Larry Page

• “We don’t have as many managers as we should, but we would rather have too few than too many.”

Sergey Brin

Cofounder of Google, Inc.
Net worth: 18.0 billion USD

Videos of Sergey Brin

• Sergey Brin speaks to a class at UC Berkeley in 2005
• Sergey Brin and Larry Page interview on Charlie Rose

Quotes by Sergey Brin

• “Obviously everyone wants to be successful, but I want to be looked back on as being very innovative, very trusted and ethical and ultimately making a big difference in the world.”