This is a quickie! While surfing the’net today I found this article of ways people can make extra money without ‘technically’ getting a second job. In the case of a teen entrepreneur, I thought it would be a good option if you are trying to get your business off the ground and need a fast way to raise some start up funds. So I thought I would share the article. While I don’t think suggestion #2 would go over really well with teens of today, I have to tell you….sometimes we have to make short term sacrifices for long-term gains. Dats all I’m sayin’

You can peep the article here.

And just because it’s Friday and I am ready to get my full throttle fun on, I will leave you with Asylum Street Spankers and their Hick Hop  (Country Western Ballad meets Gangsta Rap) video that I discovered a few months ago (be advised: it contains profanity). Cheers.

Kind of sounds like a riddle huh? If you want to be exlclusive, then try being inclusive.  Too often I see young entrepreneurs who aspire to be like some certain ’successful & branded’ person or accepted into this certain circle of ‘friends’. Now don’t get me wrong, role models are important and all but what is it about that person that you idolize? Is it their lifestyle? Their fame? Their attention? Their money? All of the above? :) 

Before many of those people were rich and famous and branded….they were what?

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Yanik Silver made me go there. That’s all I can say.  He made me break out my old school teflon coating suit and sky bike (see image at right). This was a Shonikamine custom designed for me back in 2004 by my friend James Canty of Click One Media. He took close ups of me (when I had much shorter hair) and he did some kind of 3d rendering thingamajiggy. Yes, I know. I was also hip and dangerous a long time ago…don’t act so surprised. ;-) So today, I am back in the lab dusting off and testing my old toys. And I’m also playing around with the new ones that Yanik just sent me. My challenge of the day is to modify my special teflon coating suit. Those curves are still there, but seems they just aren’t where they used to be, lol.  A teflon coating suit is critical when you go on a mission such as this one because you have all those haters and folks trying to dissuade you from going where you KNOW you need and want to go. So you need something that won’t allow those old ideas and ideals to stick. So anywhoo, let me go ahead and share why I had to back go back into the virtual abyss-

Yanik Silver, yes, “THE” with an emphasis on THE…’Serial Internet Millionaire Making, Maverick Business Insider Mastermind Creating, Underground 5 Online Seminar Quaking’ Yanik Silver, invited yours truly, Shonika Proctor aka [words cannot do my coolness any justice] to go with him on his next Top Secret Mission.  So as I prepare I need back up posse–live and uncensored. More specifically I am seeking 10 Entrepreneurs Ages 13-21 [READ: Emerging Young Renegade CEO's] because what fun is getting wild and crazy by yourself? If you’ve ever tried it….it just doesn’t quite work the same. [Sidebar: Leave the parents at home].

These 10 Young People will get to hang with me and Yanik Silver for 3 days in Washington, DC (February 20-22, 2009). Two for one! How fun is that?

But wait it gets better- it’s not even two for one. It’s two for FREE! YOU! Yes, you could be one of ten (10) lucky winners who gets free admission to Yanik Silver’s Underground 5 Online Seminar!

So here’s the quick and dirty:

1. I’m looking for 10 Young CEO’s ages 13-21 who can come to Washington, DC Feb 20-22nd to play with me, Yanik and all our fun entrepreneurial toys. Plus we’ll intro you to all the cool kids.

2.  The 10 best ever, visionary and most fun Young CEO’s will receive a free ’scholarship’ (valued at $2,995 each) to attend Yanik Silver’s Underground 5 Seminar. Here you’ll get schooled by professors who will show you what it really takes to get an MBA (Massive Bank Account)!

3. At the seminar you are also going to get a swag bag with 1,000’s of dollars worth of goodies PLUS you’ll meet self-made millionaires and lots of entrepreneurs (300+) who can open some secret doors for you and your business PLUS you’ll get a closed door coaching session and a special VIP lunch with Yanik and moi.

The contest ends on February 4th…so you totally need to register today:

Enter contest here: http://www.undergroundonlineseminar.com/challenge

If you want to peep the site to see what Underground 5 Seminar is all about and some of the fancy smancy people who will be there visit: www.undergroundonlineseminar.com

Now where did that Zap-a-Minder 5000 disappear to?

I stumbled across this funny ’visual’ blog post about a week or so ago- “Fun Logos After the Crisis”. I believe they were designed by social media marketing students at UCLA. How many companies can you identify?

http://tinyurl.com/7o7ruy

Matthew Turcotte, Teen CEO and founder of North Shore Web Development and Host North Shore lives in a very progressive small town on the mighty and beautiful St. Lawrence River. He attends the local high school and is a straight A student and accelerated student. Two years ago he acquired the rank of Eagle Scout. [btw, I recently learned that only 2% of all youth who enter Boy Scouts ultimately achieve the honor of Eagle Scout, so congrats to him]. He enjoys mountain climbing in the nearby Adirondack High Peaks region in the spring, summer, and fall. As fate would have it, it seems that the life experiences which dot his past (dating back to first grade) make him the ultimate poster child for his company, North Shore Web Development. His company, a full service web design company, along with his recently launched hosting company, provides web design and online marketing strategies with a strong focus on small towns and the small businesses within those small towns. As Matt grew up in a small town and currently lives in one he is extremely knowledgeable on helping them build a big presence on the webwithout compromising their quaintness and charm. Today’s Innerview covers lessons learned and his experiences as a teen CEO in high school.

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