Update: As it turns out they ended up playing HALO for !!!2 days and 3 hours straight!!! and raised several hundred dollars for Child’s Play. They are accepting donations through March 4, 2010. Video archive is on their site.

Three socially inspired teens and childhood friends, Jesse Lifshitz, 17, Joey Katz, 17 and Alex Ainsberg, 17 have decided to take their love of video games to another level – they joined forces to create a 24 hour HALO Marathon. They will play Halo 1, 2, 3 andODST for 24 hours straight. The teens were inspired to host a Halothon, to raise money for Child’s Play, a noble charity, after having seen Mario Marathon and other marathons over the years.

Official Press Release: http://bit.ly/acv7HI

Watch Them Live (Starting February 9, 2010 at 12 pm EST) http://bit.ly/9xAKWq

Official Website: Halathon.Weebly.com

Please show your support with a donation of any amount to these incredible Renegade Teens!

Harun Merdzanic is a sixteen year old global fashionista situated in Sarajevo Bosnia, and Herzogovina. He describes his life as a French Musical from the 60’s. He is the visionary and blogger behind AccordingtoHarun.blogspot.com

Harun was named the Teen Passioneer of the Month (February 2010) and yesterday he was interviewed live on Sue Oliver’s Passions and Possibilities Radio Show. While listening to Harun’s interview , it dawned on me that today’s teenagers living in Eastern Europe are technically the first generation to grow up Post Communism. Less than 20 years after the end of the Cold War, the entrepreneurial culture is starting to emerge and it is the teen population that is bringing forth these new socially inspired ideas.

The innovation, work ethic, inspiration and vision that comes from the youth of Eastern Europe is incredible and they are looking now more than ever to the west for leadership and guidance. As they embark on their life paths, I hope that America has not forgotten about them and can provide them with the support and exposure they desperately need. I am trying hard to do my part.

Many thanks to all my Teen Renegade CEO’s across Central and Eastern Europe who are creating jobs, opportunity and more importantly hope for their respective countries.

This announcement comes courtesy of Andrea Krause, Executive Director of Foundation for Youth Social Entrepreneurship (FYSE). The Renegade CEO’s is proud to serve as one of their sponsors for their upcoming conference in India, July 2010.

Official Announcement:

We are very happy to inform you about our new resource base for aspiring entrepreneurs!

Today we launched the first online database in Asia Pacific to provide young people with information where to get support to start their own ventures.

While youth entrepreneurship has emerged as a hot topic in the region, the number of youth entrepreneurs in the region remains low. While, for example, 51% of university students in Singapore desire to have their own business (Wang & Wong 2004) only 5.3% start a business. The most cited reasons for not starting their venture include a perceived lack of skills and knowledge, a lack of educational and financial support. So far, if a young person wanted to find information about available resource, they had to identify information about entrepreneurship courses or financial support in a time consuming and individual base from various sources on the internet.

To overcome the perceived lack of resources and to enable aspiring entrepreneurs to access information in a easy and convenient way, the Foundation for Youth Social Entrepreneurship (FYSE) has compiled a database of resources available for young aspiring entrepreneurs in Asia Pacific. The information includes a list of courses, workshops and trainings on entrepreneurship and available business plan competitions in which young people can take part.

The aim of the database is to provide young people in Asia with a one-stop source for young aspiring entrepreneurs to get all the information they need to take the first steps towards becoming an entrepreneurs and a source for organizations to attract aspiring entrepreneurs to their programs. The database will be extended in the coming months to include interviews, podcasts and videos with leading entrepreneurs in Asia Pacific to provide knowledge and expertise to young start-ups.

The Resources can be found at http://www.paragon100.asia Under "Resources"
or at http://bit.ly/6NJsxT

Print on Demand Makes Publishing a Book Accessible for Teen Entrepreneurs

The old adage says that ‘everybody has at least one great book in them’. You may be pleasantly surprised at how easy technology has made it to turn that dream into a reality. The teen entrepreneurs I work with are discovering the accessibility and ease of writing and publishing their own books thanks to print on demand options offered by online do it yourself publishing websites such as createspace.com and lulu.com.

Print on demand (micro) publishing allows a book to be printed as it is ordered. No upfront money is needed to publish each book once it has been created. No minimum order is required, and the cost of the production for the book is deducted from the sales price after the consumer has placed their order. The books are produced using high end digital printers, and provided the books have an ISBN (International Standard Book Number obtained through Bowker) and barcode they can be sold online through major book sellers as well as in your hometown book store.

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Teen Aspect (www.teenaspect.com) is a forum geared towards teen business owners that was developed by Serial Teen Entrepreneur Ed Nash who hails from the U.K. The launch of the forum comes right on the heels of his wildy successful www.FitorFugly.com iphone app which has garnered nearly 10,000 downloads in its first 2 weeks on the market and has gotten mentioned in the Huffington Post and on the Real Housewives of Orange County.

The Teen Aspect Forum is moderated by Ed, a few other young and ambitious entrepreneurs and yours truly. To build a stronger following in the community and really get it going, the first 1,000 registered members will receive shares in the new venture, so be sure to sign up ASAP if you want to take advantage of this. Currently, we are working on the logistics of some other potential partnerships with others in this space that will provide multi levels of dynamic support for teen entrepreneurs worldwide.

@teenbizcoach