Saw this L.A. Times story today and wanted to share it since I know that a lot of Renegades are Social Entrepreneurs and Advocates.  http://bit.ly/7zFaZA

iPhone Apps Madness continues for the Renegade CEO’s. Marshall Haas, BizBreak iphone app (Jan 2010 release) was just annouced as one of the Finalists in the App Star Awards (look for the ‘orange’ video). The App Star Awards acknowledges ‘Brilliant Upcoming’ iPhone Apps so this is obviously a huge honor to be considered for this award given the app has yet to launch.  The distinguished panel of judges includes technology and social media’s who’s who: Michael Arrington of Tech Crunch , Technical Evangelist Robert Scoble and French Blogger Loic LeMeur (creator of Seesmic.com). To read more about the app and see the list of distinguished judges: http://bit.ly/4tKXYM

This is huge news and comes fresh off the success of Ed Nash’s www.fitorfugly.com , which has reached nearly 10,000 paid downloads after being on the market for just over 2 weeks. It also got mentions in the Huffington Post and the Real Housewives of Orange County.

The Biz Break App allows you to release that bent up frustration that evolves from being constantly degraded by beating up your boss (VIRTUALLY) [only teenagers could think of something like this and actually be able to get away with it- huh?]. Wondering when he is going to partner up with [insert another Teen Renegade CEO] and introduce a version where you can [too good to put in the public domain]…..now that’s an idea!

The App is due to release in January 2010 with some other fun perk$ associated when you download the app but you’ll have to follow his blog to learn what it all goes down: www.bizbreakblog.com

Peep the preview video below for the BizBreak iPhone App. Awesome Job, Marshall! Love the background music

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

Without nay hesitation nor second thought, 2010 is going to be the Year of the TEEN Entrepreneur! You heard it hear first folks. Entrepreneurship for young people is an evolutionary phenomenon that stemmed from the Internet (continue reading to learn how this came about).

Teens are often "lumped in" with another category of people older or younger than them and don’t really identify with either of those groups or they are just mulled over. People have high expectations of them yet give them every road block when they try to move forward- SORRY TEEN, I would love to work with you but the problem is you don’t have enough EDUCATION….MATURITY….EXPERIENCE….Sound familiar?  They have had to take a back seat for far too long and they are tired of being labeled and told they are unmotivated and apathetic. They don’t need >> to calm down, shut up and listen, to hear you tell them what it ‘all’ means. Nor do they want to be spoken of in future tense. They are present now. They are successful now. They are making impact now. They are making contributions now and they need and want to be given credit and recognition NOW.

What can you do NOW? Open the space up for them. How will you know if you have succeeded? They will have a ‘real conversation’ with you and will return to you at some point in the near future and start another one. And if they really love you, they’ll even tell their friends!

Teen Entrepreneurs are claiming their space in the universe and owning it! And it’s about time. It takes about 15 years for a movement to evolve to something much greater than that. So it’s time! There are many a tell tale signs that is built on what has been evolving over the past decade and additionally, the number and types of inquiries we are getting from teens across the globe tells a story in itself. Not to mention, in the month of November three more teens surpassed the $10,000/mo revenue mark….whooop!

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Congratulations to Renegade CEO, Matthew Turcotte, CEO of North Shore Web Development. He was the first place winner at the Jefferson Community College Business Plan Competition. He won $1,000 and further kudos since he is still in high school, WHOOOOP!

Deets on the entrants and the events here.