Routinely, across the globe, teenagers are brainstorming radical business ideas and niche businesses. The 365 Infinite Expedition (www.infiniteexpedition.com) will bring these innnovative thinkers’ ideas and stories to the attention of the public. The 365 Infinite Expedition is centered around the new book by the same title and the accompanying web site that will take online submissions. Both are a follow up to the succesful Book “Teen Entrepreneur Success Secrets” (www.teenceobook.com) and this blog.
Shonika Proctor, creator of 365 Infinite Expedition says to these teens: “It is the very people who tell you to break the walls around you that are the ones who built them. The only walls to break are the ones within you…and then YOUR Infinite Expedition will begin…”
Every now and again we have a blog commercial break just to break the heavy reflection work stuff. So I came across this video today courtesy of www.deanhunt.com You can follow him on Twitter @deanhunt He always sends out lots of good and funny stuff.
Having a younger brother who is the ultimate prankster I have to say that after watching this video it is the same for sisters and brothers! Enjoy! :D
Comments Off Posted by Shonika Proctor on Thursday, March 5th, 2009
Today Mike Michalowicz, the Toilet Paper Entrepreneur did a video blog post on how to manage (focus) your time as a bootstrapping entrepreneur. Here is a link to the video post: http://bit.ly/COeK1
If you don’t know Mike, you should. He is a really funny guy, brings a lot of value to the business community and he has some incredible tips on how you can bootstrap your way to the top. Want to be featured on his blog (over 40k visitors a month)? There are a few ways:
1. Are you a CEO under the age of 30? If so, you can be featured on his site where he does a little online mini interview with you. If you click on the contact form and send me a message saying you want to be on TPE I can help you with that process.
2. For everybody and anybody else: Send Mike a really clever question via video and you could be featured in his vlog. I want to see you there so send in your question. It could definitely bring good traffic to your website or blog so make sure its current before you send your question!
Comments Off Posted by Shonika Proctor on Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
One of our very own teen CEO’s Danielle Herb of Natural Horsemanship is in the news today. She is on the front page of news station of WCTV (Florida). Here is the clip:
Danielle’s niche business is Natural Horsemanship. She uses horses and equine assisted training techniques to help ADD/ADHD and autistic children to overcome their illnesses naturally without the use of prescription medication. Pretty awesome business concept, huh? Recently after attending Yanik Silver’s Underground Online Seminar (memba’ that….I adopted Danielle days before the event ;-)) we went to Fuddruckers after the day’s conference. There, Danielle, Patricio (www.hispanicslearn.com), Marianne (www.lifeisaplayground.com), Chris (www.networkology.com) and myself started brainstorming for like 3 hours over free refills I was on a mission to come up with a name for Danielle’s book (you know me and my obsession with names and titles and branding). So I heard Danielle telling a story about an experience with one of her kids in the program and that sparked “Dropping the Reins”: Peaceful Transformation Techniques for ADD/ADHD & Autistic Children Using Natural Horsemanship (the book) and ‘Drop the Reins”: Learn to Trust (which Danielle came up with for the home study course). We also masterminded our latest creative venture ’Roughly Famous’….another day, another post!
So look out for some more great stories on Danielle Herb of Natural Horsemanship www.danielleherb.com because she is going to be rockin’ the news. And here is the clip again: http://budurl.com/yqe8
And what about you? What unique or interesting business are you doing or what important announcement do you have to make about your business? If you are between the ages of 13-19 don’t forget to write me through the contact form on this page and let me know. I want to get your story out there and maybe, just maybe your local TV, newspaper or radio station may pick your story up or you might even get more clients. You’ll never know if you don’t try.
Comments (4) Posted by Shonika Proctor on Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to great places. You’re off and away. – Dr. Seuss
One of my favorite books of all time is “Oh the Places You’ll Go”. And I also love the works of Dr. Seuss because it’s amazing how you could read one of his books as a child and 20 years later it seems even more relevant!
Ask a few Renegade CEO’s or folks who have heard me speak and they will tell you that they were quite surprised when I busted out my Oh The Places You’ll Go book and read a passage during my presentation/speech. The reason why is back in 2005 when I was at crossroads between working for myself or someone else I somehow came across that book and it inspired my genius business idea ;-) That book without a doubt put me on my entrepreneurial path and it is why my ‘dialogue’ and company is so free spirited. Indeed if you let it…..The Seuss Will Set You Free too!
So what is your favorite Dr. Seuss book?
Comments Off Posted by Shonika Proctor on Monday, March 2nd, 2009
Pumpin’ Jumpin’ Booty Bumpin’! You guys are so awesome. Over the last 7 months you have helped the Renegade CEO’s go from relatively unknown and unranked on the web to now in the Top 800,000 websites in the world! And nearly half of our teens are from outside of the U.S. Global Teen Dominance…I am so feeling it. We are excited just to be in the top million All of this has been achieved through organic growth and social networking with no pay per click ads and no search engine optimized content. The Renegades community has been tremendous and I really appreciate your return visits, blog comments, feedback and ideas. So again, I just want to say Thank You very much for everything and for spreading the word about the Renegades via the social networking sites. To express my sincerest gratitude I want to share a few fun things that we are launching over the next couple of weeks, just for you.
Rajon Mozee, 17 (and he just turned 17 about a month ago)!! is the master of destruction and reconstruction when it comes to the Nintendo PSP. He is a BEAST and the ultimate mod’der. So get a sneak peak at the intro of his company Blaze Computer Systems…(yes, he is just waaay too humble sometimes). www.blazecomputersystems.com and scroll to the bottom to check out his “hot tech” section. There you will find a LED colored light that does some tripped out thing that makes your running water look like a different color (in a cool way); t-shirts that play soundtracks; a portable backpack for your laptop battery and some other really fun stuff— that you can actually buy!
Then hold on to your horses as we are getting ready to launch a host of tripped out videos for your viewing pleasure of some of the crrrazzzzy stuff he can do with a PSP/Lite, iTouch and MacBook. It’ll blow yo mind fuh real.
But for now boys and girls….check out Rajon’s interview on Teenaged World of Maddy. In his interview he chats about all his cool tech stuff he imports from Asia (namely Japan) and the stuff he sells here in the states that nobody else is selling. He will also chat a little about:
How he taught himself to modify iphones and PSP’s among other tech gadgets
A 500 gb hard drive in his Nintendo?
GPS and cell phone integration in his Nintendo PSP Lite
11 pages of iPhone Themes…some of which he designed (told you he was a beast)
And much, much, more.
Alright folks, so hold on to your seats- it’s going to be a fun ride! http://twurl.nl/n7dx5i
Blaze Computer Systems Intro Commercial- Thanks to Renegade CEO Daniel Uribe of Lazer Bearings who scripted, filmed and edited this video
Yanik Silver just made a post on his blog announcing the 10 Young Scholarship Recipients for his recent contest. And the coolest thing ever [at least in the world according to me] is that over half of the winners were teenagers, w00t! w00t! You guys are taking over the world I tell ya
And a very special Congratulations to the Renegades very own Patricio Quezada of (http://www.hispanicslearn.com)! Winning all 10 spots definitely would have been nice, but hey, we got our foot in the door and one spot is definitely just the beginning :)
Comments Off Posted by Shonika Proctor on Monday, February 9th, 2009
Entertainment Arts (EA) [Read: If I have to tell you who EA is when it comes to the world of video games perhaps you best not enter this contest, lol] and Best Buy have teamed up to bring a fun, creative and intellectually challenging competition for teens called “Invent a (Video) Game”. [Has this totally not what you have been waiting for?]. Not only will you get a chance to have your idea to actually be produced into a game but you can also win up to $10,000. Just imagine the amazing exposure and opportunity this could bring to lil’ old you!
I already know some teens who would be great candidates for this game- Rajon Mozee, Master Nintendo PSP Mod Man, (www.blazecomputersystems.com) are you reading this? Pat Gelado (www.hispanicslearn.com), how about your video game addicted lil’ bro? C’mon. One of my Renegades has gots to win this. Actually, I want so many of my teen Renegade CEO’s to bum rush them and enter this competition that they have to consider opening a separate division of their company for Freelance Teen Game Creators.
To learn more about this fantastic contest (and APPLY)….please visit: http://www.bkfk.com/Games/ (Note: the more Rated R for Renegade the concept is the better…evil grin).
The contest ends on March 31, 2009 and many thanks to By Kids For Kids, an invention website for kids, for sharing this wonderful opportunity.
Good luck everybody!
Comments Off Posted by Shonika Proctor on Sunday, February 8th, 2009
Mentoring and Business Funding: Embracing Your Best Odds by Marshall Haas, Teen CEO of inVision Projects
[Note: Like most serial teen entrepreneurs Marshall Haas (http://www.invisionprojects.com) woke up in the middle of the night having a creative moment and wanted to capture his vision in the essence of the moment. So he wrote the following guest post on his beloved iPhone and promptly sent it to me as soon as he finished. So please pardon some of the grammatical errors. And by the way Marshall- you are most welcome and I am very honored to be the second person who got to touch and share your living dream. In the famous words of one of my Renegade CEO's, Matthew Turcotte of Northshore Web Development "One of the best things about being a teen entrepreneur is that adults want to see you succeed."]
Take it away Marshall
Tonight, I realized something very obvious yet very inspiring. Although I try to surround myself with as many like minded entrepreneurs, we are rare. First off obviously there are only so many entrepreneurs out there. Then I thought geez there really aren’t a ton of young entrepreneurs in the overall entrepreneur mix. We are a niche market in and of ourselves. I’ve come to realize in the last few weeks there are several niche organizations seeking out the best young entrepreneurs. If I’m rare, I’ve got great odds at chasing being the best in the world in my niche.
Example:
Yanik Silver and Shonika Proctor only had so many kids apply for the Young Entrepreneur Challenge. I’m sure they had their choices but let’s be honest, it wasn’t like the 100,000,000 to 1 lottery. I’m going to embrace my odds and seek out organizations such as ObsidianLaunch.com (which I just found) I’m figuring out there are several coaching organizations, (Yanik Silvers new “giving back” plan) and investor groups specifically seeking out young entrepreneurs like myself and possibly you if you’ve stumbled upon this article. Learn, embrace, and give yourself the best odds.
The aim of this post was to make kids like myself realize we actually have great odds at succeeding NOW rather than the guy starting his first business in his 30’s and on. The odds are in our favor. I am
realizing this more and more everyday.
Think of the media, parents, and the majority of Americans! We all like to know that a 19 year old adolescent can be great and do what other, wiser, more experienced people sometimes can not. We all love the young pop stars, child actors, the teenage sports prodigies, and yes… The young millionaire CEO’s.
I feel so very blessed with this new opportunity I have been given. February 20th could not come sooner. Thank you Yanik Silver, Shonika Proctor, and the many groups seeking to uplift young people like
myself. I will be seeking you guys out a lot more!
Comments (6) Posted by Shonika Proctor on Saturday, February 7th, 2009
I was on a mission to come up with a name for Danielle’s book (you know me and my obsession with names and titles and branding). So I heard Danielle telling a story about an experience with one of her kids in the program and that sparked “Dropping the Reins”: Peaceful Transformation Techniques for ADD/ADHD & Autistic Children Using Natural Horsemanship (the book) and ‘Drop the Reins”: Learn to Trust (which Danielle came up with for the home study course). We also masterminded our latest creative venture ’Roughly Famous’….another day, another post!
