Where student entrepreneurs can find some great tools to help empower your creativity and business ideas.

Canadian Youth Business Foundation -- a national charitable organization that empowers aspiring young Canadian entrepreneurs, age 18-34, to start up their own business.

Collegiate Entrepreneurship section of Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation -- listing several resources for and about college entrepreneurs.

Biz U -- archive of Biz U columns from Entrepreneur.com. The Biz U column details the "who, what, where, why, and how" of college entrepreneurship.

Young Money Student Entrepreneurs -- offers advice and inspiration from college entrepreneurs.

Resources from The Entrepreneurial Management Institute at Boston University -- are somewhat oriented toward those in the Boston and New England regions, but resources, including business-plan competitions, are also applicable to others. Site also offers a newsletter.

Youth Venture -- helps to empower young people ages 12-20 by providing them all the tools necessary to create civic-minded organizations, clubs or businesses, including access to a variety of resources such as a national network of like-minded young people, media opportunities, and up to $1,000 in seed capital needed to launch their organizations.

SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) -- a global non-profit organization active in 47 countries and territories. Working in partnership with business and higher education, SIFE establishes student teams on university campuses. These teams are led by faculty advisers, and they are challenged to develop community outreach projects that reach SIFE's four educational topics, Market Economics, Entrepreneurship, Personal Financial Success Skills, and Business Ethics.

National Bureau of Economic Research -- includes papers from an Academic Science and Entrepreneurship held in April 2005.

Collegiate Entrepreneurial Blogs and Web Sites

Odyssey of the Mind -- blog site of Travis McMenimon, recent graduate of Villanova University in Villanova, PA, who blogs about "entrepreneurship, business strategy, marketing, branding, IT and life."

The Entrepreneurial Mind -- blog site of Dr. Jeff Cornwall, director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at Belmont University, Nashville, TN.

ZeroMillion.com -- blog documenting "the journey of young entrepreneur Ryan Allis as he builds his second company, Broadwick Corporation, to $1 million in sales, publishes his first book, Zero to One Million, travels the country as a web marketing consultant and speaker on young entrepreneurship and personal development, launches his non-profit organization, and lives the life of a bootstrapping entrepreneur."

brass|MEDIA Inc. -- founded by Bryan Sims, who says: "I am a college student with a dream..." brass|MEDIA Inc. provides "direct, intelligent, entertaining content to young adults about the money side of life ... From planning your retirement to throwing parties, brass looks at the lives of young adults and how we handle money." Tagline: Young today, rich tomorrow.

Young Entrepreneur Journey -- blog of the journey of an award-winning young entrepreneur and bestselling author Michael Simmons as he helps build Extreme Entrepreneurship Education.

The Start-Up Chronicles -- a blog about The Business // The Journey, an ongoing look into the life of aspiring entrepreneur BJ Olin, president/CEO of Cilantro's Burrito Grill.

Campus Corner: A Young Entrepreneur Returns to College.

Books

College Entrepreneur Handbook: Ideas for a College Based Business (PSI Successful Business Library) by Jonathan Reed Aspatore (Oasis Press).

Generation, Inc: The 100 Best Businesses for Young Entrepreneurs, by Elina Furman, Leah Furman (Penguin Putnam).

Secrets of the Young & Successful: How to Get Everything You Want Without Waiting a Lifetime, by Jennifer Kushell, Scott Kaufman (Fireside).

The Young Entrepreneur's Edge: Using Your Ambition, Independence, and Youth to Launch a Successful Business, by Jennifer Kushell (Princeton Review).

The Young Entrepreneur's Guide to Starting and Running a Business, by Steve Mariotti (Three Rivers Press).

Student Entrepreneurs: 14 Undergraduate All-Stars Tell Thier Stories, compiled by Michael McMyne; edited by Nicole Amare, PhD (Premium Press).

Upstart Start-Ups!: How 34 Young Entrepreneurs Overcame Youth, Inexperience, and Lack of Money to Create Thriving Businesses, by Ron Lieber (Broadway Books).

The Bootstrapper's Bible: Volume 1, by Seth Godin (downloadable e-book in PDF).

Be sure to read our article, College Offers Fertile Ground for Starting a Business.

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