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HEY GOYS EMIL HERE. Sorry for not providing enough info, really stupid of me. Here's the description: BizTeen.net - Where Teens Start Businesses --------------

by hajrice 17y ago

HEY GOYS EMIL HERE. Sorry for not providing enough info, really stupid of me. Here's the description: BizTeen.net - Where Teens Start Businesses ---------------------------------------------------------------------- What is the problem? It is "frustrating" and "difficult" and "time consuming" and "not free" to try to meet teens who are like minded and want to start a business togther, further more, there is no "single place" to do it. What is the oppertunity? The oppertunity is that there are 400 million teenagers between 15-18 of whom we believe that at least 1% (4 million) are feeling the "pain" and "frustration" of trying to find a reliable partner to earn a little extra money on the side. What is the solution? To create a place on the web that makes it "easy" and "free" and "fast" for teenagers to find and connect with other teenagers and join forces with them to start new business ventures. What are the benefints for somone joining the bizteen.net team? - Build credibility - Learn how to start a business - Develope better coding skills - Get PR and notoriety if the project succeeds What are the CORE features? - Find bussiness partners - Post new business ideas and get them reviewed - Browse other peoples business ideas and join thier team - Place to ask questions about business stuff - Place to hang out and chat with like minded teenagers - Place to answer questions about starting a business - Browse other teenagers profiles to see if they would be cool to meet - Post a resume about yourself and what your into

hajrice 17y ago
Ah, I meant Guys Sorry!
fortes 17y ago
I mean this in a very constructive way, but you should really spell check to find the obvious typos. Especially if English is not your first language. First impressions are important, small details like fixing typos are low-hanging fruit.
justinchen 17y ago
Just curious, are there any surveys or studies to back the 1% of 15-18 year olds are looking to start businesses? I can see it as plausible, but I wasn't that ambitious in high school :)
elcron 17y ago
I'm in your target audience and at least at my school 1% seems high. (1 school is not much of a sample size though)
apsec112 17y ago
I think it's great that you want to start a business, but I think you'll need to improve your overall skill level before you can take a serious shot at it. My advice to you, as a seventeen-year-old entrepreneur wannabe, is: - Work on the basics. Learn to read and write fluent English (this is necessary even if English isn't your native language, at least if you want to be based in the US). Learn some programming, learn some web development, get some real world experience. Get a programming job somewhere (preferably web programming), or work on an open source project. - Saying things like "What is the problem?", with a question mark, makes it sound like you're doing a homework assignment in high school, and that's an instant giveaway that you don't have any experience. Real business plans- in fact, real documents of any sort (see, eg., Viaweb's business plan at http://www.paulgraham.com/vwplan.html)- http://www.paulgraham.com/vwplan.html)- aren't written by going down a list of pre-prepared questions and answering them in sequence. - The most important component of a business isn't the idea; it's the ability to adjust what you're doing, so that you can succeed even given a bunch of disasters (and there will be a bunch of disasters). This requires flexibility and determination first and foremost. - Cut down on typos! Nobody will see what your ideas are if they're in documents full of typos (trust me on this). Online spellcheckers are readily available (http://www.spellchecker.net/spellcheck/ http://www.spellchecker.net/spellcheck/). - Is your figure of "400 million" worldwide? A majority of the world's population still doesn't have Internet access. A more realistic figure would be thirty million. And, why restrict yourself to teenagers? Why not everyone? Reply to this comment if you're interested in contacting me.

by hajrice 17y ago

hajrice 17y ago

Ah, I meant Guys Sorry!

fortes 17y ago

I mean this in a very constructive way, but you should really spell check to find the obvious typos. Especially if English is not your first language. First impressions are important, small details like fixing typos are low-hanging fruit.

justinchen 17y ago

Just curious, are there any surveys or studies to back the 1% of 15-18 year olds are looking to start businesses? I can see it as plausible, but I wasn't that ambitious in high school :)

elcron 17y ago

I'm in your target audience and at least at my school 1% seems high. (1 school is not much of a sample size though)

apsec112 17y ago

I think it's great that you want to start a business, but I think you'll need to improve your overall skill level before you can take a serious shot at it. My advice to you, as a seventeen-year-old entrepreneur wannabe, is: - Work on the basics. Learn to read and write fluent English (this is necessary even if English isn't your native language, at least if you want to be based in the US). Learn some programming, learn some web development, get some real world experience. Get a programming job somewhere (preferably web programming), or work on an open source project. - Saying things like "What is the problem?", with a question mark, makes it sound like you're doing a homework assignment in high school, and that's an instant giveaway that you don't have any experience. Real business plans- in fact, real documents of any sort (see, eg., Viaweb's business plan at http://www.paulgraham.com/vwplan.html)- http://www.paulgraham.com/vwplan.html)- aren't written by going down a list of pre-prepared questions and answering them in sequence. - The most important component of a business isn't the idea; it's the ability to adjust what you're doing, so that you can succeed even given a bunch of disasters (and there will be a bunch of disasters). This requires flexibility and determination first and foremost. - Cut down on typos! Nobody will see what your ideas are if they're in documents full of typos (trust me on this). Online spellcheckers are readily available (http://www.spellchecker.net/spellcheck/ http://www.spellchecker.net/spellcheck/). - Is your figure of "400 million" worldwide? A majority of the world's population still doesn't have Internet access. A more realistic figure would be thirty million. And, why restrict yourself to teenagers? Why not everyone? Reply to this comment if you're interested in contacting me.