College

Introducing Entrepreneur 101

A few different people have asked me “what sorts of things should be taught in a college level beginning entrepreneurship class?” I always had a few answers, but never came up with a comprehensive syllabus. After speaking in a class earlier this week at the UW Business School, I…

More Practice, Less Theory

“What do we need to know this for?” I asked as my K5 teacher tried to tell me how to write more clearly.

My penmanship was pretty bad and the teacher realized that I was writing my letters backward. Instead of writing some of my letters from bottom to top…

Travelogue: Beata’s Trip

Note: This is a guest post by one of my best friends, Beata Rak. After graduation, Beata moved to London, got a job as a tour guide and bartender at her local pub and has traveled around Europe and the Middle East. After living in London, Beata is moving to Australia to continue her…

College is the Best Time to Start a Business

I was talking with a friend who is in the UW Business School about a discussion in one of his classes about the best time to start a business. Most of the class believed that the best time to start a business was 5–10 years after college. They argued…