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Best of Rerun episode. Initially release in 2016 Meet this week awesome studentpreneur: Adam Stone, 20 years old, Commerce and Law student at Monash University and entrepreneur with Speedlancer in Melbourne, Australia.  Learn more about Adam on www.studentpreneur.com.au Time for a quick wrap up each studentpreneur 'story is different and what works for some people doesn't for others, however, I'd like to point out of few things in Adam's journey that are similar to a lot of studentpreneurs I have interviewed for my research: He started by selling things to his classmates in high schools, then on ebay. That's a start that we have seen again and again with the guests of this podcast. There is something that is really different about Adam: he totally automated and outsourced his business, reaching the ultimate goal of removing himself from the business. This is really powerful as a studentpreneur because then he can focus on his studies! It's quite interesting to see him starting a new business because contrary to a lot of the studentpreneurs on this show, it's been a while since he has started a new venture. He can bring a lot of experience from his previous business! Hopefully, we will hear from him when his 500 startup program finishes!  Books recommended by Adam: 4 hour week   To become a guest apply at http://studentpreneur.com.au/

Meet this week's awesome studentpreneur guest: Shane Dillon, Master of Business Administration at RMIT University and founder of International Alumni Job Network (IAJN). Links: Linkedin   https://hk.linkedin.com/in/shane-dillon-48570012   https://www.linkedin.com/company/7599539/   Twitter   @ShazTzu @IAJN_Official   Websites http://www.ia-jn.com/ http://beatenpathsoftware.com/   Facebook   https://www.facebook.com/InternationalAlumniJobNetwork/   If you have what it takes you can apply to share your story on air. CLICK HERE

Meet this week’s awesome studentpreneur guest: Michael Haddad, 25, studying his Master of International Business at Adelaide University and co-founder of BikeBus. Website: https://bikebusaus.wordpress.com

Meet this week's awesome Studentpreneur guest: Francis Ignatius, 30, recent postgraduate from Adelaide University and founder of Entrepreneur Story. Francis' entrepreneurial journey started with import/export while an undergraduate at Edith Cowan University. He had been working since the age of 13 but this didn't help escape one of his biggest lessons in life when he became broke after that first business. Now his mission is to help university graduates to stay in South Australia instead of going to Sydney or Melbourne. Quotes: I sold my sports car to fund my business venture I had no money, no capital, nothing but I wanted to build a business to eat meat again, not just instant noodle I started asking 50 people on a car forum what they wanted to do to their car... it's very easy to do Action = Reaction and Reaction= Opportunity Most people are too afraid to take the action because they are scared of failure  I don't identify as an entrepreneur... I had no choice but hustle 45% of University graduate in South Australia can't find a job I spent less time in socialising, this is my sacrifice to build my business  10 tries and then you will be successful! My parents hated the fact that I was doing my business and my best friend was telling me to give... I was stubborn and that's how I made it U2U: If you are attending University just to get a piece of paper, I think you are wasting your time. If you are there to develop yourself, then it is worth is. Links: Website: www.entrepreneurstory.com.au Facebook: www.facebook.com/storyentrepreneur/ If you have what it takes you can apply to share your story on air.   

Meet this week's awesome studentpreneur guest: Gavin Bell, 22, recent graduate from the Peter Jone's Enterprise Academy in Manchester and founder of Blue Cliff Media in Edinburgh, UK. Gavin got the entrepreneurship bug early on. To get some help he decided to attend the Peter Jone's Enterprise Academy instead of going to university. His story is full of ups and downs.  Quotes: I always had an entrepreneurial spark, I started with dropshiping. My main skill is to take action and learn by doing. My biggest fear is to be average I had no mentor, I never found the right person. Having a good mentor can be huge, but having a bad one can be fatal The best way to get started is to get an internship in a new business Resources: The 7 Day Startup: You Don't Learn Until You Launch by Dan Norris How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie Links: Website: http://bluecliffmedia.com/ Twitter:@bluecliffmedia email:hello@bluecliffmedia.com Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/MrGavinBell/ Vblog: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYwX0DRfD06rx1E9iNa7fFw   If you have what it takes you can apply to share your story on air. CLICK HERE

Meet this week's awesome studentpreneur guest: Kayle Gray, 28, recent graduate from the University of Utah and founder of Conversion Cake, USA.   Frank has been working with high school entrepreneurs for four years, leading workshops and competitions, but this year, he and his team is excited to launch the world's first business incubator for high school students. The incubator is built on a no-tuition, no-equity model. The goal is to help accepted students make $20,000 in 6 months. Frank's mission is to empower, support, and develop students as they begin their journeys as entrepreneurs and founders. Quotes: Create your own Mastermind group Use you the fact that you are a student to call businesses Take care of yourself and your body when managing a business and your studies Negotiate assignment deadlines with your professors Your peers are as important as mentors At first, I didn' identify as an entrepreneur but as a business minded person    Kayle' Book: The College Entrepreneur: How to leverage your university to build a business, escape the rat race and live life on your terms. First 3 chapters free On Amazon Resources: The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss The Tropical MBA Podcast U2U: Offer interdisciplinary degrees Links: Website: http://conversioncake.com/ Twitter:@kylethegray email: Kylegray23(at)gmail(dot)com If you have what it takes you can apply to share your story on air. CLICK HERE

Meet this week's StudentPreneur guest: Frank Pobutkiewicz from Whiteboard Youth Ventures in Boston, USA.  Frank has been working with high school entrepreneurs for four years, leading workshops and competitions, but this year, he and his team is excited to launch the world's first business incubator for high school students. The incubator is built on a no-tuition, no-equity model. The goal is to help accepted students make $20,000 in 6 months. Frank's mission is to empower, support, and develop students as they begin their journeys as entrepreneurs and founders. Quotes: We are essentially building soft and hard skills. Priorities for high school entrepreneurs: 1) School, 2) Family, 3) Business. Failure is part of life, it's important to learn from it.  Keywords: LEARN, BUILD, SELL  Be honest and ask as many questions as possible. Books: Guy Kawasaki's books Seth Godin's books (purple cow) The $100 Startup  by Chris Guillebeau Marketing Outrageously by Jon Spoelstra Links: Websites: Whiteboard Youth Ventures: http://whiteboardyouthventures.com Register for the incubator! Kickback Pant: www.kickbackpants.com Global Startup Challenge Twitter: @whiteboardyv email: frank@whiteboardyouthventures.com> Facebook page If you have what it takes you can apply to share your story on air. CLICK HERE

Meet Rob Slee: serial seasoned entrepreneur investor and author. Key points: Lots of opportunities to disrupt industries 'I am 10 iterations of failure in everything I do.' I felt I wasn't learning school because... Build a skill set, once a year Need a positive relationship with failure - Most business books are written for big corporate life I am a niche aholic, "niche conglomerate" ask people what they buy The only thing in common  among entrepreneur is time Only focus on the activities that adds value most startup fails because they focus on the least value-add activities. We are told what to work on whereas we should identify the high value. After you have the skillset it's not about how much time you work on. Talk to people: what would you need in your business. Ask for help. You will be killed in your blind post U2U: work in small businesses, that's good, not just business plan comp. Learn how to communicate Own your time. Just knowing that activities have value change the behaviour. half the planet owns their own Links: email: rob@timeisreallymoney.com Website: Timereallyismoney.com If you have what it takes you can apply to share your story on air. CLICK HERE

Special Episode: I was interviewed on the Marketing on the Move podcast and I shared the findings of my 4 years of research on studentpreneurs! Summary: Studentpreneurs are a growing phenomenon with some famous entrepreneurs (Larry Page and Sergey Brin from Google and Steve Huffman from Reddit). The numbers are rare numbers about it but in the UK a study showed there 80,000 studentpreneurs (3.5% of uni students) with an estimated collected revenue over 44 million pounds or AU$80M.Remember, the best time to start a business is when you are a student, pretty much no expenses, you can undercut everyone and nobody cares when you fail.   What this study does is back up with some management theories our gut feeling on studentpreneurs. This is necessary to build dedicated programs.   Here I am going to summarise 4 years of research in a list of 7 items without encryption in academic language.   SECTION 1: The main problem is that studentpreneurs do not see themselves as entrepreneurs. Mostly because they do not know what is an entrepreneur, or what they know is too daunting (eg: Steve Jobs). It takes them a long time to build and embrace that identity.    1- Three stages on the journey of studentpreneurs. The uni programs for studentpreneurs need to take them on that journey but at a faster pace. HOBBYIST: driven by the student's personal interest MAKER: the stage where they want to make money or love the process of making money or build a product/service.  ENTREPRENEUR: they finally call themselves entrepreneurs, co-founder, business person... 2 - Four profiles of studentpreneurs to identify when designing a dedicated programs:  The Creatives: started with their passion for creating things. They start at the hobbyist stage. The Student-Athletes: they were student-athlete before starting a business. They can transfer a lot of the traits they developed as athletes: focus, dedication, sacrifices, competition.  The Family Studentpreneurs: at least one parent is an entrepreneur, grew up in that environment. Most expected case. The Enterprisers: they started late, at Uni, with the motivation of making money or building something, without identifying as entrepreneurs yet but they aspire to become one.   3 - Three ways to support studentpreneurs in constructing their identity of entrepreneurs: Positively validating what they do as entrepreneurs: entrepreneurial competition (hackathons), winning a big contract, being accepted in an incubator or accelerator program, or winning awards such as 30 under 30 entrepreneurs.  Getting them to realise that they want to make money and that it is okay! They can't progress otherwise.  Most important is to support them understand they are different from other students and then cultivate that difference. Some call it a mindset.    SECTION 2: 3 key elements in how studentpreneurs pursue opportunities with limited resources, need to be fostered by uni incubators and accelerator programs.   4 - Entrepreneurial Human Capital Skills possessed Learning Skills. Need to encourage all type of learning and run hands-on workshops.   5 - Entrepreneurial Social Capital: building relationships  Networking - need to attend event, organise events with entrepreneurs Mentors  - key. Can be found in incubators, events Co-founders - 12/19 had co-founders. finding one is a skill   6 - Entrepreneurial Cognition Capital  ->  Decision Making & How to make their own luck! Initial disregard for resources at hand. This feature is a great way to identify studentpreneurs for dedicated programs.  Sensemaking: capability to make sense of the opportunity and what is around the studentpreneur. Needs to be developed! it's where the Ah-ah moment happen. Serendipity: capability to act on luck -> needs to make luck happen    7 - All these elements apply to pivoting: developing at are important to start a business or pivot it. They are going to keep using them     Summary: need to organise entrepreneurial events to help studentpreneurs go through their journey to become entrepreneurs. Uni programs need to help them realise they are different, that they want to make money and it's okay. Different profiles can be targeted. Help the young entrepreneurs around you find about other studentpreneurs' journey by listening to StudentPreneur podcast.   If you have what it takes you can apply to share your story on air. CLICK HERE           h5x7kpxf

Meet Rob Slee: serial seasoned entrepreneur investor and author. Key points: Lots of opportunities to disrupt industries 'I am 10 iterations of failure in everything I do.' I felt I wasn't learning school because... Build a skill set, once a year Need a positive relationship with failure - Most business books are written for big corporate life I am a niche aholic, "niche conglomerate" ask people what they buy The only thing in common  among entrepreneur is time Only focus on the activities that adds value most startup fails because they focus on the least value add activities. We are told what to work on whereas we should identify the high value. After you have the skillset it's not about how much time you work on. Talk to people: what would you need in your business. Ask for help. You will be killed in your blind post U2U: work in small businesses, that's good, not just business plan comp. Learn how to communicate Own your time. Just knowing that activities have value change the behaviour. half the planet owns their own Links: email: rob@timeisreallymoney.com Website: Timereallyismoney.com      

Meet this week's awesome studentpreneur: Matthew Mills (22), engineering and business student at the University of Sydney and founder of Hireflow, Australia. Matthew was looking for a job in creative industry and it was only through resumes and cover letter. Through this Matthew was looking for a job in creative industry and it was only through resumes and cover letter. Through this experience, he embarked on his entrepreneurial journey with his co-funder. He met him through a University project. Michael had another startup before. Quotes: Talk to other incubate graduate As an introvert I learnt my sales skills through selling charity in the street No idea is a bad idea as long as you have reasons for thinking so. An incubator is like a seal of approval, great for credentials. You don't want to be taking money from people who are not engaged Always keep trying' give another phone call Books : Book Zero to One, How to network with other U2U (Uni to support you): Get great alumni to come back to present their story Links: Twitter: @hireflowsystems Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Hireflow/ Quotes:  Talk to other incubate graduate As an introvert, I learnt my sales skills through selling charity in the street No idea is a bad idea as long as you have reasons for thinking so. An incubator is like a seal of approval, great for credentials. You don't want to be taking money from people who are not engaged Always keep trying' give another phone call Books: Book Zero to One, How to network with other U2U (Uni to support you): Get great alumni to come back to present their story Links: Twitter: @hireflowsystems Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Hireflow/    

To my listeners   I started this podcast because I was amazed at the stories shared by  the studentpreneurs I interviewed for my PhD. I decided these stories had to be shared with the world to motivate other potential studentpreneurs out there. I love doing those interviews, there is always so much to learn and it keeps me motivated when writing my thesis. For me, contribution to the practice is as important as contribution to theory, maybe sometimes more. These interviews also help me understand how I can help studentpreneurs once I am an academic. Long story short I would love to be part of a University that values studentpreneurs. I have started working on how I would organise classes. For me, it's all about practice with a touch of theory from time to time. I can see my first years working toward participating in a hackathon or a startup weekend. Then classes for the second year and third year would be run as an accelerator program. Grades would be based on effectiveness of customer validation and other real life criteria... I can go on and on  If you know a university who is looking for an academic like that, tell them about me;)   But first of all, I need to complete my PhD, and I have less than 4 months to do so! So after publishing episodes for 53 weeks in a row, I need to take a break. I have done more interviews but I will have to edit and publish them after I submit my thesis. In the meantime, I invite you all to re-visit previous episodes, on studentpreneurpodcast.com you can search them by countries, universities, or themes. I hope these stories keep you motivated to pursue your entrepreneurial journey. Keep changing the mindset!   Julien,studentpreneurpodcast.com

Meet this week's awesome studentpreneur: Roslyn Teng (20), Arts and Humanities student at the YaleNUS College and founder of Made Real, Singapore. Roslyn and Robin caught up for coffee one day after high school and they discussed their personal issues with food and diet. They decided to start a social project to address these issues. Now they are running a business: curated healthy snacks delivered to your door. They got tremendous help from SMU by being awarded a spot at the incubator program that provides them with a co-working space. Quotes: I decided to focus on the business after realising that I was achieving so much during uni break. I took a semester off. Attending  and pitching at networking events built up my confidence and helped me to open up a lot more. Building Made Real helped me realise a lot about myself Now there are between 30 to 40% of women attending startup weekend events, it's growing! My parents have been very understanding and supportive Google is my number one tool Every week is a rollercoaster I still have those 2 AM moments when I wonder what am I doing with my life At the beginning we did delivery on our own.   Resource Websites : Shopify GrowthHackers.com U2U (Uni to support you): Community Structured programs: incubators Modules of entrepreneurship courses for everyone Links: Twitter:@maderealsg email: roslyn@madereal.sg Facebook page Website: MadeReal.sg If you have what it takes you can apply to share your story on air. CLICK HERE

Special Episode: How to leverage your University for your business: Queensland University of Technology with Dr. Rowena Barrett, Head of the School Management.   -If you have just started at QUT or you are in high school  in Brisbane, this episode will help you understand how to quick start your business thanks to the ecosystem at the Queensland University of Technology. -For all studentpreneurs around the world, this special episode will make you wonder double check your own university ecosystem, have asked around for similar groups or programs? How does your University compare?    Key Strengths of Queensland University of Technology Couple of entrepreneurship units part of core. Minor in entrepreneurship available University-wide (4 units). Shifting the program to more active doing vs. theory (bringing informal environment). QUT Starters: a student-run society supporting students from all disciplines who have an interest in discovering their inner entrepreneur. QUT Starters offer entrepreneurship program all along the semester. Bluebox: The university accelerator for students, staff, and alumni, in connection with QUT researchers. Creative Entreprise Australia: an incubator for creative industry (the Coterie), a program for early stage entrepreneur (adoptaprener), and a Startup Weekend on creative tech. Open to all students! Success Stories: Fruit Ninja (halfbrick.com), created by QUT business students! Humminbird House, Queensland's unique Children hospice developed by QUT MBA students   Links: QUT Staters: website , Facebook, @QUTStarters QUT bluebox: website, Facebook, @qutbluebox Creative Enterprise Australia: website, Facebook,  @QUTCEA QUT Business: website, @QUT If you have what it takes you can apply to share your story on air CLICK HERE    

  Meet this week's awesome studentpreneur: Samuel Polgar (23), Applied Physics student at the University of Technology Sydney and founders of Chewsr, Sydney, Australia. Samuel started working at the age of 10 at his mum's work. Then he worked at 14 in a restaurant and fell in love with Cooking. He had a lot of ideas but never started anything until he went to a Food Hackathon that he won with his co-funder Angela Edwards, thanks to a lot of traction. Chewsr was born: it's like ordering food from Tinder. Now they are going to the next step: an accelerator (Slingshot, Melbourne). Quotes: ·       'I apply the customer feedback loop from the Lean Startup to my life.' ·       'I asked for a lot of help and received a lot, so ask me for help now.' ·       'Just do it, don't think about it too much, go and learn it yourself!' ·       'I said, how can I get involved in entrepreneurship and he replied, go to a hackathon. Best advice' ·       'Meetup.com is such a great way to connect with the community.' ·       'Failure is the best way to learn, don't be affraid.' ·       'I talked to the right person who told me to get into a hackathon.' Books: ·       The Lean Startup by Eric Ries ·        Zero to One by Peter Thiel ·       Thinking Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill U2U (Uni to support you): ·       The UTS association BUILT is great, they provide great presentations. ·       'We need recognition from the top level and that's what we have at UTS: I met the VC at the Project Pitch competition.' ·       We need credits when doing entrepreneurial activities doing creative intelligence a degree. ·       It's great to be next to the largest co-sharing space in Sydney. Links: Twitter: @samuelpolgar email: sampolgar@gmail.com Facebook page Website: Chewsr.co Other website on STEM education: Technoda.com.au Slingshot accelerator in Melbourne: Slingshotters.com/ Hackathon at UTS: UTS Project Pitch If you have what it takes you can apply to share your story on air. CLICK HERE              

Meet this week's awesome studentpreneur: Vincent (24), Business student at the National University of Singapore, and Mark (26) co-founders of TwentyandFree, Singapore. Mark and Vincent believe in the power of mentor, They help university students to be free. Mark never thought about being an entrepreneur. He initially joined a company to sell websites. On the other hand, Vincent started at 16 by selling  candy to his friends. At some point they were both completely lost, not sure was to do. They went to a lot of paid events, read a lot of books but felt overwhelmed. Now they provide online coaching to help students build a business in 3 months. They also organise events where they bring world class coaches. They have a community where we give away all the lessons we learnt ($1 for the first month), they organise monthly masterminds, give a  book a month. Connect with them on facebook & check online community at TwentyandFree. Quotes: 'I first tried network marketing but I burnt a lot of relationships and lost all the money I had. The lesson learned is that selling is about educating.' 'We organise 1-day training on how to find customer.' 'You don't have a business until you make sales.' 'If you want to sell something for $3,000, you need to solve a $10,000 problem.' 'There is always someone you can help, target someone like you, a few years younger.' 'Balance: how bad do you want it? Are you really willing to do what it takes?' Books, Podcasts, and Blogs: Check their own community website: TwentyandFree U2U (Uni to support you): We need experience. Program at NUS: Overseas colleges program where studentpreneurs are sent to startups in the Silicon Valley  and other  hotbed for One year. Links: Vincent's Facebook Mark's Facebook Website: TwentyandFree NUS Overseas program: life at a startup If you have what it takes you can apply to share your story on air. CLICK HERE    

 Special Episode: How to leverage your University for your business: University of Adelaide. The goals for this special episode are: - Help the high school and university students in Adelaide to quick start their business thanks to the ecosystem at the University of Adelaide -Help studentpreneurs around the world ask themselves if they have investigated everything that is available at their own University. How does your University compare? Meet the insiders who share their tips on how to leverage your the University of Adelaide, South Australia: - Dr. Allan O'Connor: Academic Director for Postgraduate Innovation and Entrepreneurship Programs - Dr. Gary Hancock: Academic Director for Undergraduate Program  Key Strengths of University of Adelaide: One:  Two: eChallenge Three: eChallenge of High Schools Links: eChallenge Website: Bachelor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Facebook: Adelaide University Entrepreneur Club   If you have what it takes you can apply to share your story on air. CLICK HERE    

Meet this week's awesome studentpreneur: James Jordan, 25 y.o.,  Business student at the University of Technology Sydney and  founder of Danny Burrito, Bondi Beach,  Australia. Great example of someone with a background in Arts (major in photography) who decides to build his own business. Interestingly James Jordan went back to Uni against the advice of his mentor who was telling him to just get started! However, it looks like that he managed to leverage all his diverse experience for his latest venture, Danny Burrito: On demand food under 15 minutes. James launched his business in the famous tourist spot of Bondi Beach. Now James needs need students in business development and tech. Contact him at James@burrito.com Quotes: 'I have always looked at different ways to make money.' 'My business mentor said: don't start a degree, start a business.' 'I had to ett rid of social life, something gotta give'. I love listening to Podcasts because you can do 2 things at the same time.' I have interned with a startup called Disrupt who went into an accelerator. Gary, the founder, offered me to be a mentor. I felt uncomfortable with investors ... I crowdfunded my business: pre-selling burritos. Books, Podcasts, and Blogs: Podcast: The Tim Ferriss Show Podcast: This Week in Startups Podcast: This Week in Startups Australia Audiobook: The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk! by Al Ries and Jack Trout  Audiobook: The Art of War by Sun Tzu U2U (Uni to support you): Need to be supported by the University to be in front of industry leaders like dominos. Getting  introductions would be fantastic! Links: GADDIE PITCH Website: DannyBurrito.com Twitter: @Danny_burrito Facebook  If you have what it takes you can apply to share your story on air. CLICK HERE      

Meet this week's awesome studentpreneur: Harry Sanders, 18 y.o.,  High School student at University High School and  founder of StudioHawk in Melbourne, Australia. In Year 9  Harry got the opportunity to do a different curriculum for a term. From that experience he landed an internship at 15 and then a year later decided to go on his own. To find customers he had to be inventive. He started doing mock-ups of websites based on logos of companies, and showed them to the business owners.... and it worked very well. Now at 18 Harry has just finished high school, keep an eye on this young studentpreneur. Quotes:  50% of SMEs don't have a website. There is always a cheaper alternative to the professional tools for SEO. I started at 16,  so I need to prove myself to them. In terms of design for a website, there is a lot in the logo. Who is information on a website. Dont' send an email without a proper name ABN lookup  or Whois. I learnt by trial and error. I get paid for something I enjoy. The start was the hardest. Don't expect to be making 6 figures. Set a goal. Perseverance is essential  but know when it's not working. Books, Podcasts, and Blogs: Reddit subreddit on entrepreneurs. https://www.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur/  Book: Contagious: Why Things Catch On by Jonah Berger Podcast: Webagency. - SEO... U2U (Uni to support you): University should get more people to give talks. Links: Twitter: @StudioHawk Facebook URL: StudioHawk Website:  StudioHawk.com.au  If you have what it takes you can apply to share your story on air. CLICK HERE    

Meet this week's awesome studentpreneur: Brent Comstock, 20 y.o.,  undergraduate student in Business Administration at University of North Carolina and  founder of Bcomm Solution LLC in Nebraska, USA. Brent grew up in a small town in Nebraska. In High School Brent decided to focus on rural communities and developed digital branding for rural grassroots businesses. The business was changed from an  IT to a digital business. It was always technology focused but he pivoted a few times. He now has over 500 clients. Quotes: ·       Educating people is 10 times better than selling ·        If you have any doubt now then it is not the right time for you, go and educate yourself or change it with mentoring and coaching ·       There are very few people in the world that 100% comfortably jumped, they have been groomed ·       Reach out to people in the industry at startup weekends and startup events ·       The startup world is just as much a community as it is your own individual idea. Keep reaching out. ·       Being a great CEO and great student doesn't exist. You have to compromise. I was an exceptional student in high school and an ok CEO. ·       Immerse yourself in a hard skill. Don't get a degree in business unless it's of interest to you ·       Leverage university: they are a hotbed for innovation and creativity ·       Be with other people like-minded people, ·       College is an opportunity to fail: you have 4 summers to try and fail without having to put it on your resume. ·       Mentors are the most important people to help you but you need to have a 2-way conversation.  Just ask them to be your mentors. If they don't want to be then ask them who they think would be good for me. Need more than one mentor. ·       Go do something, stop thinking, do! Make a list of things that you will do in the next days to build a momentum The world of business doesn't happen that fast. Skills developed: ·       Saying ABC- there are right and wrong clients ·       Deciding to be all in/making sacrifices ·       Being brutally honest Books, Podcasts, and Blogs: ·       Blog:  One count 2 stop lights: http://brentcomstock.me/ U2U (Uni to support you): ·       Spending more time doing the trial and error thing than the textbook thing. Classroom not in classroom, teacher should be a guide. Links: email:brent@bcomonline.com Twitter:   @brentcomstock Website: BComOnline.com Facebook Page If you have what it takes you can apply to share your story on air. CLICK HERE            

Meet this week's awesome studentpreneur: Joseph Kekulawela, 28 y.o.,  Master student in Psychiatry at Melbourne University and  his co-founder Aksha Akin from FirstStep in Melbourne, Australia. Joseph and his co-founders realised that 87% of young Australians don't own share whereas the Australian market has been returning 8% on average. They created FirstStep to allow teenagers and young adults to save their virtual loose change and invest it directly on the stock market for hopefully a return of 6/7%. Quotes: Look out for University accelerator programs, they are the greatest support We learned from the other teams at the accelerator programs Balance: you need to be very focused and conscious of what needs to be done (prioritisation) University students volunteers can be used as a free sales force. Sydney Incubate program, the greatest support: 14-week program. A total of 48 startups over 6 classes. Access to mentors. Learning from workshops: user testing days, very useful. Tools:  Slack Trello Google Hangouts U2U (Uni to support you): Get industry leaders to come to speak and promote the entrepreneurial mindset. Mentoring opportunity, having workshops about startups. Links: email:  hello@getfirststep.com Twitter:   @getfirststep Website: GetFirststep.com Facebook Page Sydney Incubate If you have what it takes you can apply to share your story on air. CLICK HERE  

 Meet this week's awesome studentpreneur: Marko Rados, 26 y.o.,  Master student in Electrical Engineering and Computing at the University of Zagreb and entrepreneur at iFlight in Croatia. Marko and his co-funder and best friend Mario created Mario created iFlight to help airline pilots manage their busy schedule. While at University Marko travelled a lot and had a passion for aviation. It helped that his cousin was a pilot. On day he had a lecture on research on fatigue and that was his trigger. He decided to build project for a subject at Uni,  academics provided health devices and Professors helped. The end of subject was a  turning point: 2 team members dropped but Mario & Markos decided to continue it for their thesis.They started entering competitions such as compApp which forced them to think in a business way. They had to pitch in front of 400 people without experience and ... it didn't work! They applied to the University Startup World Cup competition where they met teams from around the world and the advanced startup community in Denmark. It was an amazing experience that helped them realised they were not crazy, there are other motivated people like them! When they came back a big Croatian company that sponsors the faculty wanted to meet. They negotiated for three months a partnership. Marko and Mario are now graduating and will continue iFlight with this partnership. Books & Podcast:  ReWork: Change the Way You Work Forever by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson . U2U (Uni to support you): University needs to understand studentpreneurs We need more competitions. We need co-working space Links: Website: Aerofer.com University Startup World Cup: website and Facebook LinkedIn If you have what it takes you can apply to share your story on air. CLICK HERE      

Meet this week's awesome studentpreneur: Alex Sumsky, Business student at the University of Sydney and entrepreneur at Forever Network in Australia.  Alex started at 16 with a couple of friends. He had a passion for sport and liked to whoah people. He started to entertain  friends and then got into a network effect. Spending time one-on-ones was his best  market research. His venture stayed a hobby for a year and then turned into a business because of traction! It grew quick: 5,000 fans is the mark when your facebook page will start growing exponentially. At 18 he tried to monetise his 600k fans. He received  job offers straight from high school because of his business and then found. Alex got people from his job to follow them. He started in the US and then stopped and rebooted. Here are a few of his insights: 'Everyone's mistake: monetise too early but since I was a student living at home I didn't need to monetise. The longer you can postpone to monetise your fans, the stronger your relationship with them.' 'I struggled with time management and I would lose track of studies.' 'Incubate was the best decision. connected with so many people.' 'I have decided to work only with people who have failed.' Strategies: 'You always have more time when you schedule - stay committed to deadlines.' 'I love to read.' 'I am the least talented person on the team.' Books & Podcast:  How to win friends and influence people by Dale Carnegie. Podcast of sportswriters: Grant Land. U2U (Uni to support you): More focus on case study. Create opportunities to compete. Links: Twitter:   @bballforeverfb Website: BasketballForever.com Emails: info@forever.com and alex@forever.com Facebook Sydney Incubate program: http://incubate.org.au/ LinkedIn If you have what it takes you can apply to share your story on air. CLICK HERE

Meet this week's studentpreneur Loic Pedras, 32 y.o., PhD Candidate at the University of Coimbra, Portugal and co-founder at SportImpact, Switzerland. SportImpact is a social enterprise that tries to use the power of sport to develop local communities. it allows to carry messages of environment health, social skilss and peace Quotes: We also work with the Olympic Committee We started a Pilot Project in East Timor I was doing a little bit of both, I didn't want to let it go but it comes a time when the workload in both is raising. I do think you are more productive when you focus on one thing    Links: LinkedIn If you have what it takes you can apply to share your story on air. CLICK HERE  

Meet this week's studentpreneur Andre Fisher, 19 y.o., Marketing student at University of Queensland and founder at AJF Media, Brisbane Australia. Links: Facebook Website: www.AJFmedia.com.au ; contactandre.weebly.com LinkedIn If you have what it takes you can apply to share your story on air. CLICK HERE    

Meet Colin Kinner who wrote for the Chief Scientist the Boosting High Impact Entrepreneurship in Australia report - A role for Universities Colin ran incubators and worked in commercialisation at universities. He is now a consultant with deep knowledge of startup best practice and hands-on experience in its implementation. He provides strategic advice to organisations that support startups – including incubators, investors and government agencies. He recently wrote the report Boosting High-Impact Entrepreneurship in Australia that was released by the Office of the Chief Scientist in Australia. In this episode Colin shares all the best practices from the report. Full report and a two-page summary. Here are a few of his insights: We need role model like Atlassian. We downplay how successful we are in Australia. 'At University of Sydney the Technology Venture Course was delivered for a few years  by Matt Barrie, the CEO of freelancer.com and that was an awesome course.' 'Some important skills needs to be learnt in class so the mentors don't have to explain them during 1 on 1s: cash flows, customer acquisition, capital raising, 'At a simplistic level business plans are largely a waste of time (...) it's just writing fiction. I'd much rather see a lean canvas.'   'Incubators are a no brainer, we need more of those. For instance, the University of Melbourne incubator is very well ran.' 'Multi disciplinary team are really important. One of the challenges in Australia is that we see startups founded with people with no technical skill, you need your hacker then you need your hustler and hipster.' 'There has never been a better time to be an entrepreneur event though it's never going to be an easy journey.' Books: - Running Lean: Iterate from plan A to a plan that works by Ash Maurya - Paul Graham's essays, founder of Y combinator Links: Twitter: @ColinKinner Website: SpikeInnovation.com.au LinkedIn If you have what it takes you can apply to share your story on air. CLICK HERE

Meet this week's studentpreneur Astrid Jonelynas, 20 y.o., who went to visit the Silicon Valley with the Startup Catalyst programme. Astrid is  a Mechatronics Engineering Student at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia. In the ecosystem supporting studentpreneurs, there is one element that we haven't talked about yet but is starting to become mainstream: a trip to visit startups. Of course the top of the top is to get to go to the Silicon Valley and visit some of the famous startups. That's what Astrid got a chance to do! She initially started her first venture in a hackathon. After a few months, it went sour. She then heard of the Startup Catalyst program, an annual mission to Silicon Valley for twenty young people who have the potential to be Australia’s next batch of globally successful tech entrepreneurs. She got selected and went to San Francisco. Here are a few of her insights: Australian are humble whereas Americans are very proud of their accomplishment. People are people over there, they are not super stars. The main difference is the support for entrepreneurship Main advantage of being a studentpreneur  Links: Twitter: @ajonelynas Startup Catalyst programme: StartupCatalyst.com.au Astrid's blog on the trip: AstridJonelynas.com LinkedIn If you have what it takes you can apply to share your story on air. CLICK HERE

Meet the organisers of the Global Youth Entrepreneurship Conference: Angela a University of Queensland alumni, Jo 21 y.o. International Business  and Tourism & Hospitality student, and Adi, 22 y.o., Commerce and Accounting student at the University of Queensland, Brisbane. GIYC, a conference for studentpreneurs GIYC brings 100+ worldwide students from a diverse range of backgrounds to Brisbane, who share the common interest of innovation, technology and entrepreneurship. These international delegates are from a range of prestigious universities whom we have partnered with, including Oxford University, National University of Singapore, the University of Tokyo, Aalto University, Hanken School of Economics, Peking University, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, National Central University of Taiwan and more. Domestic students with an IT or business background will also be present, creating invaluable global networking opportunities, both professionally and socially. Students will also enjoy the fantastic Australian Summer, along with beaches, BBQs, petting a koala or even feed a kangaroo.   Apply online at GlobalInnovativeYouth.com/ Cost: $650 (accommodation, food and local transport) Date: Opening day on the 11/01/2016 and Hackathon on 15/01/2016 Links: Twitter: @GIYC2016 Facebook: GIYC2016 Website: GlobalInnovativeYouth.com/ Instagram: GIYC2016 If you have what it takes you can apply to share your story on air. CLICK HERE  

Meet this week's awesome studentpreneur: Giorgio Doueihi, 19 y.o., psychology student at Sydney University and co-founder at Fluid Education in Australia. Wrap up: We all had got our school pushing new systems or apps on us that no one used but what did we do about? Giorgio decided at 16 to build his on app, that would meet his own requirements. He had self-taught coding at 13 by going on online forum, posting problems online.He found out that other students had the same requirements and did not like the school app. The school realised that the students were more engaged  with Giorgio app than the one they had purchased, so they decided to adopt Giorgio's app and even paid him! It's a couple of years later that Giorgio and his co-funder kickstarted the business by being part of the Sydney Incubate accelerator program. He then went on top pitch at other programs to get in, such as Fishburners and Muru-D   Book and Podcast -Book: Better habits - Podcast: 'How to start a startups' by Ycombinator.  U2U (University to support You): -Be more open minded about extension on work. -Funding entrepreneurs at Uni Quotes:  - 'You are never too young to start a company or have an idea. I started when I was 16.' - 'Try to find problem in your own life you can try to solve because you have more expertise' - 'Coding is not that hard, set aside a couple of hours, go online and start small' Links: Twitter: @giorgiodoueihi Facebook: Facebook.com/fluideducation LinkedIn: Giorgio

Meet this week's awesome studentpreneur: Patrick Henry, 27 y.o., postgraduate Law student at the University of Copenhagen and co-founder at Sensohive in Denmark.   Wrap up: Patrick wasn't born knowing exactly his passion and what he wanted to do in like! Like a lot of us he discovered his passion after High School. At Uni, he  was elected to run the student association with much competition and was thrown in the deep end but he got experience to run an organisation. From that experience, he tried to start different businesses before he got onto something with Sensohive. He picked robot engineers students as co-founders and bootstrapped with a lot of failures on the way. His biggest learning was to accept that you will fail again and again but that you have to learn from the failures methodically. Patrick is always looking for constructive criticism, even though I didn't like to be criticised. That's how he picks his mentors. Finally, Patrick shares the incredible experience he had in being involved with 50 studentpreneurs from around the world at the University Startup Worldcup competition. Quotes: - 'Check how big the entrance barrier is' - 'After High School I didn't know my passion but sometimes that's what leads to the best thing' - 'I owned nothing of the businesses I worked for, I wanted to own something, that's why I started Sensohive' - 'We all do things that are outside our education [in our business]' - 'I chose the mentor who gave me the most constructive feedback and a pitching competition' - 'Get to pitch as many times a possible' - 'The biggest failure come from people who are not motivated all the way through' - 'If you can't sell it, you can't beep doing what you love.' - 'Read outside your comfort zone.' - I practice pitching everywhere, even in front of my class’  Balance: - 'Sometimes I do manage and sometimes I don't. There is no way around it, you have to make compromises. Remember that grades are not everything.  Books Podcast, and Blog: - Alex Ferguson: My Autobiography by Alex Ferguson - The Advanced selling podcast - Richard Branson's blog on virgin .com  U2U: - Expand entrepreneurial project from developing ideas to supporting the actual running of a business.  Links: - Sensohive.com - Sensohive on Facebook - LinkedIn: Patrick Henry     If you have what it takes you can apply to share your story on air. CLICK HERE  

Meet this week's awesome studentpreneur: Matthew Childs, 22 y.o., undergraduate Business  and Civil Engineer student at the University of Technology Sydney and entrepreneur at Wine Stash in Australia. Wrap up: Matthew started on eBay in High School with books, making 700% profit margin sometimes and learning how to handle customer complaints. He leveraged all these good feedbacks and reviews when launching Wine Stash. He saw an opportunity while working in his family's bottle shop. Customers were asking for wine racks and they couldn't find any at a good price. After careful research, he took a risk and ordered a full container of wine racks! He moved on to becoming a part-time student and then put Uni on hold for a semester to try to automate his business. Matthew joined his university co-sharing space, the Hatchery. That got him introduced to Fishburners, the largest co-sharing space in Australia. A lot of people have told him that he should get a mentor, but he hasn't found one yet. If you know his ideal mentor, contact Matthew.   Quotes: - 'On eBay sell the hardcover books or books that look relatively new, sell with free shipping at fixed price.' - 'I went through a lot of suppliers on Ali Baba until I found the right one.' - 'On eBay people don't look for accounts but for great product pictures.' - 'Now I can easily justify the big expense of having professional.' - 'When I bought my first container with my own money a lot of people called me crazy!' - 'I learned to accept fate and move on when things didn't work out, I try to be lean.' - 'It's finding and targetting that little niche that no one thought of that makes you money.' - 'Most of the people at Fishburners (co-sharing space) are surprised that I am still studying!' - 'You have got to accept failure and go on.' - 'There are a lot of risks but the risks equal the rewards.'   Tips: - Use Fiverr.com to get good photoshops at the beginning of your business - Do your market research on what sells and doesn't sell on eBay by using the "sold" option in the filter.   U2U (Managing Uni and the Business): - I went part time and later on deferred one semester to focus on the business. - I learned a lot in my Business and Civil Engineering for my business, especially the process of learning information. Blogs and websites: - Entrepreneur.com - Startupsmart.com.au   U2U (Uni to support you): - 'The Hatchery (co-sharing space at UTS) is  a good start but a lot more can be done.' - We need to connect students from different faculties a lot better: students with ideas, students with coding skills,... - First identify students with ideas and then  help them to develop their ideas.   Links: - Wine Stash: WineStash.com.au - The Hatchery at UTS - Fishburners  - LinkedIn: Matthew   If you have what it takes you can apply to share your story on air. CLICK HERE

Meet this week's awesome studentpreneur: Racheal Rose-Rehardt, 21 y.o., undergraduate Business student at the University of the Sunshine Coast and running the Redcliffe hive co-sharing space in Australia. Wrap up: Racheal has a slightly different profiled than the usual studentpreneurs. After running a couple of businesses, including a restaurant, she is now running a co-sharing space and supporting entrepreneurs while studying herself. She is also the winner of the 2015 SC Startup Weekend and shares her experience on there, basically that  when you are there you end up doing things that you thought  you were not capable of. Great inspiration! Check out when the next hackathon, weekend comp, startup weekend is on around you! U2U (Uni to support you): - 'Give us [academic and admin staff] a little of support when we need it, like an extension or liste ning to us'. How do you learn?: - 'I learn by doing, just go for it.' Quotes: - 'My entrepreneurship lecturer turned into an ideal mentor for me within  30 minutes' - 'I realised that maybe I am just obsessed with startups' - 'Since meeting my lecturer, everything has been put into perspective' - 'My entrepreneurship lecturer put me on the path to help startups' - 'On startup weekend: 'What you do in 54 hours is craziness' - 'On startup weekend: You just do what you think you couldn't do' - 'I just want to be there for them to tell them it's ok.' - 'Learn from experience and don't take yourself too seriously, don't let fear takeover.'   Links: - Redcliffe Hive: moretonbay.qld.gov.au/redcliffehive/ - Sunshine Coast Startup Weekend FB: Facebook.com/SWSunshineCoast/ - Startup Weekend: Startupweekend.org - Racheal's FB page: Facebook.com/rachealrose  -LinkedIn: Racheal   If you have what it takes you can apply to share your story on air. CLICK HERE

Meet this week's awesome studentpreneur: Sam McDonnell, 21 y.o., Industrial Design undergraduate at University of Technology Sydney and co-founder at Construction Cloud in Australia. His co-founders Hartley Pike and Jan L. Schroeder  Wrap up: What happens when engineering students get together with industrial design students? Construction Cloud, the Instagram for construction companies. Sam is the creative of the team and shows that you need a diverse team to tackle a problem. Nothing fell in his lap, instead he jumped at every opportunity, and engaged in plenty of creative competitions. For him there are a lot similarities between being an industrial design student and being an entrepreneur. Also universities offer a lot of opportunities for students but you have to be hungry: he joined the pre-incubator program of his university, the Hatchery, participated in multiple business plan competitions including startup weekend (Project Pitch) and even got sponsored with his co-founders Hartley Pike and Jan L. Schroeder to attend a global student entrepreneur competition,The University Startup World Cup in Denmark where they won a 12-month mentorship. Podcasts: - Ted Talks audio podcast  - Entrepreneurship oriented podcasts - The Rich Roll podcast Quotes: -"For us university is the central hub, it offers everything we need." -"Take with a grain of salt the advice you hear." -"Don’t be afraid to ask anyone for help." -“If you want to get into student entrepreneurship there are a few paradigms you need to break: the first is thinking that the work is 9 to 5."  -"Learning from University Startup World Cup: 100 startups have the same idea as you." Book: - Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand Links: - University World Cup competition: UniversityWorldCup.com - List of student competitions: StudentCompetitions.com  -LinkedIn: Sam, Jan, and Hartley If you have what it takes you can apply to share your story on air. CLICK HERE

Meet this week awesome studentpreneur: Nick Hampson, 21 yo, Music undergraduate at Oxford University and Entrepreneurs at Elixa and Vulture Sessions in England. He is a great example that entrepreneurs are not just engineering, IT or Business faculties but they also come from the Art faculty.   Contact Nick to set up the Vulture Session in your university: nicholas.hampson@new.ox.ac.uk  Quotes: - I have project ADD. - I do everything I can every time. - Creativity comes in many ways/shapes -“We stumbled upon something that was untouched” - I believe in the mantra that “if you want something done, ask someone who is busy.” - I will leave Oxford a very different person because of my entrepreneurial experience - I have the mindset that I can do anything - You may have to pivot, but unless you give up there is no failure as an entrepreneur Balancing business and studies - In balancing both aspects of life the important thing is not to waste time. U2U (What could University do to support you) - There are no system in place for funding ventures, there should be one. Links: -Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/?q=#/TheVultureSessions?ref=ts&fref=ts -Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSavEQuni8KU1KAQvvVz4nA  - Email: nicholas.hampson@new.ox.ac.uk - Website: http://elixa-app.co.uk/ -LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/ If you have what it takes you can apply to share your story on air. CLICK HERE  

Help Gideon: Try out www.monetise.com.au and send your feedback to Gideon.silverman@monetise.com.au ------------------------------------------------- In this age of job instability, disrupting technologies and the prospect that we will have a portfolio of jobs being a student entrepreneur is the best way to be prepared. Gideon is a great example; in this episode he shares how he started a shoe import business at uni then worked at a top consulting firm then back to uni and starting a new business in the silicon valley. It’s not about being an employee or an entrepreneur but running the startup of you to quote Reid Hoffman.   Check out the latest episode on StudenPreneurPodcast.com   Meet this week awesome studentpreneur: Gideon Silverman, 30 yo, Australian MBA Student a Stanford University and Entrepreneur at Monetise. He sold his first business at Uni to a charity that he was working with, and a great outcome is that that business is being used to teach some business skills yo young Australians (Check Gideon.com.au). Gideon went from selling shoes at the market while at Uni, to be a consultant at McKinsey and finally to a set up a finance startup while at Stanford, triggered by helping his mother to do her finance. He operated by instincts in his first business at Uni, then honed then into business judgements at McKinsey, judgement built on experience. Quotes: - With physical products, you have margin and profit from day one. - If there is one skill that served me well in my entrepreneurial career it's accounting, it’s a critical skill.  Balancing business and studies - Be very rigorous in managing your personal calendar, schedule everything. - Have a mobile office: use “dead time” while travelling to work. - Make sure you have your release valve: e.g. exercise and yoga  Tips: - To find contact: personal emails, 9/10 will respond. - Experience failure as learning otherwise it will become too personal - Whatever idea you have in mind: take the first step!  U2U (What could University do to support you) - Cooperative programs, usually done with big corporation could be tailored to startups. - Universities could create something like a venture capital fund to provide capital to the most promising Studentpreneurs. This way instead of getting a job could follow their dream. - Great entrepreneurs could become teaching faculty at University to share their experience. The same way it’s done at Stanford.  If you enjoy the episode, hit subscribe on your podcast player or Studentpreneur.com.au

Meet this week awesome studentpreneurs: Owen Yang, 22  years old, who just finished a Commerce degree Business and Arts at the University of New South Wales (USNW) and is currently running Activ Pass. He was listed as one of Smart Company's top 30 Under 30 Entrepreneurs for 2014. Owen's company:  Gowning Street is attempting to disrupt the University Graduation gown rental model. Rather than paying $80-$100 to rent your gown (Might as well rent a BMW at the same rate), you can own your gown for $69.   www.gowningstreet.com.au   Sets available for:  - USyd, Newcastle Uni, Southern Cross Uni, Melbourne Uni, RMIT, Victoria Uni, UTAS, Adelaide Uni, UniSA, QUT, UQ, USQ. Wrap up: Each studentpreneurs' story is different and what works for some people doesn't for others, however, I'd like to point out of few things in Owen's journey that are quite exciting:He saw an opportunity when he ran into the pain point of signing up for a special training for an entrance test, that's when he realised he could make money through services. He then also applied the concept of the four hour week to his university curriculum: it's about beating the game: pick the easy subjects first, get to know people from the previous year, go to 2 tutorials and not the lecture.... Owen also explained very well how to use the R&D money back system in Australia for any innovative apps, that's one of his current business where he hopes to reach a 7 figure turnover within 6 months! Finally, he highlights the importance of good co-funders as they decided to start a new business, Activ Pass, different from the previous one but since they knew and trusted each other they were able to start it quickly, ahead of the competition.On another note, Owen runs another business  called Gowning Street where he lowers the costs of graduating, by selling academic gowns for as little as $45-$79. when  rental at most unis is at least $75. Visit www.gowningstreet.com.au Book recommended: The 4 hour week.If you have what it takes you can apply to share your story on air: http://studentpreneur.com.au/

Meet this week awesome studentpreneur: Josh Doering, 20 years old, Student in Business at Morningside College and entrepreneur at Seed Slide in Iowa. For more info StudentPreneurPodcast.com Wrap:Each studentpreneur's story is different and what works for some people doesn't for others, however I'd like to point out of few things in Josh 's journey that are similar to the studentpreneurs I have interviewed: Josh saw an opportunity through his dad’s business and he leveraged his dad’s connections. He paired up with an experienced partner, which can be a good thing. Josh understands the power of his student card and leverages it to the maximum for not just discount but reaching out to experienced entrepreneurs. He is another great example that Startup Weekend like competitions are a great trigger, so apply to one! Finally he maximizes his passion: he is a student athlete, student entrepreneur and VP of the entrepreneurship club. Are you still complaining because you are a busy student? Tips: - Learn to network, don’t be afraid- Attend a Startup Weekend- Use your student card to your benefit- Never Give Up U to support U: Get entrepreneurs in the classrooms to share their experience and become mentors. Quote: In my mind when a customer says No, it means Not Yet Links: Twitter: @Joshua_Doering Facebook URL: https://www.facebook.com/joshua.doering.5LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/josh-doering/85/13a/871 If you have what it takes you can apply to share your story on air: http://studentpreneur.com.au/pages/contact-form-guest/

Meet this week awesome studentpreneurs: Kelly Sturek 22 yo Business Student and Julianne Kopf 20 yo, Food Science Student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, co-founders of Bugeater Foods in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States.   For more go to StudentPreneurPodcast.com   Wrap Up: Each studentpreneur's story is different and what works for some people doesn't for others, however I'd like to point out of few things in Julianne and Kelly's journey that are similar to the studentpreneurs I have interviewed:   Kelly and Julianne got started in very different ways, for Julianne it was her passion and experience in working in the food product development lab. For Kelly, it was more the passion to get a startup business, his parents being business owners probably influenced himself but he tried a lot of ideas, competitions to finally find a niche and team, so never give up. Like him, reach out to other clubs or societies to find the co founder you need. He is so motivated that he declined the internship offer at Microsoft. In the end Julianne and Kelly are lucky that their lecturers/boss really helped them out. Don’t be scared to mention your venture to your boss, as Julianne did, it can be a real advantage. Finally, another great example of leveraging incubator. Go out there and pitch your idea to your closest incubator.   Podcasts: - Startup Podcast season 1 - Inside Outside Podcast   Tip: - Reach out to other clubs or societies to find the co founder you need   Books: -Lean Analytics - 22 laws in marketing   Uni to support You: - Have people in charge more welcoming to entrepreneurial mindset - Foster collaboration with students from various faculties   Quote:  If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late.- Reid Hoffman   Links: email: kelly@bugeaterfoods.com  Twitter: @bugeaterfoods  Facebook URL: https://www.facebook.com/BugeaterLabs?ref=bookmarks Website: http://www.bugeaterfoods.com/   If you have what it takes you can apply to share your story on air: http://studentpreneur.com.au/pages/contact-form-guest/  

Lachlan shares with us how he sold his sport clinic business in high school and moved to an innovation centre to start a new business. Sounds pretty good.   Wrap up:   Lochie  started quite early, motivated by his passion for sport and the need for cash. He was lucky enough to have his former PA instructor as a mentor and quickly understood the need to remove his liability for looking after kids. He reached out to his dad’s friend who was a lawyer to draft the contract to sell his business before moving interstates keeping an option to open a similar one. The idea for his new venture came from talking to his dad! He recognised pain points that he experienced himself and decided to buy the domain name. At only 18 he realised the value in having a desk in an innovation centre: mentors, entrepreneur in residence and a framework. Lochie has learned a lot at only 18, now it’s your time to get started.   Tips: -Enrol early at uni so you can have the best timetable that leave you free days to work.   -Learn by trial and error but for business decisions ask experienced entrepreneurs  Quote: I apply my bio medical science thinking to my business, it works great for me. U support U: - Get students paired with businesses at the local innovation centre/incubator - Foster the collaboration between IT and Business students by running courses together, even an assignement to build a business together  Links: -Facebook  -Website: www.findasubbie.com.au -LinkedIn     If you have what it takes you can apply to share your story on air: http://studentpreneur.com.au/pages/contact-form-guest/

In this episode Mary Liu tells us all about her job at the Student Entrepreneur Development unit of the University of NSW, Sydney. That's right, a team at university dedicated to helping Studentpreneurs!   Wrap up:  Mary explains how the Student Entrepreneur Development team helps student entrepreneur by offering mentorship, access to lawyers, and connection to potential investors, all for free! They reach out to aspiring Studentpreneurs through presentations at lectures, organising events such as hackathon, and social media. Some of their success stories include Forcite helmet system and baby cups from Viriya Chittasy   Discover the whole team here: http://www.innovations.unsw.edu.au/   Check out: Forcite helmet system http://forcite.com.au/ and http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/wearables/australian-smart-ski-helmet-attracts-global-interest-20150302-13snly.html   If you have what it takes you can apply to share your story on air: http://studentpreneur.com.au/pages/contact-form-guest/  

Meet this week awesome studentpreneur: Nkosana H Mafico, 20 years old, Student in  Business Management at University of Queensland and entrepreneur at Shandar Entreprise in Brisbane, Australia.   Wrap up: Nkosana realised early on that high school is a unique market where customers cannot leave for 6 hours and took advantage of it. The fact that his parents did not give him much pocket money was a motivation  for starting his gardening business. Interestingly in his first year at University he followed the voices from the other mindset: be a good student and wait to graduate to start your busines. It was the realisation that he couldn’t get a good internship because the conventional way of applying was not his strength that made him go back to being a Studentpreneur. His motivation was to build his own brand to be an interesting candidate. A business plan competition got him started again and led him to other opportunities with several accelerator programs such as iLab and Muru-D even though he had to invest his own money and study remotely.  Feel free to engage with Nkosana through his linkedin page on our shownotes at Studentpreneur.com.au.   Tips:  - As a student you have access to internet for free on all campuses in the world through Eduoram - Join accelerator programs to be with other entrepreneurs - Managing studies and business: It’s a matter of what your priorities are. - Use flipboard to curate your reading. - Reach out to potential mentors on LinkedIn (be interesting) - Each single minute counts, be very disciplined about what you do.   Uni to support you: -  Foster more collaborative work between various faculties   Book: -Rich Dad poor Dad   Quote:  -  “People say to drop out of uni to run your business but University is key part of where I got today: the people I met, the support I got, it’s very valuable”   Links:  Shanda Website: www.shandaenterprises.com LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/in/nkosanahmafico Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Nkosana-Mafico/100484893632229   If you have what it takes you can apply to share your story on air:  http://studentpreneur.com.au/pages/contact-form-guest/

In this episode I interview Steinar, the 2015 Global Student Entrepreneur of the Year. Check out what it takes…    Meet this week awesome studentpreneur: Steinar Henskes, 24 years old, Student in Business at University of Amsterdam and Entrepreneur at Bird Control Group, the Netherlands.   Wrap up: Each studentpreneur's story is different and what works for some people doesn't for others, however I'd like to point out of few things in Steiner's journey that are similar to the studentpreneurs I have interviewed: He may not have been an entrepreneur in high school but he was  an elite athlete which has a lot of similitudes of being an entrepreneur. He lets himself try his options by taking gap years. He applies entrepreneurial thinking to his decisions such as going to universities to “divert risk”. He realises that the university environment and the startup environment influences each other, it’s the essence of being a Studentpreneur! For him too, you can’t do everything by yourself, you have to surround yourself with fellow entrepreneurs, aka mentors. So, he learns by talking to fellow entrepreneurs but of course a lot by doing too.   Book:  - The lean Startup by Eric Ries - Venture deals by Brad Feld   Tips:  - Get a mentor - Get into an accelerator program at the idea stage, you will get the most out of it - In your pitch demonstrate the business is scalable and that you are capable of scaling it. - Make a 3 year (business) plan with your mentor - GET OUT OF YOUR OFFICE AND TALK TO OTHER ENTPREPRENEURS   Quote: Your first venture is essential to learn the basics of business and implement the lessons in the next one.   U support U:  Talk to people at Uni to get help in combining  both: study advisor, entrepreneurship program…Be aware of the special programs available. Studentpreneurs need to be recognised, to have a status like student athletes   Links:  LinkedIn: https://nl.linkedin.com/in/steinarhenskes Twitter: @SteinarFinn Company Twitter: @birdcontrolg Website: http://birdcontrolgroup.com/   If you have what it takes you can apply to share your story on air: http://studentpreneur.com.au/pages/contact-form-guest/

Meet the energetic Jordan Agolli, host of the Teenage Entrepreneur Podcast.   Wrap up: He started a couple of businesses in High School. Then he tried University and decided against every one else’s advice to leave University. He created his   podcast, which lead him to a lot of opportunities. From all the interviews that he did with almost 40 entrepreneurs what impresses him is that did not make any excuses. Nobody is perfect but they kept pushing. One of his tips is to find people who know what you don't and learn from them.    He stressed the importance of qualifying your mentors. Check what is the area of expertise of your mentor before taking her or his advice for gold. For more tips, check out his podcast, Teenage Entrepreneurs at http://www.teenpodcast.com/.   Contact Jordan at jordan@teenpodcast.com   If you have what it takes you can apply to share your story on air: http://studentpreneur.com.au/pages/contact-form-guest/ Links: Email:  jordan@teenpodcast.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/teenpodcast Website: http://www.teenpodcast.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/jordan-agolli/68/469/863 Quote:  You don’t have to be alone on your journey find a mentor to help you.

Meet this week awesome studentpreneur: Kishore Natarajan, 22 years old, Naval Architect student at IIT Madras and entrepreneur at HyperVerge, India.   Learn more about Kishore Natarajan on www.studentpreneur.com.au Wrap up: Each studentpreneur's story is different and what works for some people doesn't for others, however I'd like to point out of few things in Kishore's journey that are similar to the studentpreneurs I have talked to: Contrary to a lot of Studentpreneurs Kishore wasn’t entrepreneurial before University. However he joined with interest the extra curriculum activities offered by the student interest groups. This is how he discovered a new field of interest and new friends. He and his teammates built their confidence by winning international student competitions. Thanks to that confidence they all agreed to not take the jobs they were offered, and instead focus on their business. Kishore and his team have found their alumni network very supportive in their journey, and also some key professors. Check your alumni network and contact them for your business! Facebook: HyberVerge LinkedIn: Kishore Twitter: @hyperverge Website: hyperverge.co   If you have what it takes you can apply to share your story on air. CLICK HERE

Meet this week awesome studentpreneur: Marie Schneegans, 21 years old, Student in Financial Engineering and Applied Economics at Paris Dauphine University and Goethe University and entrepreneur with Never Eat Alone in France    Wrap up: Each studentpreneur's story is different and what works for some people doesn't for others, however I'd like to point out of few things in Marie's journey that are similar to the studentpreneurs I have interviewed: Instead of keeping her ideas secret, she tells everyone about her project and try to meet as many people as possible by inviting them for lunch.  She is in the mindset of “fake it until you make it” and that’s how she found a free place to run her project. She is opened to new adventures, new people: she got exposed to the Free Space concept while couch surfing in Cambodia and she won a seat in an incubation program Startuphouse in San Francisco by competing in Startup Bus hackaton . Finally Marie reminds us that it’s not always easy to be a student and an entrepreneur; there is no more free time to see her loved ones. The support from the people around her such as her mentor and her boyfriend is one answer but so is meditation. So give a go to meditation to help you with your mindfulness.  If you have a creative way to help Marie to manage her time post a comment on our FB page: facebook.com/thestudentpreneurpodcast.    The amazing  French “etudiant-entrepreneur” status (Studentpreneur) in bullet points: - Opportunity to run your own business instead of doing the compulsory 6 month internship. - Free mentor (potentially an alumni of your uni!). - Support network from a dedicated government organisation (PEPITE). - Time adjustment and flexibility for your studies - Same health cover has students - Any student in France can apply: http://www.pepite-france.fr/   Book: Zero to One from Peter Thiel   Tips:  - Have a lunch with someone you don’t know (check her Never Eat Alone app) - Be open to diversity in background and age - If you want it you can do it    Links:  Startuphouse: http://startuphouse.com/ Startupbus: https://startupbus.com/   If you have what it takes you can apply to share your story on air: http://studentpreneur.com.au/pages/contact-form-guest/ Quotes: "Meditation is a tool that helps me be more focused." "Be open with different types of people, try to communicate with everyone." "Fake it until you make it." "I have no money so I had to find a way without money."

Meet this week awesome studentpreneur: Taj Pabari 15 years old, high school student at John Paul College and entrepreneur at Fiftysix, Brisbane, Australia.  Wrap up: Each studentpreneur's story is different and what works for some people doesn't for others, however I'd like to point out of few things in Taj 's journey that are similar to the studentpreneurs I have talked to: Very early on, at the age of 11, Taj saw an opportunity in the blogging industry and was not scared to reach out to big manufacturers. He never lost that ability to reach out to people, which helped him for his other venture. Entrepreneurship competitions such as Startup Weekend helped him meet his next co-funder and increased his network of mentors and persons of interest. He took his networking to the next level when building up his Linkedin profile and met a lot of investors and people happy to help this way. Don’t forget that people love to help young entrepreneurs, so if you put yourself on Linkedin, they will be able to find you! His failure re: importing from China is a very common one, so be careful when doing it. Finally, Taj stresses the importance to be involved in competitions and entrepreneurship programs such as the Foundation of Young Australians, so do like Taj and contact http://www.fya.org.au/ if you are in Australia or find similar programs in your country. Feel free to send me the name of the programs you found and I’ll post them on the Studentpreneur.com.au website.   U to support U: Schools should have “Communication Path”, to help students learn how to communicate, how to do public speaking. Check Sir Ken Robinson’s TedX talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity?language=en   If you have what it takes you can apply to share your story on air: http://studentpreneur.com.au/pages/contact-form-guest/

Meet this week awesome studentpreneur: Elsa Shien, 30 years old,  student in Finance and Accounting at Queensland University of Technology in Australia  and entrepreneur at Shanghai Private Guide, China.    Learn more about Elsa Shien on www.studentpreneur.com.au   Wrap up: Each studentpreneur's story is different and what works for some people doesn't for others, however I'd like to point out of few things in Elsa's journey that are similar to the studentpreneurs I have talked to: Elsa built her fighting spirit through her difficult childhood in a little Chinese village without electricity and having to look after her siblings. She was the first of her family to go to University thanks to this fighint spirit. That spirit is mixed with curiosity which helped her take the "I have nothing to lose" concept to an all new level. Without speaking English she started  working in an English oriented business and soon started her own venture, Shanghai Private Guide against all odds. She went through a lot of ups and downs, and even through some soul searching travel after her first university. Her positive mindset helped up push on and now she is studying overseas without any help from her parents but herself and her team in Shanghai. Follow Elsa's advice, go travel to a developing country, spend some time there and you will have another perspective on the world.     Youtube:  - Shark Tank - Small Business videos   Tips: - Keep trying, as a student you have nothing to lose. - Keep asking questions to people who know and do not care about what other people think about you - Meditate through yoga! "Ask your heart what you really want with yourself" - Go spend some times in poor countries to help you gain focus in your life. Links:  - Facebook Page - Elsa's website: http://www.shanghaiprivateguide.com/

Meet this week awesome studentpreneur: Leo Lope Lofranco, 22 years old,  student in Biology at Ateneo de Manila and entrepreneur at Project Mercury, Philipines.   Wrap up:  Each studentpreneur's story is different and what works for some people doesn't for others, however I'd like to point out of few things in Leo Lope Franco's journey that are similar to the studentpreneurs I have talked to: Leo wasn't destined to be an entrepreneur, after all that's not what one does in the Philippines. Also, biology students are expected to go to Med school. Well, as you have realised, the supporting environment is essential: in Boston he tried a Startup Weekend which changed his mindset and perspective on the world. He learned that startups are multi disciplinary projects and that he had to learn new skills, such as coding. He benefitted a lot from events and from the GSEA competition. So get involved in such competition whatever field you are in and you might end up as a business owner down the track.   Tips: - Share with everyone, especially your professors, your idea in the infant stage for validation purposes. - Take advantage of free online courses (MOOCS) - Attend Startup Weekend and the Global Student Entrepreneur Award Learn more about Leo Lope Franco on www.studentpreneur.com.au  If you have what it takes you can apply to share your story on air: http://studentpreneur.com.au/pages/contact-form-guest/

Meet this week awesome studentpreneur: Samuelle Dimairho student in Accounting at the Online University of Oxford Brook, UK,  and entrepreneur at Aura Group in Zimbabwe. Each studentpreneur's story is different and what works for some people doesn't for others, however I'd like to point out of few things in Samuelle Dimairho's journey that are similar to the studentpreneurs I have talked to: He started 20 different ideas to to succeed a couple of times, he is another example of starting fast and failing fast. Also he has been a big reader from very early on, which is how he changed his mindset to become an entrepreneur. He listens to a lot of audiobook while commuting so no excuse if you don't have time to read books, you can listen to them. He started very early, at 14, doing internship from which he gained professional experience but also made a lot of connections, that's how he started his network. As always mentors play a great role in his entrepreneurship journey, he has several who have different areas of expertise. He met his first one at church, you never know where your first mentor will come from. Finally he really enjoyed the Global Student Entrepreneurship Award competition where he met likeminded studentpreneurs and mature entrepreneurs. So apply now at GSEA.org.    Book:  - Rich dad, poor dad (Robert Kiyosaki) - The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen Covey)   Tips: - Share with everyone, especially your professors, your idea in the infant stage for validation purposes. - Take advantage of free online courses (MOOCS) - Attend Startup Weekend the Global Student Entrepreneur Award

Meet this week awesome studentpreneur: Ulixes Hawili, 19  years old, student in Mathematics and Economics at the University of Tampa, Florida and representing the team Tembo Education Group, one of the 6 finalists of the Hult student entrepreneur competition.  Wrap up:  Each studentpreneur's story is different and what works for some people doesn't for others, however I'd like to point out of few things in Ulixes Hawili's journey that are similar to the studentpreneurs I studied in my research: Ulixes gives us a great example on how building a business can make the connection between what you learn in class, such as economics for him, and the real world: improving education in sub-Saharan regions of Africa. Once again mentors are enablers. Ulixes mentions a lot of professors as mentors and he reminds us all that professors are happy to help, especially if you put yourself out there, wanting to improve yourself. Finally, none of it would have been possible for Ulixes and his team if he hadn't attended that presentation about the Hult competition. So be curious and check out the non curriculum presentations and activities on campus!   If you have what it takes you can apply to share your story on  www.studentpreneur.com.au

Meet this week Troy D'Ambrosio, ex political student, successful serial entrepreneur and now Executive Director at Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, University of Utha, USA. Troy present the exciting new entrepreneurship hub, the Lassonde Studio where 400 studentpreneurs will be able to live, create, and study... with scholarships .    Wrap up:  We have talked with all our guests on how hard it can be to study and run a business at the same time. With the Lassonde Studio, a unique project, Troy  and the Lassonde Entrepreneurship Institute are removing ALL THE BARRIERS for studentpreneurs. On that campus not only you won't feel like you don't fit but you will be supported and encouraged to create, network, tinker and finish your degree. No longer will you have to work in your parents' garage, they provide an "innovation garage" on campus open 24/7, with housing, with all the cool toys (recording studios, 3d printers,....) for 400 studentpreneurs from all horizons and all ages. If that wasn't enought there are $3 million worth of scholarship available. I am amazed by this project, it's one of a kind in the world but I hope that other universities will be inspired. If you are in your last year of High School and in any year of undergrade and postgrade, go an apply now for a start in Fall 2016 (ie July). You can reach Troy on http://lassonde.utah.edu/. Go apply now and share this project with your own University.   If you have what it takes you can apply to share your story on air: www.studentpreneur.com.au