Depressed. Drifting. Unemployed. Four years ago, the prospects for Norwegian jewellery designer Cathrine Bysheim looked bleak. Now she’s running her own business and is about to crack Australia, thanks to the Prince’s Trust.
Bysheim moved to the UK from Norway when she was 19. She studied jewellery design at college in Kent and then moved to […]

 
Like most people, Scott Konke loves his iPod, and like most teenagers, he may be a little hard on it.
“It worked for a long time. I don’t know what happened — maybe I dropped it too many times. It just kind of shut down,” Konke told CBS4.
That’s when he found buymytronics.com, a year-old Web site […]

 
Bryan Kress has started three different enterprises and is still a year away from finishing college. The 22-year-old Southern Illinois University Edwardsville senior, who is majoring in economics and finance, and also is pursuing a degree in accounting, didn’t waiting for graduation before launching his own online social media consultation business. His newest venture, Business […]

Neasa Fitzpatrick from Colaiste Na Sceilige in Caherciveen in Co Kerry was named  the Young Entrepreneur of the Year last night.She won the competition with her business idea of a tutorial and mentoring service for Junior Cert and transition year students - Learn 2 Learn.
Judges for the awards included Aer Arann Chairman Padraig O’Ceidigh, Jacob […]

Getting a start in the heady world of pop music promotion can be a difficult nut to crack, but that didn’t stop Aaron Kirkhouse, 19, and Alex Darlington, 20, from giving it a shot.
At sixth-form college the pair found that they shared a dream to promote music and, before they were old enough to legally […]

Steve Miller was presented with the first annual Entrepreneur of the Year Award last night at Point Loma Nazarene University. After working for an entire school year on his project, The Cereal Company, he claimed a prize of $2,500 for his business plan.
The Cereal Company, which Steve wants to open up sometime within the next […]

 
What started out as a teenage hobby has transformed into an adult vocation for Rick Taylor, owner of Rick’s Powder Coating & Customs at 3487 Democrat.
The family-owned small business features powder coating, which Taylor promotes as more durable than wet paint. Once a surface is thoroughly cleaned and prepared, the powder is applied and baked […]

 
Fraser Doherty, now a student at University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland, always loved jam. When he was fourteen years old, he began making homemade jam using his Grandmother’s recipes, selling it to neighbors and church congregations. But Fraser realized that when consumed in large quantities, jam takes its toll. He decided to try and […]

 
The young chief executive could squeeze me in late in the day - right after the call with “60 Minutes.”
The guy juggles a busy schedule. There’s English, math, social studies, P.E. And hey, a guy’s got to find time to shoot a few hoops and torment his little sister.
Young, remember? Like 14 years old. Yep. […]

 
Company: OpenDNS
Funding: $2 million from Cnet (CNET) Founder Halsey Minor
Ulevich wants to change the way you call up Web sites. So his company, OpenDNS, has come up with what it considers a faster, smarter, and more secure method for translating requested URLs into corresponding sites. It helps companies guard against phishing schemes and bar employees […]