ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 17, 2011

I had lunch with one of my favorite Internet entrepreneurs today, Mark Sawyier , the CEO of Off Campus Media. The company provides college students with apartment listings near their schools, and what started out as an idea five years ago is now a multi-million dollar business. Don't be afraid to leave town to get more money.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 10, 2012

Mentoring startups has a lot of benefits: It gives something back to the community and helps other entrepreneurs avoid some of the mistakes that you've already made. And it's also a lot of fun to meet entrepreneurs who are so passionate about their business. College kids are customers who the company knows and understand.

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St. Louis Startup Community Audience 116

Campus Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 26, 2011

First a snippet from the post and then some comments: It is my observation that not bootstrapping and not validating their ideas with customers before going out to raise financing is one of the most common causes of the Infant Entrepreneur Mortality IEM disease. Louis University. This is so incorrect. Sramana Mitra.

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