Does it seem like everything has been done? Do you feel like you have no new ideas? Sometimes, being an entrepreneur isn’t about pushing the boundaries and re-tooling something new. Rather, when you hit a dead end why not try making something old new.

In LA, a new trend has become board games at bars; bingo is no longer just for summer camp. What old thing can you use and market in a different way? Perhaps SkipIt, Pong or plastic flowers. The opportunities are endless. Do you know someone who has used something old in a new and innovative way? Contact me and we will post their story on our blog!

I’m stealing this whole-sale from the Economist. I just found it fascinating and wondered what you were all thinking about the effect that environment has on your ability to develop entrepreneurial businesses in your countries!

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The New York Times published this article with Mr. Corbell, the author of a column called “The Biz Coach” that appears on the Web sites of an all-news radio and television station in Seattle. I thought it was so good I should reprint it his tip sheet…

To both fledgling entrepreneurs, Mr. Corbell has drawn up a tip sheet for increasing their online exposure. These are his main points:

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“The problem with starting a startup while you’re still in school is that there’s a built-in escape hatch. If you start a startup in the summer between your junior and senior year, it reads to everyone as a summer job. So if it goes nowhere, big deal; you return to school in the fall with all the other seniors; no one regards you as a failure, because your occupation is student, and you didn’t fail at that. Whereas if you start a startup just one year later, after you graduate, as long as you’re not accepted to grad school in the fall the startup reads to everyone as your occupation. You’re now a startup founder, so you have to do well at that.”

-Paul Graham

Thanks to our LinkedIn contact, Chris Carpinello.

YoungEntrepreneur.com is a blog devoted to doing exactly what the title suggests- promoting youth involvement in entrepreneurship. They do this in a variety of ways but the most interesting and resourceful post category falls under the heading Entrepreneur University. Here, they blog about lessons learned from famous and successful entrepreneurs; topics include networking tips, internet sales, securing repeat clientele, etc.

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Often times when someone says the word entrepreneur we think of small business or dot coms. But the world of entrepreneurship and innovation spans a much larger array of ventures. In a way, entrepreneurship knows no bounds. Yes, in today’s market many entrepreneurs are moving to the internet, selling their goods to billions of people across borders or simply starting the next great social network. But the next great entrepreneurs are not just web based, or are they young computer geniuses. The next generation of entrepreneur is also the extreme sports athlete. It’s the moto-x rider that not only takes his bike off fifty foot jumps but also runs a clothing company. Or the snowboarder that was tired of the up-tight hotels and created his own hotels made and run by snowboarders.

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