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Hey, Michael Dell did it! and so did Bill .... never mind, he dropped out.

• BizCamps - National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE)  Recommended

Start and Run Your Own Business

• The U.S. Business Adviser - "the one-stop electronic link to government for business" and Starting Your Business from the Small Business Administration
• Brett Kingstone, "The Student Entrepreneur's Guide" (Ten Speed Press 1990) (out of print)
• Jay Levinson, "555 Ways to Earn Extra Money: Revised for the '90s" (Henry Holt 1991)
• Starting and Running a Successful Newsletter or Magazine, by Cheryl Woodard (Nolo Press, 1997).  "Hands-on business book for magazine and newsletter publishers. It covers all the ins and outs of  raising startup money, finding skillful collaborators, choosing the right marketing strategies, building loyalty among readers and advertisers, and competing effectively against even the biggest adversaries." Recommended. This title is available for purchase in paperback
• see earning a living: your own business on LegalNews.Net

Scholarships, Fellowships and Grants

• Before paying money for help searching for scholarships, read this and the Scam Alert from Mark Kantrowitz and this warning from the Better Business Bureau.
• FastWeb - FREE scholarship searches of more than 180,000 scholarships. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
• Scholarship and Fellowship Databases - from Mark Kantrowitz
• The Prentice Hall Guide to Scholarships and Fellowships for Math and Science Students - by Mark Kantrowitz and Joann P. DiGennaro
• SavingForCollege.com
• Grant Information - from Mark Kantrowitz
• Student Guide

books

• "The A's and B's of Academic Scholarships 2000/2001," by Anna Leider, paperback (Octameron Associates 2000).

• "The Complete Scholarship Book," by FastWeb, paperback (Sourcebooks 2000). 

• "Don't Miss Out: The Ambitious Student's Guide to Financial Aid," by Anna Leider and Robert Leider, paperback (Octameron Associates 2000). "For more than 20 years, Don't Miss Out has been the most widely used, authoritative book available on financing a college education. Written from a consumer's point of view, this new edition presents everything students and their parents should know, listing hundreds of scholarship, grant and loan sources. Charts, tables, and easy worksheets guide students and parents through the financial maze."
  

• "Peterson's College Money Handbook 2001," paperback (Petersons Guides 2000). "The biggest source of college money is the colleges themselves, and the College Money Handbook is the book to turn to for finding out how much money each college awards its students every year."

• "Scholarships, Fellowships and Loans: A Guide to Education-Related Financial Aid Programs for Student and Professionals," by Valerie J. Webster (Editor), hardcover (Gale 2000). A serious book for serious money (> $200).

• "You Can Afford College 2001," Kaplan, paperback (Kaplan 2000).

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