Friday's Top Ways To Keep UP: Resume/Cover Letters and Top 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30

1. Today is Friday you aint got no job and you aint got sh@# to do. Wrong! You have to start looking for another option. I have attached a few links that might help you beat out your competition when it comes to looking for a job in this crazy job market.

Resume Cover Letter Tips

Cover Letter Samples

Resume Samples


2. This might motivate you to finally start making your business idea happen. Click on the link below and look at what these young people are doing: (but before you do...read some of the advice they give us)

Top 30 Entrepreneurs under 30

Here are a few tips that they give us:

"Ideas mean nothing if you don't follow up by taking real action. If you think you've got a great idea, go for it. Whether you're in a college dorm or in your basement, get out there and get your hands dirty."
-- Omar Soliman, College Hunks Hauling Junk

"If you plan to put in a year, it's going to take two. If you think it's going to take $100,000, it's going to take $200,000."
-- John Ready, Ready Seafood and Catch a Piece of Maine

"Don't get into a position where you feel comfortable. The biggest steps where we've seen our company grow have taken place when we've stepped out of the comfort zone. It's hard to do, but the second you get comfortable, you're in trouble."
-- Stephanie Goldman, Family Creations

"I had a million failed ideas, aborted ventures, and mediocre projects before WordPress happened. And since then, as well. Never stop experimenting."
-- Matt Mullenweg, WordPress and Automattic

"If you're going to do what everyone else is going to do, you aren't going to be successful."
-- Rob Van Etten, Brighton Cromwell


"Don't just look for a business because you want to start a business. Create a business that solves a problem in your own life. I always tell people that anytime you're irritated or annoyed with the way that anything is going in life, there's an opportunity for a business."
-- Aaron Patzer, Mint.com

"To have really good days, you have to have tough days. What ends up defining you as an entrepreneur is how you get through those challenges."
-- Chaim Indig, Phreesia

"Follow the path that most interest you and you will find a money-making opportunity -- if you work hard enough."
-- Keith Nothacker, KHN Solutions

"My biggest recipe for success is always focus on understanding what the problem is, who you are solving it for and how you're going to solve it. If you don't do that, then you won't have that sense of purpose and sense of direction."
-- Rahim Fazal, Involver

"It's very important to listen to all the advice you can get. We were a little arrogant when we first started out. But you have to balance your own ambition and confidence with sound advice from people who have real experience."
-- Aaron Levie, Box.net

"Get out there and try things out. Don't spend too much time coming up with the perfect plan because nothing ever really works according to plan."
-- Evan Roberts, Phreesia

"You have to put up a very tough exterior. So many people will tell you that your idea isn't good. But at the end of the day, you have to tell yourself that if they haven't shown exactly how it will fail, there's no reason to believe it can't succeed."
-- Claire Chambers, Journelle

"All of the criticism and the doubt motivated us more than anything. Just being the underdogs- that's what really motivated us."
-- Bobby Kim, The Hundreds

"Jump over the edge and take the risk earlier."
-- Vu Thai, Efficient Lighting