StartStuff.net

Welcome to Startstuff.net! This site is a place for people to share ideas about starting new ventures, both for profit and not for profit, religious and secular, large and small. We are about the sharing of ideas! Everyone has them, but few people act on them. Here at Startstuff.net, we hope that you will act on your ideas, share them with others, critique other's ideas and have your own ideas critiqued.

Our blog, is all about new startups. Please use the comment section to share your own ideas. If you have started something that you would like to see featured at startstuff.net, just send me an e-mail.

$100 Scholarship Contest!!

Startstuff.net is offering a college scholarship of $100. Here is what you have to do to get it. Send in a 300-500 word essay about something you have successfully started. If your essay is chosen as the winner, we send a check for $100 to your college*. Simple. By submitting your essay, you give Startstuff.net permission to publish it. We will of course credit you as the author. For crediting, we need your first name and the City or County and State you are from*. The deadline is January 15th. Send Essay to Burl Walker at burljoseph@yahoo.com with “Startstuff.net Scholarship Essay” in the subject line.

The winner will be decided on the basis of the following criteria:

1. The post that gets the most comments.

2. The post that gets the most facebook “Likes” and Google+ “Plusses”.

3. The one that most impresses the owners of Startstuff.net (Sorry that isn’t mathematical, but in the end, it is our money, so we make the final call.)

Good luck! We are looking forward to reading about all the incredible things that young people (or returning students) are doing and have done to make our world a better place!

*The winner will be notified by return e-mail to the address the essay was mailed from. Upon winning, you will need to supply your full name and the name of the college and address of College business office we will be sending the check to.

Stained Glass Theatre was a crazy idea. The plan was to put together a professional full time theatre using volunteer actors that would run full time, with six to seven week runs of shows and a year round schedule. Every show would have a theme that would include salvation through Jesus Christ and/or a strong Judeo-Christian moral. The founder Ron Boutwell, along with a bunch of college students brought the dream to reality when they decided to start stuff in Springfield, MO. They eventually moved the theatre to Ozark, Missouri when they outgrew the facilities in Sprinfield. Now there are two more locations that have followed the dream in Joplin and Jefferson City, MO. If you are in the area, it is definitely worth the ticket price to check them out!

Dave Eggers started a Store/Publishing Company/Tutoring Center called 826 Valencia. His startup is an awesome idea! The following video is incredible! Enjoy it and get inspired to start something great! After watching, check out his website.(http://onceuponaschool.org/) You might want to help him out or do something similar in your own city!