Cool down with summer refreshments. Smoothies are just one of many cool refreshments BYU students partake of to heat up their social lives while cooling down their body temperatures during the hot summer months in Provo.

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Two BYU students turn entrepreneur with new Web site. Richard Robbins, 26, a senior from Orem, majoring in business management, operates OuterSports.com with Darron Robbins, 25, from Saratoga Springs, Utah County. They sell outdoor equipment over the Internet.

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Business Program Provides Mentors for Competition. "I wish I would have had access to a mentor 20 years ago," said Jerry Nelson, a business program mentor. "I would have loved it, and I wouldn't have had to learn it all through the school of hard knocks."

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Chow down! J Dawgs hot dog stand, on the corner of Campus Drive and 700 East, sold 4,000 frankfurters this summer and the business is picking up steam.

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Berkley Walker created his peanut butter power bars in high school. Now a BYU student, he makes 250 "Berkley Bars" a week to sell in stores such as BYU's Twilight Zone.

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Johnson said her café is a place to get away to somewhere besides library, where you can still be functional while relaxing. She called it “safe relaxation.”
“Everybody wants to own something — couples have their song, people have their favorite color and their favorite band,” she said. “The same loyalty that helps identify a person applies to places, and Vermillion Skies is very own-able. It’s personable, intimate, gentle and you can bring pretty much anything you want to it without faking.”

24-hour de-café

In September 2004, the Center for Entrepreneurship conducted a survey and asked students who previously took part in the Mind Your Own Business scholarship program to give some feedback on what happened to their business since they participated. Here are some responses.

I am working for my company, Colorize Painting, full time now that I am graduated and I have anywhere from 15-30 employees at any given time. I actually sold part of my business to a Venture Capitalist who is acting as a partner. Together we are setting up offices in Arizona and Colorado. So by the springof 2005 we will be in three states and hope to have revenues exceeding 2 million dollars.

Isaac Burnside

I participated in the summer scholarship program in 2003. My company is ELITE Dance and Performing Arts Center, Inc. The experience was enlightening and encouraging. I took a list of questions to each interview and it was wonderful to receive information and answers from someone so experienced and so separated from the actual daily operations of the business.

My business is currently in it's 11th year. It continues to attract new customers and be successful. Due to the help and knowledge I received in the program at BYU, I have hired a new CPA and incorporated the company. The company is my full-time employment and in June I added a piano program to the programsof dance at the Studio. There is currently a waiting list of people that want to join the program.

Jedda Whetten

The business we were running was a glass chip repair business. We were able to sign some sizable accounts, obtain steady income and develop more efficient processes. Unfortunately our management skills were very vulnerable and we lost our large accounts in both Colorado with 20 locations and 5 locations between Oregon and St.George to the very people we signed contracts with. Our own clients turned into our competitors. What a great learning experience from the school of hard knocks. It is interesting that you emailed when you did because I personally am looking to begin a company similar to the one we began but from a different angle.

Tyler Kropf

Becky and I have been working a ton on the business the last few weeks. Before we moved, we had pretty much quit doing Benrik Watches. I actually had an offer to sell it, but didn't. Once we moved here (California), we finally got our catalog out, and stores response to our watches was a ton better than out in Utah. Plus there were a ton of stores. So we're now in two stores out here, our website is up with our new designs, we've contacted about 50 stores and sent them catalogs all over the west coast, and we're eating potatoes, rice and water for every meal!"

Kenric Russell