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“Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.”
–Miles Davis

Miles Dewey Davis III was born in Alton, Illinois, on May 25, 1926. There were also two other children, an older sister and a younger brother. In 1928 the family moved to St. Louis, Illinois, where Davis’s father became a successful oral surgeon. At the age of thirteen his father gave him a trumpet and soon Davis joined his high school band. While still in high school he met and was coached by his earliest idol, the great St. Louis trumpeter Clark

“During the years I was with Andy Kirk we starved almost. I remember not eating for practically a month several times. But we were very, very happy because the music was so interesting, and you forgot to eat, anyway.”

–Mary Lou Williams

Mary Lou Williams was born on May 10, 1910, in Atlanta, Georgia, as Mary Elfreda Winn. She never knew her father until she was in her twenties. Her mother drank and worked doing a lot of laundry to support the kids. Her mother also liked to play the reed organ and kept Mary there while she

For some, diplomas are (barely) worth the paper they’re printed on. These star entrepreneurs jumped right in.

While the rest of us were negotiating curfews and cramming for the SATs, some of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs ditched high school to start building their fortunes.

Many did it out of necessity; others had a mentor (or at least a backer looking to piggyback on their success). All, however, had a demon drive to build something of their own. Even at a young age, that commitment and passion can win over investors.

“Investors really look at the person and the quality of his or her idea more than their experience,” says Brad Burke, managing director of Rice University’s Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, which incubates new companies.

For all the new entrepreneurship programs popping up at business schools, there will always be a slew of born entrepreneurs who prove that high school diplomas, let

Zecco is a great way to get started in the stock market. 

So, after our trip to Disneyland, my mom said that I could buy my first shares of Disney stock.  This is part of my million dollars by 18.  So I am working to make money and most of the money that I make, I am going to have  my money work for me.

Zecco is a good way to get started rather quickly and easily.  It is only $7 a transaction.  Buy Stocks Online for $0. Trade stocks for free on Zecco.com. The Free Trading Community.The thing about stock is that it can go up and it can go down.  There are no guarantees.  But if I take my money and put it in stock, I can at least have a chance of having money set aside for my future even if I lose money. 

If I choose to do nothing, I will only spend it on McDonald’s

My Mom showed me this cool site called UPROMISE, where you can save money for your kid. Now it may not be much money but every penny counts. What she likes about this place is that you can go to their website and buy anything from travel, cars, buying a home, shopping at Price Chopper, shopping at Wal Mart, eBay and other places. And money is deposited into the upromise account.
She just started and made $10 just for signing up!

All you need to do is have your parents register. If they have a credit or debit card, they can add this. But they do not have to. They can register their CVS card, their HYVEE card, their Price Chopper card, and more. There are even restaurants that participate too, like McDonald’s which