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Being a Boomerang Kid Isn’t a Form of Failure

Being a Boomerang Kid Isn’t a Form of Failure

It’s not until two weeks before walking across the stage that it hit me: I was graduating with two unpaid summer internships and a load of student loan debt. With basically no money saved from my campus job and parents who were willing to assist until I could get on my feet, it made sense to return to my pre-college abode. So on that Tuesday, I emptied out all the items from my campus apartment and moved back home with my parents—hence, my life as a “boomerang kid” began.

#BE30DayChallenge Week 4: Manage And Cultivate Your Audience

Crowdfunding is a viable alternative to the traditional route used to raise capital to start a business, launch a new product, or fund a project. There are success stories of entrepreneurs raising thousands, even millions of dollars using crowdfunding. Named after Martin Luther King Jr., the King Chapel on the campus of Morehouse College raised more than $5 million from 282 backers on Indiegogo to help restore the building.

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