Extra CreditEarn while you learn--and leave college with a flourishing business.

Should you start a business in college? In the best-casescenario, you get a thriving small company and answer theinevitable question--What are you going to do with the rest of yourlife?--beforeyou even graduate. On the flip side, you mayend your school years with a failed business, substantial debt andan embarrassing grade point average.

I started a free travel e-zine calledStudent WorldTraveler(www.studenttravels.com) during my junior year at theUniversity of California, Irvine. It did take a lot of courage andlate-night coffee breaks, but the advantages a college campusaffords a start-up entrepreneur could save you thousands ofdollars.