We young entrepreneurs don't know what we don't know.
Young entrepreneurs don't miss the responsibilities of success, as they have never been there.
Another option — one many young entrepreneurs don't want to hear — is to wait until you've been out of college long enough to build some financial security and a strong credit score.
The young entrepreneur doesn't seem too dejected.
But the young entrepreneur didn't want to be bound by that publication's rigid standards.
Not exact matches
Twice in the last two weeks, I've attended convivial dinners in San Francisco jam - packed with
young entrepreneurs who've asked me the same question: What can they
do to help journalism at a time journalism needs so much help.
Many
young entrepreneurs, and older ones as well, are starting social ventures because money doesn't provide enough motivation.
I
did the challenge for second time, for an additional 60 days to a closed community of
young entrepreneurs, most of whom I'd never met and who live in different cities.
The
youngest Dragon in the Den (and serial
entrepreneur herself) has a message for aspiring founders: don't wait
She says too many of today's
young aspiring
entrepreneurs are fixated on founding unicorn startups, focusing on the handful of fabulously successful examples rather than the many, many more that don't make it.
When I mentor
young entrepreneurs, I don't give blanket advice.
What other scholarships
do you know of exclusively for
young entrepreneurs?
All I can say to
young entrepreneurs is work hard, don't let yourself get discouraged, and push the envelope beyond the expected.
Meet 23
young entrepreneurs who
did just that — and learn the inside secrets to their success.
The city might be in such a state that institutions of all types feel it's necessary to throw resources at it, creating opportunities for
young entrepreneurs who won't have to compete with as crowded a field as they'd find in New York or Silicon Valley, but that doesn't exactly solve the problem of what to
do on a Saturday night.
The
younger entrepreneurs are quick to acknowledge their»80s counterparts as their mentors, the people who laid the groundwork for a whole new way of
doing business.
And what
does the star investor and tech industry veteran (who made his first millions when he sold his computer consulting firm Microsolutions to CompuServe in 1990, before a lot of the kids in the audience were born) think about scrappy
young Silicon Valley
entrepreneurs trying to compete with him?
If you don't know where to turn, this guide is going to show you some of the options
young entrepreneurs have for funding their business ideas.
Do you agree that
young entrepreneurs should develop their ability to productively dabble without a firm outcome in mind?
«Whereas if a small - business owner or
young entrepreneur came in I would discourage them because I feel they don't need the extra regulation.»
The
Young Entrepreneur Council founder and New York City native doesn't drive his own wheels, rental car or otherwise, in the City of Angels either.
Conventional wisdom, at least among
young or aspiring
entrepreneurs, is that there is some magic bullet or some way to hack your way to success, and all you have to
do is find it... and I know Dave feels the way to be successful is to work hard and kick ass and be so good no one can ignore you.
One of the reasons
young entrepreneurs succeed is that they don't know what they can't
do.
I see many
young entrepreneurs with a passion primarily for social change, who don't realize that changing the world costs money.
Lots of
young, eager and energetic
young entrepreneurs get hooked on the adrenaline buzz and constant stimulation of living on the edge and
doing something new and different every day.
She
does a lot of public speaking, and earlier this year starred in the Oxygen series Quit Your Day Job, a reality - type program that documented her and three friends as they invested in and mentored
young entrepreneurs.
Lightbank VC investor Paul Lee gives us the skinny on what
young entrepreneurs should and shouldn't
do when meeting investors.
«When you're
young you want to be careful not to lock yourself in to a level of expenditure that's going to be hard to maintain if you decide you want to
do something different because, frankly, most people decide to
do something different in this day and age,» she warns
young entrepreneurs.
For Tesovic,
doing the right thing also means pursuing his passion above all, including money, and he advises fellow aspiring
young entrepreneurs to follow suit.
So, being
young doesn't keep them from being
entrepreneurs.
Q: What advice
do you have for other
young entrepreneurs?
Just being
young, innovative and your own boss
does not make you an
entrepreneur, says Daniel Isenberg, an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School.
«I see myself bringing up other
entrepreneurs, creating some kind of a system where
young girls are not terrified to
do something big.»
So if you're looking for inspiration on how to be productive when business drops off in the summer, check out
Young Entrepreneurs Council's round up of 12 founders» responses to the question, «What odd jobs and tasks
do you work on for your business during a slow season to keep busy and prepare for a busy time ahead?»
So if you're a
young entrepreneur more comfortable updating your social networks or pouring over your business plan than schmoozing at parties, what's to be
done?
Watching this
young entrepreneur go through the difficult steps to truly understand what he wanted for himself and his ultimate company was inspiring, because he
did the work early on to better understand what created his drive.
We all know that some
entrepreneurs get rich quick, but still others
do it even while they're
young.
Paying it forward while supporting each other's growth is integral to YEC's mission to empower
young entrepreneurs, who, across the board, believe that
doing well and
doing good are not mutually exclusive — nor should they be.
So
do you think
young entrepreneurs should
do more «
doing» and less fund - raising?
With many house - hunters
doing their searches alone, the market seems ripe for
young entrepreneurs looking to solve the two-fold issue of finding a suitable roommate and a suitable apartment.
On Labor Day, Scott Gerber, president and founder of the
Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), hopes to tap into precisely this brand of technology, scale and openness to change the way startup mentorship is done, with the launch of StartupLab, a free virtual mentorship program for young entrepren
Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), hopes to tap into precisely this brand of technology, scale and openness to change the way startup mentorship is
done, with the launch of StartupLab, a free virtual mentorship program for
young entrepren
young entrepreneurs.
If you don't believe me, read the latest rant from a
young entrepreneur on the receiving end of a software patent lawsuit from a troll.
Prince Bader sat on the board of an energy company that
did business in Saudi Arabia, Energy Holdings International, according to its website, and a short biography there describes him as «one of Saudi Arabia's
youngest entrepreneurs.»
The goal of the study is to learn more about what can be
done to help
young entrepreneurs succeed.
The
young founders of Rock The Post have a saying: If you want something
done, give it to an
entrepreneur.
As far as i am concerned my vote goes to 2 people or type of
entrepreneurs warren buffet and Steve jobs because of the way they rose and also
did business is amazing and inspiration for many
young entrepreneurs
Older
entrepreneurs must confront a more compressed future than
younger startups
do, though.
Be Seen to Be Fair - is more challenging because often the people expressing their opinion on fairness are
young entrepreneurs, or inexperienced investors, who don't have enough experience to really know what is fair.
And, frankly, improving access to capital doesn't necessarily start with banks — having nonfinancial support doubles the likelihood that a
young entrepreneur will be approved for a commercial loan.
«President Obama believes, as I
do, that the American private sector, working in partnership with the African business community, and African
entrepreneurs can help address many of the continent's most pressing challenges, including creating jobs and opportunity for
young people across the continent,» said U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker.