Young Entrepreneurs

Mark Zuckerberg, Role Model

HuffingtonPost.com | Janean Chun | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Steve Mariotti, Kidtrepreneurs, Mark Zuckerberg Facebook, Video, Young Millionaires, Young Entrepreneurs, High School Entrepreneurs, Mark Zuckerberg, Nfte, Facebook, Jason Li, Verticalresponse, Small Business News

Mark Zuckerberg may be the toast of Silicon Valley and Wall Street, but there's another constituency saluting him these days: young entrepreneurs roam...

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Young Entrepreneur Council: 10 Tricks for Startups Trying Out Marketing Stunts

Scott Gerber | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Marketing Stunt, Business Profits, Small Business, Young Entrepreneurs, Profits, Startups, Yec, Marketing, theyec.org, Business, Young Entrepreneur Council, Small Business News

What's a fun paid marketing stunt that's worth the cash for small-but-savvy startups that might not have huge budgets?

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Helping Young Entrepreneurs Through Support and Entrepreneurial Tools

Steve Mariotti | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: makeyourjob.org, Nfte Gala, Young Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Nfte, Education News

Being inspired and committed to an entrepreneurial dream are two key attributes of every successful business owner, and there was no place this was more evident than at the NFTE Dare to Dream Gala April 18th.

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The Young and the Relentless: Entrepreneurs Under 25

Karin Kamp | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Women Entrepreneurs, Small Business Owners, Young Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurs, The Story Exchange, Entrepreneurship, Youth Unemployment, Video, Small Business News

These entrepreneurs are paving the way for the next generation and are role models for an emerging movement inspiring young people to start their own businesses.

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At Age 17, Sara Naseri and Emilie Kjeldsen Invent New Sun-Protective Technology

Women 2.0 | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Women Entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, Skin Cancer, Inventors, Entrepreneurs, Women in Tech, Sun Protection, Technology News

Our initial idea was to cure skin cancer, but realizing that this is very complex, the aim and driving force of our project became to prevent skin cancer.

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Dear Small Business Owner: Are You Preparing to Prepare? If so, Stop!

Erica Nicole | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Business Tips, Small Business America, Small Business Owners, Meetings, Young Entrepreneurs, Startups, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Small Business News

If you find yourself calling meetings, about meetings so you can prepare for that next meeting -- you're not only compromising your bottom line, but the productivity and sanity of your team as well.

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Young Entrepreneur Council: Quit Blaming the Economy for Why You're Not Making Enough Money

Scott Gerber | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Business Profits, Small Business, Young Entrepreneurs, Profits, Young Entrepreneur Council, Startups, Yec, theyec.org, Business, Small Business News

The Young Entrepreneur Council promotes entrepreneurship as a solution to unemployment and underemployment and provides entrepreneurs with access to tools, mentorship and resources that support each stage of their business's development and growth.

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In Search Of The Next Steve Jobs

The Huffington Post | Alicia Ciccone | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: National Federation of Independent Business, NFIB Young Entrepreneurs, Small Business News and Trends, NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation, Young Entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneur Foundation, Nfib, Small Business News

The National Federation of Independent Business' Young Entrepreneur Foundation gave out 130 scholarships to high school seniors, ranging from $1,000 t...

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Entrepreneurial Lessons From a 9-Year-Old Boy

Katie Hawkes | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Scholarships, Small Business, Young Entrepreneurs, Starting a Business, Entrepreneurs, Business, Entrepreneurship, Fundraising, Entrepreneur, Los Angeles, Caine's Arcade, Small Business News

While we can't all invest in cardboard arcades and plan to make enough cash to pay off mortgages, student loans and/or bankruptcy fees, we can take a few cues from Caine.

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Young Entrepreneur Council: How Small Business Owners Celebrate Big Milestones

Scott Gerber | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Unwind, Yec, Startups, Small Business Owners, Small Business, Young Entrepreneurs, Milestones, Young Entrepreneur Council, Small Business News

How do you really unwind after a big milestone or deal is closed?

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The Innovation Challenge

Michael B. Fishbein | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Innovation, Startups, Optigon, Per Vices, Makerbar, Entrepreneurship, Young Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurs, Technology News

Many startups just follow popular trends to satisfy the average consumer and make a quick buck rather than creating greater value in the long-term and truly changing the world.

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Keeping Young Entrepreneurs Engaged: It's a Community Effort

Sylvia McKinney | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Extra-Curricular-Programs, Young Entrepreneurs, High School Retention Rates, High School Graduation, High School Students, At-Risk-Students, Student-Engagement, Entrepreneurship, High School Dropouts, High School Graduation Rates, Young-Entrepreneurs, Impact News

An entrepreneurial mindset can help at-risk students by offering them a more relevant approach to their education. Here are some key ways to keep next-generation entrepreneurs engaged.

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Investors Seek Entrepreneurs With Fire in the Belly

Marty Zwilling | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Entrepreneur, Characteristics of Entrepreneur, Young Entrepreneurs, Successful Entrepreneurs, Successful-Entrepreneurial-Tips, Small-Business Entrepeneurs, Entrepreneur Characteristics, Entrepreneurship, Start-Ups, Startups, Money News

If you think you want to be your own boss and run your own business, look in the mirror to see if you have the right traits to be an entrepreneur. Here are some key ones to look for.

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Mistakes of a Young Entrepreneur

Charles Peralo | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Mark Zuckerberg, Viatask, Tech Startups, Entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Teen News

In my junior year of high school, I began to push myself to turn my big ideas into action. I tried to plan things out with the dream of being an entrepreneur and innovator. I failed.

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Offering Advice for Young Entrepreneurs

Lauren Garber | Posted 05.21.2012

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Spill the Beans is a collection of short, candid and to-the-point interviews with extremely successful entrepreneurs, executives and CEOs. We aim to help young, intensely busy, budding entrepreneurs get a better insight into the habits and rituals of the ones who have "made it."

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The Ticket Boy Gives Back

Paul Wisenthal | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Entrepreneurs, At-Risk Youth, Young Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Phil McNeill, Bruceglen, Glen Proctor, Bruce Proctor, Nfte, Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, Impact News

Devoting his time mentoring at-risk youth, successful entrepreneur Phil McNeill teaches self-sufficiency and business acumen to young students raised in the poorest neighborhoods of Washington, D.C.

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A Young Entrepreneur's Innovative Approach to Success

Michael B. Fishbein | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Peter Thiel, Startups, Entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Starting a Business, Innovators, Innovation, Higher Education, Young Innovators, Oren Bennett, Business News

"How to Start a Venture Capital Firm." A Skillshare class... taught by a 21-year-old college dropout! Not even a Harvard-dropout, a small-liberal-arts-college-with-a-mediocre-reputation-in-upstate-New-York-dropout. I was skeptical but intrigued.

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For Young Entrepreneurs, Social Mission Trumps Money

HuffingtonPost.com | Nate C. Hindman | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Kairos Society Entrepreneurs, Mark Zuckerberg Facebook, Small Business, Video, Young Entrepreneurs, Facebook Ipo Filing, Facebook IPO, Kairos Society, Small Business News and Trends, Mark Zuckerberg, Entrepreneurship, Facebook, Small Business News

On a Saturday in February, three days after Facebook filed for what's expected to be the largest Internet IPO ever, 350 young entrepreneurs with Zucke...

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New York Stock Exchange Supports Youth Entrepreneurship in China

Christine Poorman | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Nyse, Young Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Bright China, Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, China, New York Stock Exchange, Education News

Many of these young people are left without real opportunity for financial success, and so entrepreneurship is an essential and inspirational component for vocationally tracked students.

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High School Project Turns Into Cupcake Business (RECIPE)

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Steiner | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Popsycakes, Cupcake, Cultura, Video, Young Entrepreneurs, Cupcakes, Jessica Cervantes, Baking, Food, Chef, Cuba, Jessica Cervantes Popsycakes, Latino Voices News

Jessica Cervantes says she's a terrible cook. "When I cook, people know to have Pizza Hut's number close by," she joked. So, how does this 21 year...

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Under 30, Inspired And Changing The World

Jonathan Kalan | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Alvaro Santos Pereira, Sandbox Global Summit, Innovation, Young Entrepreneurs, Forbes 30 Under 30, Sandboxers, Activism, Impact News

Whereas once fate or circumstance brought entrepreneurs together to build companies and collaborations, Sandbox does this by its very nature.

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Looks Who's Leading Today's Entrepreneurial Resurgence

The Huffington Post | Rieva Lesonsky | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Investing, Small Business, Young Entrepreneurs, Gen Y, Small Business News and Trends, Gen-Y-Entrepreneurship, Startups, Entrepreneurs, HuffPost Small Business Board of Directors, Venture Capital, Startup Investing, Venture Capital Fund, Young Entrepreneur Council, Small Business News

When I started working at Entrepreneur magazine back in the 1970s, no one really knew what an entrepreneur was -- few could even spell or say the word...

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College Loan Debt Hobbles Budding Entrepreneurs

Scott Gerber | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Debt, Small Business, Youth, Venture Capital, College Loan Debt, Entreprepeneurs, Economic Recovery, Education, College Loans, Startup Funds, Startups, Young Entrepreneurs, College Lending, Entrepreneurship, Small Business News

Government can provide the first building block in the loan-relief-to-business-creation puzzle that has the capacity to transition our debt-ridden young people into self-employed job creators.

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Is This 11-Year-Old The Next Rachael Ray?

HuffingtonPost.com | Janean Chun | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Small Business Success Stories, Young Entrepreneurs, Kid Entrepreneurs, Lizzie Marie Likness, Next Rachael Ray, Lizzie Marie Cuisine, Entrepreneur Spotlight, Healthy Cooking With Chef Lizzie, Small Business News

The first time Lizzie Marie Likness heard herself compared to a celebrity chef, she was a 7-year-old wearing a costume for Halloween. "This lady was l...

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Schools Should Embrace Difference in Pupils to Encourage Success

Laura McGuire | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Young Entrepreneurs, UK Students, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurialism, UK Universities, UK Schools, UK Universities & Education News

I ended up changing jobs four times in four years before starting my own company this year at the age of 21. In that time I felt confident that I had learned what I needed to know in order to survive in business, and ultimately how to deal with others.

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