Generation-Y startup

Everyone has read tales about how rich a lot of entrepreneurs are striking it these days so as you will expect many people are joining the bandwagon. Everyone wants to build a web 2.0 company or the next 1-800-flowers. I like your thirst and yearn for success and financial security, however not everyone is [...]

Are you a young entrepreneur (under 30) or you know one? and you live in the east coast? Generation – Y Startup is planning its first bi-monthly mixer/meet and greet to be held in Maryland. It’s an opportunity for you to meet with other entrepreneurs, share ideas, meet potential co-founders, partners and so forth.
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So now your business is up and running on the internet, you have gone live, there are no bugs and you are ready for the money to start rolling in so you can pay off those loans, investments and so forth. You are now faced with selling yourself so that people know about your [...]

Born on the 24th of February 1955 in San Francisco, California, Steve Jobs is considered the epitome of entrepreneurial perfection by many…and who can blame them. It’s his unparalleled innovative capacity and just the guile with which he speaks and carries himself that sets him high in people’s eyes. Jobs was actually adopted by [...]

I have had the opportunity to be at several startup events where investors of various calibers are present, and the consensus is always the same. Your pitch is the most important part of securing investment. Believe it or not majority of what your 25 page business plan contains is never read by these investors and [...]

When I was first business plan for my social networking platform which led to my first sojourn into the world of venture capitalists, I came across a certain website that talked extensively about entrepreneurs who were just starting out and finding their feet in the startup world. I came across Young Entrepreneur. Not only [...]

This is the story of a 17-year-old British boy who was a rebel at school. The school’s rules were rigid and it made the boy claustrophobic. The boy wanted to break free his mind. This boy soon started an amateur students’ paper which circulated not just in his own school, but also among students of [...]

Believe it or not young entrepreneurs seeking funds are the ones that will feel the effect of the economic downturn the most. With money more difficult to come by these days, even filthy rich investors and VCs know the value of every quarter. They are all being more tight fisted and more careful about [...]

Two days ago I was on the campus of Towson University in Maryland and speaking to a few students who were meeting for their monthly entrepreneurship club event. The most common subject with these people was whether to finish school or drop out in order to pursue their dreams full time. One of the [...]

I have always stressed the fact that you don’t need millions of dollars or even thousands to build a successful startup and I will keep saying that to anyone that cares to listen. I built my first website for no money, my first Tee shirt business cost me $1000 to start off with and [...]