Generation-Y startup

In all the conversations I have had with successful entrepreneurs and business owners, I am yet to find one that claims his ride to the top was a smooth sail. I really want to know one, just one person who has built a successful venture and hasn’t fallen flat on his face a few times. [...]

Right, so i came up with this not so novice idea of starting a social network for gen y entrepreneurs. My idea for it is to bring every gen y with the entrepreneurship spirit together in one place, so we can all meet each other, learn from each other and recognize the success of people.
I [...]

Growing up as a kid, my dad always told me: “son, life is what you make of it. If you decide to go with the flow, you will end up like me but in all my years I have come to realize that people love and respect the guy that stands out.” Don’t get it [...]

Part I: You will have to ask people for things. Most of them will say “no.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Self Reliance was required reading my freshman year of high school. And while the focus of that particular essay is on one’s inner strength and trust in himself, I also recall being taught the virtue of doing [...]

I wouldn’t consider myself a start-up professional, why would I? I have launched two companies that are still very young and growing and yes I only just started work last week on my biggest start-up so far. Still, this doesn’t make me a ’startup pro’. I will define a start-up professional as someone who has [...]

I was quietly pondering after a tasty meal last night what I would say or write if I could get the attention of everyone in the world. I am not a teacher or a life coach so I reckon I won’t be of help to a ton of people in that room. Just imagine you [...]

There would be so many nights liverpool football club would have crashed and burned if their 12th man (the fans) had failed to turn up and it is no different for any successful start-up. If Apple today loses half it’s fans cum patronizers to say Microsoft, they would be out of business. The importance of [...]

I recently read the tale of a job applicant who gift wrapped his resume and sent it to the company he hoped to work  for. He claimed that his skills were a gift to the company, hence his decision to wrap it up. When you have successfully started your business, there will most likely come [...]

The start-up in focus today is Anjuno, a new arrival in the music sales and download industry. Built and run by some gen y entrepreneurs, Anjuno is certainly starting to carve a niche for itself.

Company: Anjuno
Website: http://www.anjuno.com/
Funding: Private/ seeking funds
Launch date: May 2009
About Anjuno:
The way the music industry is set up now, when an [...]

If I could count how many times people have come up to me and pointed how brilliant their idea was and why they would succeed, I will be out of fingers and toes  5 times over. Spirit is good! I love people who show drive and determination, but I also admire people who are pragmatic.  [...]