Generation-Y startup

I first connected with Alain on Twitter some weeks back and his blogs (both french and english) are a constant source of ideas and advice for entrepreneurs of any age looking to build a start-up. Alain Theriault is based in Montreal and has been involved with teaching entrepreneurs and coaching start-up builders for many years. [...]

In my last year of college, there were 3 blogs I followed religiously: On Startups by Dharmesh Shah, Marc Andreessen’s blog and Paul Graham’s blog. While I am still a faithful follower of Onstartups, I end up visiting the other two not so regularly. Don’t get me wrong, they all have great articles on them, [...]

Yu-kai’s Interview with Gen-Y Startup from Yu-kai Chou on Vimeo.
If you are really into looking for and following start-ups by Gen Y-ers, you probably would have heard of Viralogy. It’s a social media rank for blogs and the guys on that team have done a fantastic job so far. I first met the Yu-kai and [...]

At the moment, there’s about 78million men and women who proudly represent the millennial generation in the US, and they are taking up their places in the various facets of the workforce. Just as this is happening there’s a switch in gear, there’s now a difference in how people work, when they work and what [...]

Just like it is quite hard for most members of Generation X to understand why many young adults these days would rather pay $100 for a ripped pair of jeans than $40 for one that has not been met by a blade, they find it hard to understand why they need to invest in Social [...]

I am not a fan of always being around people 24 hours a day but I don’t shy away from saying hello to people I have never seen before. I will probably not volunteer to be an event’s M.C. but give me the microphone and I will get a message across. I have never been [...]

Whenever I talk to an audience or even write about the importance of having a good team on board, I never fail to share one of the best advice I ever got as an entrepreneur: A great team can make a bad product work, while a bad team will almost always make even a great [...]

One of my favorite books of all time is 7 habits of highly effective people by Stephen R. Convey. I read that book when I was 16 and ever since then I have tried to set some standards for myself to make me both effective and successful. At lunch yesterday I had just emailed Spencer [...]

I like seeing young entrepreneurs who overcome the obstacles they face and beat the odds to make a working project of a brilliant idea. In focus today is BuddingUp by a ‘budding’ gen y entrepreneur Robin Speziale. I actually do like the concept of the start-up so I thought I’ll share Robin’s words, to inspire [...]

Ever wondered what distinguishes a great business from an ordinary one? or what makes a start-up a true winner? well there is a million dollar question right there. If there was a ’success-o-meter’ that proposes the likelihood of a start-up succeeding versus failing, I am sure all the VCs and investors will own one regardless [...]