Generation-Y startup

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 [...]

With the state of the economy at the moment, it’s no surprise that I am a honorable advocate for the art bootstrapping as a means of funding your start-up. It’s not that there’s no VC money to be spent or there isn’t alot of it being given away at the moment, it’s just that as [...]

Before I started this blog, Generation – Y Startup was a completely offline venture. I simply spread the word about what I did by word of mouth, flyers, handing out business cards e.t.c. I had promised myself that I wasn’t going to get into blogging just for the sake of it. I wanted to [...]

4 years ago I was at the University of Maryland in Baltimore County, studying as hard as I could but also learning about a certain hotspot ‘fishbowl’ …the Thursday night destination for most new UMBC students and Iguana cantina, the place to be if you were quite keen on poaching the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]