Generation-Y startup

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Chatroulette, for those who don’t know is the webcam network that lets you see and chat with complete strangers picked at random. It is the new web phenom and everyone is talking about it, from CNN to hallways in high-schools around the country. It is very easy to use the service, [...]

While there’s no shortage of blog platforms out there on the market, most of them are basically a re-hash of the same old things. If you want simple blogging, options exist, but they are usually quite limited in what they let users do.
ReachBy.com is a simple blogging platform with some new and unique advantages that [...]

This brilliant post was written by Donna Fenn, I highly encourage you to pick up her book Upstarts!
Small business owners are typically an optimistic lot, even in the face of dismal economic conditions. But a recent American Express OPEN Small Business Monitor survey found that GenY entrepreneurs are more optimistic than most. “More than three-quarters [...]

I read a book some years back while in college. At the time I couldn’t understand why my professor ( Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, Chemical Engineering) would ask us to read it and write a paper about it. It seemed very strange and unnecessary to say the least. Today, 3 years later, I [...]

These days it seems like startups are springing up everywhere every single day and it’s a bit tiresome really to take it all in. All of a sudden myriads of people want to start companies, they don’t care if they have what it takes or not, they just want to build something successful. Just like [...]

Social Media and Web 2.0 has really swept across the internet community like wild fire and the effects it’s had are remarkable. When I decided to start building my start-up, I knew my main obstacle would be the marketing aspect once I am done. This is certainly not because I lack the skills to successfully [...]

Did you say that you meant well and it wasn’t your fault? That you couldn’t be in 10 places at the same time and that you had no clue it was happening in your company? I doubt people will accept that if you are the CEO. When Amazon bought Zappos, there were only two names [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]