The following answers are provided by members of the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only organization comprised of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, the YEC recently launched #StartupLab, a free virtual mentorship program that helps millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses via live video chats, an expert content library [...]
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How to Make a Strong First Impression in Your Next Meeting
One of the greatest things about being a young entrepreneur is getting to learn from other, more seasoned entrepreneurs. One such fellow entrepreneur I know is Teresa Garland, managing partner at Intelligender, who always seems to know how to leave a lasting impression. Recently, we asked her for her best advice for making a strong [...]
5 Tips for Young Entrepreneurs Who Want to Be Taken Seriously
Kevon Saber is the CEO of Fig, a mobile startup focused on personal well-being. Prior to Fig, Kevon was vice president of sales and marketing at GenPlay Games, a mobile games developer he co-founded. Kevon holds a BS in Finance from Santa Clara University and a MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Kevon [...]
17 Quick Tips for New Startup Employees Who Want to Excel
The following answers are provided by members of the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only organization comprised of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, the YEC recently launched #StartupLab, a free virtual mentorship program that helps millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses via live video chats, an expert content library [...]
9 Low-Tech Ways to Manage Your Time More Wisely
This post is by Travis Steffen, founder of WorkoutBOX, ActionJunkie Labs, and a ton of other online startups. Travis is also the author of “The Art Of The Hustler,” and star of the upcoming reality show, Pushing The Limit. Find him on Twitter – @TravisSteffen. As entrepreneurs, we’re always busy. But where does it end? When [...]
“Stopping Out” of College to Start Up? 3 Ways to Prepare
This post is by Stacey Ferreira, who co-founded MySocialCloud, a technology startup that allows people to store their usernames and passwords for all their online websites for auto-login and share websites with friends easily, during her senior year of high school with her brother, Scott. When she was just 18, she raised a seed round [...]
5 Steps to Achieve Career Success — Without ‘Selling Out’
This post is by Erica Dhawan, a globally recognized leadership expert, Gen Y keynote speaker, consultant and researcher at Harvard’s Center for Public Leadership. Her work with Gen Y change agents and future-thinking companies changes the world. Learn more at ericadhawan.com and follow her on Twitter and Facebook. Recently, I led a career coaching workshop [...]
Work-Life Balance Is Overrated: 3 Tips to Stop Feeling Guilty
This post is by Lisa Nicole Bell, founder and CEO of Inspired Life Media Group, where she and her team meld art, social change, and commerce to create economically viable media properties. We’ve all heard the advice about the importance of creating and maintaining work-life balance. Life coaches and time management experts suggest that we shouldn’t [...]
4 Steps to Create Powerful Personal Branding
This post is by Mark Cenicola, the president and CEO of BannerView.com and the author of “The Banner Brand.” When I say banana, orange, watermelon, lemon, or strawberry, does anything come to mind other than fruit? What if I didn’t first put fruit into your mind and instead simply said the word “Apple?” There’s a good [...]
3 Lessons I Learned After Skipping College to Start Up
This post is by Andrea Lake, founder of StickerJunkie.com and YogaJunkie.com, and co-founder of Lessons on Becoming a Millionaire. She also created Delinquent Distribution which sells the apparel and accessories for the largest video games in the world: Minecraft, Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, etc. @andrealake101 I love business the way some people love football. It’s a passion [...]
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