Gen Y entrepreneurs making their mark
November 9, 2011 | BY Tamara Bell
Nathaniel Whittemore, the November Y Gen Entrepreneur, is founder and co-founder of several companies. Today, he is a principal with Learn Capital, a San Francisco-based venture capital firm focused exclusively on funding entrepreneurs with a vision for better and smarter learning. Nathaniel joins Keeping Up with Gen Y to explain that while success for young [...]
Occupy Wall Street offers lessons for Gen Y
November 2, 2011 | BY Tamara Bell
Over the past year or so, we’ve witnessed riots in countries across the world. And today, ongoing demonstrations in our country are making headlines around the globe. But what’s the main reason behind all this unrest? Solomon Polachek, a preeminent scholar in labor economics and conflict resolution at Binghamton University, joins Keeping Up with Gen [...]
Gen Y getting smart about energy conservation
October 26, 2011 | BY Tamara Bell
It’s no surprise that Gen Y is known to be the most environmentally aware generation. But while they express interest in being eco-friendly, surveys show they’re not any more likely to be involved in green-related activities than older generations. Alicia Dixon, manager of Public Relations for CenterPoint Energy, a Houston-based domestic energy delivery company, joins [...]
Young dancer lifts special needs students to new heights
October 19, 2011 | BY Tamara Bell
On the list of what little girls want to be when they grow up, ballerina is somewhere at the top. But for those with special needs, the dream of dancing often goes unrealized. Fortunately, that’s no longer the case in one Texas town. Last year, Leah McGee, a 24-year-old Lake Jackson native, started A Chance [...]
No Gen Y entrepreneur is an island
October 12, 2011 | BY Tamara Bell
Tony Aguilar, the October Y Gen Entrepreneur, is founder and CEO of Amiti Advising, an Austin, Texas-based financial planning firm focused on young professionals, young families, and college students. Tony joins Keeping Up with Gen Y to talk about how young entrepreneurs can reach the next level by surrounding themselves with a team who shares [...]
Breast cancer: Gen Y women not immune
October 5, 2011 | BY Tamara Bell
Since 1985, every October has been dedicated as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Crystal King, Gen Y breast cancer survivor and manager of multicultural marketing for Susan G. Komen for the Cure, joins Keeping Up with Gen Y to discuss how we need to rewrite the mindset that suggests young women, especially those with no [...]
Lobbying 101: what Gen Y should know
September 28, 2011 | BY Tamara Bell
For many people, the word “lobbyists” means cigar-chomping fat cats wining and dining legislators with fancy meals and days on the golf course. But like most stereotypes, that picture doesn’t come close to reality. Jay Propes, an Austin, Texas-based political and strategic consultant and lobbyist, joins Keeping Up with Gen Y to talk about the [...]
Gen Y under pressure
September 21, 2011 | BY Tamara Bell
As a new school year begins, college students are not only busy juggling heavy course loads and extracurricular activities, but they also face a high unemployment rate after graduation. But how can students prepare to enter the workforce without burning out before earning their Bachelors’ degrees? Dr. Samuel Gladding, chair of and a professor in [...]
Research key for Gen Y social entrepreneurs
September 14, 2011 | BY Tamara Bell
Chris Snell, the September Y Gen Entrepreneur, is a veteran who founded Restless Minds, Inc., a Bloomington, Ind.-based nonprofit whose mission is to help other veterans and law enforcement officers cope with the emotional stress of combat related trauma or deadly force encounter issues. Chris joins Keeping Up with Gen Y to talk about the [...]
Everything Gen Y wanted to know about the Federal Reserve
September 7, 2011 | BY Tamara Bell
In a much-anticipated speech from Jackson Hole, Wy., Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke recently pointed out that the central bank has more tools in the toolkit to stimulate the economy, should it be necessary. In response, world stock markets rose, buoyed by his leaving open the possibility of more action if another U.S. recession looks [...]
Generation Y 10 years after 9/11
August 31, 2011 | BY Tamara Bell
This September 11 marks the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that brought down the World Trade Center, wreaked the Pentagon, and forever changed our lives. But how have the 9/11 attacks continued to shape our society and its youngest members? Dr. Sally Karioth, professor of nursing and certified traumatologist at Florida State University, joins [...]
College budget 101: keeping Gen Y on track
August 24, 2011 | BY Tamara Bell
With college students converging onto campuses over the next few weeks, vendors will be trying to sell them everything from magazine subscriptions to cell phone plans. But with all the spending possibilities, how can young adults budget their dollars so as not to be in the red by the third day of classes? Jodi Kaus, [...]
Debt ceiling crisis continues to tax Gen Y’s future
August 17, 2011 | BY Tamara Bell
After a summer of contentious debate, President Obama and congressional leaders earlier this month struck a deal on the debt ceiling that extends the Treasury’s authority to borrow beyond the 2012 elections. But what does this mean for our economy, both present and future? Dr. John Irons, research and policy director at the Economic Policy [...]
Gen Y entrepreneurs rethink status quo
August 10, 2011 | BY Tamara Bell
Ruben Cantu, the August Y Gen Entrepreneur, is founder of Austin, Texas-based CORE Media Enterprises, which brings socially underexposed issues to light. Ruben joins Keeping Up with Gen Y to talk about how disruption of the status quo is necessary for young entrepreneurs to innovate and generate a system that can change the world. He [...]
Gen Y exploring friends with benefits relationships
August 3, 2011 | BY Tamara Bell
Recent romantic comedies have depicted couples whose friendships evolve into sexual relationships with no strings attached. And naturally, complications arise. But how does a “friends with benefits” relationship work in the real world? Dr. Rebecca Plante,associate professor of Sociology at Ithaca College, joins Keeping Up with Gen Y to talk about how young people are [...]
