Gen Y entrepreneurs trusting their vibe
February 8, 2012 | BY Tamara Bell
Paige Burton, the February Y Gen Entrepreneur, is founder of a coaching and consulting business called Vibes Matter, which specializes in providing positive vibes, professional support, and guidance to DIY creators, self-care junkies, and free spirits. Paige joins Keeping Up with Gen Y to talk about how young entrepreneurs should trust their authentic vibe when [...]
Optimism a key to successful Gen Y entrepreneurs
January 11, 2012 | BY Tamara Bell
Sammy Shreibati, the January Y Gen Entrepreneur, is co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of SaveUp, a free rewards program to help people save money and get out of debt. Sammy joins Keeping Up with Gen Y to talk about how working first at a small business can be a good learning experience for Gen Y [...]
Gen Y entrepreneurs averting startup mistakes
December 14, 2011 | BY Tamara Bell
Alex Lorton, the December Y Gen Entrepreneur, is co-founder of Cater2.me, a San Francisco-based company that was created with the goal of connecting inspired kitchens with the masses. Alex joins Keeping Up with Gen Y to talk about how Gen Y who want to start a business should use their social networks to test their [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 entrepreneurs failing forward
July 13, 2011 | BY Tamara Bell
Kelly Olin, the July Y Gen Entrepreneur, is a certified career coach and trainer who founded Next Stop Career, a professional development company with the mission to help Gen Y identify and achieve the careers of their dreams. Kelly joins Keeping Up with Gen Y to talk about how young entrepreneurs need to manage their [...]
Gen Y entrepreneurs making impact over money
June 8, 2011 | BY Tamara Bell
Bjoern Herrmann, the June Y Gen Entrepreneur, is co-founder of blackbox, a next generation seed accelerator for technology startups located in the heart of Silicon Valley. Bjoern joins Keeping Up with Gen Y to talk about how the major driver for Gen Y entrepreneurs is making an impact in the world, in their communities, over [...]
Gen Y entrepreneurs: the next rock stars
May 11, 2011 | BY Tamara Bell
DJ Saul, the May Y Gen Entrepreneur, is vice president of New Ventures at iStrategyLabs, which builds online and offline movements that engage communities through creative marketing, social media, and civic innovation. DJ joins Keeping Up with Gen Y to talk about how young entrepreneurs are achieving “rock star” status among their peers. He also [...]
Gen Y entrepreneurs bring appetite for positive ventures
April 13, 2011 | BY Tamara Bell
Emily Dubner, the April Y Gen Entrepreneur, is founder and CEO of New York City-based Baking for Good, an online bakery that donates 15 percent of every purchase to great causes. Emily joins Keeping Up with Gen Y to talk about how young entrepreneurs bring a real appetite for creating positive ventures to the business [...]
Gen Y entrepreneurs balancing profits with volunteerism
March 9, 2011 | BY Tamara Bell
AJ Thomas, the March Y Gen Entrepreneur, is a San Jose, Calif.-based founder of Infuse Entrepreneurship, a nonprofit program that brings opportunities to inner-city schools showing students that possibilities are endless in pursuit of their own ideas to make the world a better place. AJ joins Keeping Up with Gen Y to talk about how [...]
Young American entrepreneurs inspire peers worldwide
February 9, 2011 | BY Tamara Bell
Fabian Pfortmüller, the February Y Gen Entrepreneur, is a New York City-based Swiss entrepreneur and student at Columbia University. Most recently, the 28-year-old founded Sandbox, whose mission is to find the most inspiring young doers worldwide and provide them with a highest-quality peer community, access to senior leaders and resources that help make their ideas [...]
Creating Gen Y entrepreneurs from non business majors
January 12, 2011 | BY Tamara Bell
January Y Gen Entrepreneur Jordana Jaffe knows a thing or two about being an entrepreneur. The 27-year-old New Yorker has founded two companies in the past three years, with the most recent one, Embarkability, focusing on empowering and teaching women in their 20s how to start their own businesses. Jordana joins Keeping Up with Gen [...]
Gen Y entrepreneurs finding inspiration
December 8, 2010 | BY Tamara Bell
In the seventh episode of our monthly series “Y Gen Entrepreneurs,” Keeping Up with Gen Y talks to Alex Parrish, owner of Apocalypse WOW Designs, about how following your passion is key to building an entrepreneurial empire.
