Tim Rothwell, the June Y Gen Entrepreneur, is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Austin, Texas-based UMeTime, a mobile app that is reinventing the online deal market. Tim joins Keeping Up with Gen Y to talk about how, for some Gen Y entrepreneurs, relocating to another city or state can be one of their best business investments. He also discusses the importance of customer feedback in building booming products or services for years to come.

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Tim Rothwell, Co-Founder and Managing Director, UMeTime

Tim Rothwell is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Austin, Texas-based UMeTime, a mobile app that is reinventing the online deal market. He sets the overall direction of the company, as well as manages and directs daily operations.

A graduate of San Diego State University, where he received a degree in Business Management, Tim also studied Business Entrepreneurship in Sweden at Stockholm University Graduate School of Management.

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The Y Gen Entrepreneurs series, which airs the second Wednesday of each month, is sponsored by Constant Contact, a leading provider of email marketing, event marketing, and online surveys to small businesses, associations and nonprofits. Click here for more information.

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Brad Fay, Chief Operating Officer, Keller Fay Group

Brad Fay is Chief Operating Officer of the Keller Fay Group, a New Jersey-based award-winning word of mouth research and consulting company he co-founded with CEO Ed Keller. Co-author with Keller of The Face-to-Face Book, Brad is a member of the Board of Directors of the Word of Mouth Marketing Association, the Secretary/Treasurer of the Market Research Council, and has lectured about survey research at Rutgers, Yale, and Boston University.

You can listen to the show below or you can download it as a podcast from our iTunes page. And you can find us on WomensRadio.
 

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For companies interested in attracting Gen Y, using videos to reach out to this coveted community could put you a step ahead of the competition. Greg Kostello, founder of VMIX, a California-based provider of online-video and rich-media solutions that include a new video-editing app called Givit, joins Keeping Up with Gen Y to talk about why businesses should embrace user-generated content by Gen Y, whether it be positive or negative reviews. He also shares predictions for the future of video viewing and creating that will make it even easier for Gen Y to share their special moments with friends and family.

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Greg Kostello, founder and CEO, VMIX & Givit

Greg Kostello is founder, President and CEO of VMIX, a California-based provider of online-video and rich-media solutions that include a new video-editing app called Givit. Prior to VMIX, Greg was President of Vivendi-Universal Net Technologies, where he integrated advances made in technology at MP3.com into the music industry’s commercial systems. He also co-founded DigitalStyle, an early developer of web tools that he sold to Netscape in 1997.

A graduate of UC Irvine with a degree in Information and Computer Science, Greg served on the UCSD Connect Leadership Council from 1999-2001.

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As more Gen Y enter the workplace, few are choosing positions in the corporate environments that employ their parents. Shirley Engelmeier, founder and CEO of InclusionINC, a Minneapolis-based organization that helps companies link inclusion to better business results as well as author of the book “Inclusion: The New Competitive Business Advantage,” joins Keeping Up with Gen Y to talk about how Gen Y are poised to break through the stifling walls of organizational hierarchy incorporated by Big Business. She also discusses the need for corporate America to build a culture of inclusion both internally and externally to drive business growth into the future.

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Shirley Engelmeier, founder and CEO, InclusionINC

Shirley Engelmeier is founder and CEO of InclusionINC, a Minneapolis-based organization that helps companies link inclusion to better business results through employee engagement, innovation, productivity and retention. She also is author of the book “Inclusion: The New Competitive Business Advantage,” which defines the advantages that Gen Y brings to the workplace.

A regular contributor to FOX Business, Shirley is a frequent speaker at national inclusion and diversity conferences as well as consultant for several Fortune 1000 companies. Originally trained as an educator, Shirley earned her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Minnesota.

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Fran Harris, founder and publisher, Collegepreneur

Fran Harris is an entrepreneur, TV personality, speaker, and founder and publisher of Collegepreneur magazine, the world’s first national personal, professional, and business publication for college students. A WNBA and NCAA champion, Fran also provides play-by-play commentary for the newly formed Longhorn Network, a partnership between The University of Texas at Austin and ESPN. She also is an adjunct professor in the Advertising & Public Relations Department at her alma mater, UT.

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Karen joins Keeping Up with Gen Y to talk about how the shift to a free agent economy requires Gen Y to educate hiring managers and bosses about the expertise, experience, and unique value they add to the workplace. She also shares tips on the best ways for Gen Y to brand themselves for getting their dream job or that deserved promotion.

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Karen Kang, author, BrandingPays: The Five-Step System to Reinvent Your Personal Brand

Karen Kang is a leading brand strategist, speaker, and author of the book, BrandingPays: The Five-Step System to Reinvent Your Personal Brand.

As founder and CEO of BrandingPays LLC, a corporate and personal branding company, Karen has trained and advised more than 150 organizations in the US, Europe and Asia from Fortune 100 companies to nonprofits and startups. Prior to her personal branding work, she was a partner at the legendary marketing firm Regis McKenna, Inc., that helped launch the Apple and Intel brands.

A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Mills College with a Bachelor of Arts in English, Karen also earned a Master’s Degree in Journalism from Boston University.

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Rebekah joins Keeping Up with Gen Y to discuss how transitioning from freelancer to business owner can earn Gen Y more respect in the work world. She also talks about the importance of internships and how, no matter what the job description entails, the life lessons Gen Y learn will be beneficial when starting their own businesses.

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Rebekah Epstein, founder, Fifteen Media

As a student at NYU, Rebekah Epstein broke into media at Nylon and Vogue magazines, where she formed tight-knit relationships with national, top-tier media. Later, the Texas native worked at People’s Revolution, the subject of Bravo’s “Kell on Earth.”

Her circle of expanding media relationships eventually inspired her to start her own Public Relations company, Fifteen Media, where she represents brands and individuals in fashion, food, lifestyle, books, health, and beauty.

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Harlan Cohen, New York Times Bestselling author of Getting Naked: Five Steps to Finding the Love of Your Life (While Fully Clothed & Totally Sober), joins Keeping Up with Gen Y to talk about his three-thong approach to ensuring that Gen Y are physically, emotionally, and spiritually comfortable to take risks and find their perfect mate. He also points out the importance of being willing to speak and hear the truth when embarking on a lasting relationship.

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Harlan Cohen, author, Getting Naked

Harlan Cohen is the New York Times Bestselling author of the Naked Roommate series. And his new book, Getting Naked: Five Steps to Finding the Love of Your Life (While Fully Clothed & Totally Sober) has just been released by St. Martin’s Press.

In addition to bestselling author, Harlan is a professional speaker and nationally syndicated advice columnist. The Chicago resident has been featured as an expert in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Real Simple, Seventeen, and Psychology Today, talking about issues that affect Gen Y such as college life, dating, relationships, risk taking, leadership, and a variety of other topics.

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Listen as Harlan reads an excerpt from Getting Naked (audiobook courtesy of Macmillan Audio).

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MORE ABOUT BRAD HINES

Brad Hines, founder, YumDomains.com

Brad Hines is the founder of the domain name brokerage YumDomains.com as well as a social media consultant and part-time business writer who specializes in teaching people how to conduct business on the Internet. The Massachusetts native also is a lover of art, travel and his hobby, dimwitzcomics.com.

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Rahul joins Keeping Up with Gen Y to discuss how Gen Y should let curiosity get the best of them when starting or growing their own business. He also talks about the need to work on yourself first before taking on the challenges of entrepreneurship.

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Rahul Pruthi, founder, Student Care Abroad

Rahul Pruthi is a product enthusiast and multicultural marketer with more than seven years professional experience in the Technology, Retail and Media industries. He recently founded Student Care Abroad – which specializes in providing customized transition and career services for international students coming to the U.S. for undergraduate or graduate school.

Originally from India, he immigrated to a small town in Texas as a junior in college via a scholarship transfer program. He received his MBA in Marketing from the Thunderbird School of Global Management, and is a two time EMMA (Ethnic Multicultural Media Academy) Award-winner in the Direct Marketing Category.

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David joins Keeping Up with Gen Y to discuss how connecting to enterprising communities strengthens Gen Y entrepreneurs’ commitment to their vision. He also talks about how young workers are redefining what it means to be an entrepreneur as they jump into new industries.

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David Walker, co-founder, Conjunctured

David Walker is co-founder of Conjunctured, the first coworking space in Austin, Texas. Since its opening in July 2008, Conjunctured has embraced a personality of fun, friendship, and “let’s make big things happen.”

A graduate of the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin with a Marketing degree, David has been a serial creator since he was 16 years old. From that early experience, he learned how to believe in himself and his power to create. Not until Conjunctured, however, did he learn to believe in others and their power to surprise. David is passionate about expression, empowerment, and progress.

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Krista Jenkins, Associate Professor of Political Science and Executive Director of PublicMind at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, N.J.,  joins Keeping Up with Gen Y to discuss the importance of young voters not becoming cynical despite campaign rhetoric that reinforces high expectations in contrast to realistic policy implementation. She also offers tips for first-time voters, and those needing a refresher, on how best to prepare to cast their ballot on Nov. 6.

Dr. Krista Jenkins, Associate Professor and Executive Director of PublicMind, Fairleigh Dickinson University

MORE ABOUT KRISTA JENKINS, PH.D.

Krista Jenkins is Associate Professor of Political Science and Executive Director of PublicMind at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, N.J. Professor Jenkins has authored articles on gender and politics and is co-author of A New Engagement? Political Participation, Civic Life, and the Changing American Citizen, a book that examines generational differences in political attitudes and participation with a specific emphasis on Generation Y.  Her new book, Mothers, Daughters, and Political Socialization: Two Generations at an American Women’s College, will be released next year.

A native of Southern California, Professor Jenkins graduated from UCLA and received her doctorate from Rutgers.

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If a state decides to modify its elections laws, those changes may require approval by the Department of Justice to ensure that the new rules do not violate the equal protection and due process clauses of the U.S. Constitution. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 specifically requires the DOJ to review laws passed by states with a history of discrimination against minority voters — which includes South Carolina. In fact, last December the Department of Justice blocked South Carolina’s law, stating that it had the potential to disenfranchise more than 80,000 minority voters who currently lack photo identification. It was this injunction that was ultimately overturned by the panel of three federal judges last week.

The arguments for and against voter ID laws remain fairly consistent. Supporters of such laws claim that voter fraud is rampant and that convicted felons, illegal immigrants, and other ineligible individuals are routinely permitted to vote — and may even be affecting the outcome of elections. Since most people already possess some form of photo identification, they argue, the law will have negligible consequences for most voters.

Opponents claim that although election fraud (such as ballot stuffing and vote buying) has been documented, instances of in-person voter fraud are extremely rare and are often the result of ignorance or error. Actually, fraud is more likely to occur through absentee ballots, which is not covered by any of the voter ID laws. They believe that voter ID laws do present a barrier to those most likely to not have government-issued photo ID, including elderly, minorities, the poor and young adults aged 18 to 24, and that the laws clearly violate the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which states that no citizen shall be denied the right to vote on account of race or color.

Many moderate Americans lack strong feelings about voter ID and their opinions fall somewhere between these two ideological poles. They likely believe that asking voters to identify themselves at the polls is just common sense, and in fact 31 states require some form of documentation. However, only 15 states require a photo ID, and eight of those have placed additional restrictions on the types of identification that may be accepted. It is those states that are central to the polarizing debate over voter ID — and no state has received more national attention than Texas.

On May 16, 2011, Gov. Rick Perry signed SB 14, which requires voters to provide a driver’s license or other form of government-issued photo ID, such as a military ID card or a concealed handgun license, in order to vote. Critics of the law contended that poorer voters would not be able to afford the fees required to obtain such an ID, and that elderly voters, who often lack the necessary documents (such as a birth certificate), would be deemed ineligible. Supporters of the law argued that “proving one’s identity with a photo ID is a routine feature of modern life” and that those ineligible for an ID are also unengaged in the political process and unlikely to vote in the first place. The critics ultimately prevailed: the law was blocked by the Department of Justice in March, and the state’s appeal was overturned by a federal court on Aug. 30.

At roughly the same time Texas passed its law, Wisconsin’s state legislature passed AB7, which also required voters to present a driver’s license or government-issued photo ID in order to vote. However, AB 7 waived the fee for an identification card, and also exempted individuals with “sincerely held” religious beliefs that prevented them from being photographed. Despite these provisions, Wisconsin’s law was invalidated by two trial courts and an appeal by the state’s Attorney General was denied by Wisconsin’s Supreme Court in September.

Pennsylvania tried to mitigate critics’ objections that their voter ID law would disenfranchise the elderly by accepting photo identification documents issued by nursing homes and assisted living facilities. But a Pennsylvania judge expressed concern that HB 934, which was signed by Gov. Tom Corbett in March, would disqualify eligible voters and barred enforcement of the law for the general election on Nov. 6.

Why was South Carolina’s law deemed acceptable? H 3003, which was signed by Gov. Nikki Haley in 2011, is very similar to the laws passed in Texas, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, but with one crucial difference: it allows voters with a “reasonable impediment” to obtaining an acceptable photo ID to vote after signing an affidavit. The three-judge panel ruled that the law was not intended to discriminate and provided sufficient alternatives for those unable to obtain an ID.  However, the court prohibited the law from going into effect until next year, citing the “short time left before the 2012 elections…and given the numerous steps necessary to properly implement the law.”

For more information about voter identification requirements in your state, check out the voter registration page at Project Vote Smart.

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Gabby Shayne, the October Y Gen Entrepreneur, was born into a whisky family. She co-manages with her sister The Scotch Malt Whisky Society of America, which was founded by her parents in 1993.

Gabby joins Keeping Up with Gen Y to talk about how young entrepreneurs can successfully walk the line between emotion and enterprise when stepping into their family-owned business. She also offers a few expert tips on drinking, tasting, and appreciating whisky for the Gen Y novice.

Gabby Shayne, co-manager, The Scotch Malt Whisky Society of America

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Born into a whisky family, Gabby began her career at The Scotch Malt Whisky Society of America after graduating from the University of Central Florida in 2006. Gabby’s parents founded the U.S. branch of the Society in 1993, and she currently co-manages the exclusive private membership club with her sister, Lauren Mayer. With a passion for rare and unique spirits, Gabby provides goods and services to America’s most influential whisky collectors and enthusiasts.

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Professor Starbird joins Keeping Up with Gen Y to explain how Gen Y can “be their own Socrates” by asking questions that spark their imagination and lead to new ideas and innovation. He also discusses ways effective thinking can unleash your inevitable genius.

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Dr. Michael Starbird, author, The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking

Dr. Michael Starbird is a University Distinguished Teaching Professor of Mathematics at The University of Texas at Austin and co-author of The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking.

A member of UT’s Academy of Distinguished Teachers, Professor Starbird has received more than a dozen teaching awards including the Mathematical Association of America’s 2007 national teaching award, the Texas statewide Minnie Stevens Piper Professor award, and the UT Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award.

Additionally, Professor Starbird has produced DVD courses for The Teaching Company in the Great Courses Series on calculus, statistics, probability, geometry, and the joy of thinking, and has given hundreds of lectures and workshops. He also has co-authored several books including the innovative textbook for liberal arts students entitled The Heart of Mathematics: An invitation to effective thinking.

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