Optimism a key to successful Gen Y entrepreneurs
Category: Keeping Up With Gen Y, Y Gen Entrepreneur
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 wanting to start their own companies. He also discusses how optimism and belief in yourself are keys to long-term success.
MORE ABOUT SAMMY SHREIBATI
Sammy Shreibati, co-founder, SaveUp
Sammy Shreibati is co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of SaveUp, a free rewards program to help people save money and get out of debt. Previously, Sammy was the Director of Engineering at PrepMe, an education company dedicated to bringing high quality, customized learning to students across the world. He helped PrepMe grow from a bootstrapped startup in his garage to a venture-backed online education company.
While at Stanford University, the San Francisco resident studied Electrical Engineering with an emphasis on computer design.
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About the Author
Tamara Bell: Tamara Bell is the editor of Y Gen Out Loud. She began her journalism career as a reporter in Dallas, Texas. A few years later, she moved into politics and government, working for both Democratic and Republican members of the Texas Legislature. When not working on Y Gen, Tamara is a lecturer in the Advertising Department at The University of Texas at Austin. Tamara has a B.A. in Journalism from Texas A&M University and a Ph.D. in Journalism from The University of Texas at Austin.
