Young Entrepreneurs
The Latest Craze in Incubators: Pay-to-Play Accelerators?
BY Lauren Cannon
Fee-based entrepreneurship accelerators and incubators are increasingly sprouting up. We take a look at some new programs and consider whether they're worth your time. How Young Entrepreneurs Turned a Tweet from Richard Branson into $1 Million
BY Dinah Wisenberg Brin
In starting up, whatever you do, do not miss an opportunity to meet tastemakers like Sir Richard Branson. Here's how two young founders met the billionaire and won him over.Play Video Artsicle: On a Mission to Change the Art World (Video)
BY Diana Ransom
Changing the age-old art business is no easy task. But entrepreneurs Alexis Tryon and Scott Carleton explain how they're trying to do just that. How I Raised a Family of Entrepreneurs
BY Tim Berry
An entrepreneur and father to a brood of business owners talks about bringing up kids to be entrepreneurs. Grads: Want to Be an Entrepreneur? Get a Job (Opinion)
BY Scott Shane
If your heart is set on running your own business, you could raise your odds of success by first getting some experience on your resume and money in the bank. Harvard Grads' Startup Rewards Gym Rats, Penalizes Couch Potatoes
BY Jodi Helmer
An Ivy League economics assignment becomes a profitable business proposition: Work out or pay up. Orbotix: Where Mobile Apps and the Toy Industry Collide
BY John Patrick Pullen
A startup that invented the world's first smartphone-controlled ball and that's just the beginning.Play Video Birchbox and Changing the Way We Shop (Video)
BY Diana Ransom
When Katia Beauchamp and Hayley Barna realized the flaws in the way women buy cosmetics, they started a company to revamp the system. Here, the Birchbox founders chat about their vision for the future of buying beauty and grooming products.Play Video Skillshare and Changing the Way We Learn (Video)
BY Diana Ransom
Learning doesn't have to end at graduation. Here's how Malcolm Ong and Michael Karnjanaprakorn built a business that aims to put learning first. 10 Things Colleges Don't Tell Young Entrepreneurs at Graduation
BY Adam Toren
A college degree can give grads confidence and poise. But it won't guarantee business success. How a 9-Year-Old Entrepreneur's Business Went Viral
BY Diana Ransom
Millions of people have tuned into an 11-minute video of entrepreneur Caine Monroy's cardboard arcade creation, but how did that video catch on when so many others don't? To figure it out, we asked the experts to give us their best viral-video tips. College Startup: Big Scan on Campus
BY Joel Holland
The ability to pull all-nighters moved three BYU students to the front of the competitive QR-code category. From Pinterest to Gumroad, 19-Year-Old Sahil Lavingia on His Trek Through Silicon Valley
BY Lyneka Little
We spoke with the young entrepreneur about his experience as a founding team member at Pinterest and his new company Gumroad. A Dorm-Room Startup on an Environmental Mission
BY Jodi Helmer
A student entrepreneur vows to make an environmental impact with his online wedding invitations. Meet the 22-Year-Old Serial Entrepreneur Behind a File-Sharing Service With $1 Million in VC
BY Joel Holland
A free file-sharing site attracts users with its drag-and-drop simplicity and universal platform One Young Entrepreneur's Million-Dollar Idea in Mobile Gaming
BY Joel Holland
A Princeton dropout makes waves with mobile gaming and payment services. How I Did It: The TOMS Story
BY Blake Mycoskie
Blake Mycoskie explains why he jumped into the shoe business to Start Something That Matters.Play Video Quirky's Ben Kaufman on Innovation (Video)
Meet the founder of Quirky, a crowdsourced product-development company. Its mission is "to make invention accessible." Its goal: to invent two new consumer products a week. He shares his views on creativity and starting up as part of our Innovators series. Teenager Finds a Niche in Man-Scented Candles
BY Michelle Juergen
Would you like your house to smell like bacon? Or perhaps a new mitt? A young entrepreneur creates his own masculine take on the scented-candle business. Peter Thiel on What You Can't Learn in College
BY Jennifer Wang
The venture capitalist and co-founder of PayPal answers questions about his initiative to back the business dreams of select teen entrepreneurs willing to put their educations on hold. 1SaleADay.com's Ben Federman and the Value of a Daily Steal
BY Gwen Moran
This 28-year-old Brooklynite built a successful business around the concept of loss leaders. Part of our annual Young Millionaires report. GumGum's Ophir Tanz Spins Gold from Ads on Images Online
BY Jennifer Wang
This twentysomething innovator created a successful digital ad network for Web images. Learn how he did it. Part of our annual Young Millionaires report. Khu.sh's Prerna Gupta Pioneers High-Tech Music for the Masses
BY Jennifer Wang
This 29-year-old CEO has her sights set on expansion with her apps LaDiDa and Songify and seed funding from angel investors. Part of our annual Young Millionaires report. From Grad Student to Social Media Millionaire
BY Matt Villano
How twentysomething Shama Kabani of Marketing Zen Group wrote a master's thesis on Twitter and then went on to build a leading-edge marketing firm. Part of our annual Young Millionaires report. Startup or Start School? The Degree Debate
BY Adam Toren
With sky-high unemployment among the nation's youth, the question of whether to startup now or wait until you finish college has never been more significant. How to Build Credibility as a Young Entrepreneur
BY Jane Porter
Five steps to make your business a success when experience is not on your side.Ads by Google
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Mark Cuban
Owner, Dallas Mavericks
"I love to compete. I want to get out there and kick your ass in the business world. That is what inspires me."
Ben Kaufman
Founder, Quirky Inc.
"I'm inspired by the Empire State Building. Probably not many people know that it was built in one year and 45 days."
Alexander Mendeluk
Co-founder of SpiritHoods
"When I see people bridging the gap between the limitations that the 'real world' imposes and what they realize they can manifest."
Bret Michaels
Musician, entrepreneur
"The secret to success lies in the gap between dream and reality."
Scott Heiferman
Meetup Co-founder
"I'm more inspired by the 20-somethings who are going to change the world. They have much less respect for the status quo and are seeing the world in a fresh way, many of them."
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