Inexperience

Starting a Business

Can You Run a Successful Business with No Experience?

There are many ways in everyday life to gain business experience and many ways to make up for a lack thereof.

Thought Leaders

A Good Entrepreneur Evolves Over Time

Some lessons are best learned through personal experience. Make the most of yours, and seek out mentors who can share their stories.

Starting a Business

Why Entrepreneurs Don't Need Business Experience to Start Their Own Company

Shaun Neff never had a full-time job before he started his company, and it worked out okay for him.

Leadership

3 Biases That Make the C-Suite Deaf to Young Leaders

Just because they're inexperienced doesn't mean they can't generate great ideas.

Thought Leaders

Going From Failure to Failure Without Loss of Enthusiasm

Success, thus defined, stands on the very shoulders of such unhappy experiences as loss and quitting, failure and striking out. Dig it.

Thought Leaders

5 Lessons Young Entrepreneurs Mostly Learn the Hard Way

Listening to people who have already learned from mistakes is the smartest thing few people do.

Making a Change

Keep the Rookie's Zeal No Matter How Far You Go

Successful people find a way to keep the enthusiasm they had when they launched their careers.

Thought Leaders

How to Be Taken Seriously As a Young Entrepreneur

A lack of experience doesn't mean you can't show potential customers the strength of your qualities.

Fundraising

To MBA or Not to MBA

Can a formal education really help you make your entrepreneurial dreams come true? Experts weigh in.

Starting a Business

Age Really Is Just a Number When It Comes to Entrepreneurial Success

Years of experience in business is a better indicator than age, young or old, when guessing who will complete the trek to success.