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How is Gen-Y Using Facebook? Survey Results Might Surprise You

Posted on 10. Jan, 2012 by Adam Toren.

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If you’re between the ages of 18 and 29, you’re part of “Gen-Y.” And as part of that generation, you make up a large part of the 750 million+ Facebook community. A new study, conducted by Millennial Branding, looked at more than 50 million Facebook data points from Identified.com, and the results were very interesting – to say the [...]

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Would You Take a $100,000 Fellowship to Drop Out?

Posted on 14. Jun, 2011 by Matthew Toren.

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That’s the question that Peter Thiel, a co-founder of PayPal, early investor in Facebook, and visionary leader of The Thiel Foundation, is asking college students attending some of the nation’s top universities. In fact, he’s already chosen 24 recipients of the Thiel Fellowship, out of over 400 applicants, from such prestigious schools as Stanford, Harvard, [...]

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Why Being a Young Entrepreneur is a Good Thing

Posted on 08. Dec, 2010 by Matthew Toren.

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When you start out as an entrepreneur at an early age, you find that one of the things that stands in the way of your entrepreneur success isn’t the world, but it’s you. Yes, you. As a young entrepreneur, you often split your focus between two ideas: You’re too young to know better. You’re too [...]

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Stanley Tang Interview – A Best-Selling Author at just 16 Years Old

Posted on 01. Dec, 2010 by Luke Etheridge.

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Imagine publishing your very own book, which took 15 months to complete, and then seeing it rise to become a Best-Seller on Amazon….all achieved whilst being just 16 years old! Today’s interview is a little special – if you are a teenager who doesn’t want to live life working for someone and you thought that [...]

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10 Inspiring Young Online Entrepreneurs

Posted on 27. Aug, 2010 by Adam.

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One really awesome thing about the Internet is that there’s no such thing as age discrimination when it comes to being successful. It doesn’t matter if you’re 12 or 72 – you have just as much chance as anyone of becoming rich and famous through an online business. To illustrate the point, here, in no [...]

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A Must-Attend Event: 2010 Las Vegas Business Summit

Posted on 20. Aug, 2010 by Adam.

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Anyone reading the Blogtrepreneur site is most likely either an entrepreneur or wants to be an entrepreneur. In either case, you’ll definitely want to attend the Perfect Business Summit 2010 in Las Vegas, NV, October 7th and 8th. This incredible event is packed with influential keynote speakers and information-loaded breakout sessions to provide you with [...]

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20 Amazing Women Entrepreneurs

Posted on 18. Aug, 2010 by Adam.

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These days, it seems successful entrepreneurs are popping up everywhere. And some of the most impressive entrepreneurial success stories are those of women who have accomplished amazing things in every area of business imaginable. From IT to retail, and from marketing to inventions, women have shown they are a force to be reckoned with. So [...]

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Viral Video Winner and New Contest Announcement!

Posted on 28. Jul, 2010 by Adam.

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One thing is for sure: If you’re going to be a successful entrepreneur, you’d have creative abilities. Not that you have to be artistic. Creativity comes in many forms. Whether we’re devising new solutions to old problems, creating blog or marketing copy or designing more streamlined business processes, we entrepreneurs use creativity all the time. [...]

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Did You Celebrate National Entrepreneurs’ Day This Year?

Posted on 14. May, 2010 by Adam.

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The answer of course is, no. Because there is no National Entrepreneurs’ Day. We have a day to recognize the importance of mothers, fathers, grandparents, and even love (Valentine’s Day), but currently there is no day set aside to honor the contributions entrepreneurs have made in our society. Now a couple of creative young entrepreneurs [...]

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The YES Movie Review

Posted on 22. Oct, 2009 by Adam.

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As someone who has both lived the life of a young entrepreneur and strives to encourage the world’s youth to forge their own entrepreneurial path—not only to success, but also to the point of making a profound difference in the world around them—I found The YES Movie to be an important tool for upcoming generations. [...]

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The Evolution of Blogtrepreneur

Posted on 02. Jan, 2009 by Adam.

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Almost three years ago in February 2006, Blogtrepreneur.com was born as a way for a young UK student named Adnan to share his ongoing exploration in blogging and business. Since that time the site has grown in readership and popularity thanks to his passion for online entrepreneurship, and his dedication to building Blogtrepreneur.com into a [...]