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22 Young Women Entrepreneurs and Their Companies to Watch
Jennifer Carter Fleiss Company: Rent the Runway Age: 28 The numbers: $50 million funding with over 3 million members Rent the Runway is a membership-based website that rents high-end designer apparel and accessories on a 4- or 8-day basis. The company was founded by two Harvard Business School graduates, Jennifer Hyman and Jennifer Carter Fleiss. Launched [...]
30 Most Influential Young Entrepreneurs of 2012
It’s that time of year again when we put together our 30 most influential young entrepreneurs list. Each of these founders and CEOs are running incredible ventures that have taken a lot of sacrifice and hard work to get to where they are today. There are multiple companies on the list this year carrying valuations [...]
The Number One Metric of 2013: Quality Time
The number one asset that you can become obsessed with is your time. Why? No matter how filthy rich you are, you can never buy more of it. Your time one Earth is limited. How much time on average? 78 years for Americans according to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. That’s [...]
50 VC and Angel Investors Every Young Entrepreneur Should Know
What’s the next big thing? There’s a good chance someone on this list is either starting it or funding it. The investors below have been a there as founders or investors for many of the companies that have shaped the internet like Amazon, eBay, AOL, Paypal, Facebook, Twitter, Google and many more. These investors have [...]
10 Places to Learn for Free Online
Everyday, more resources are becoming available to any one who spends time online. Colleges and universities are opening up and letting everyone access some of their best courses and learning material. Teachers and experts are creating amazing content and hundreds of thousands of people are taking advantage of it. In the past few years there has been [...]
10 Must Read Entrepreneurship Books from 2012
What did you read in 2012? The following are a group of books that were all released in 2012 so maybe you will find something new! They are also in no particular order…We suggest you read them all! The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future In The [...]
Entrepreneurship is Synonymous with Loneliness
I remember the exact moment when I became an entrepreneur. I twelve years old and driving with my father from Rochester, New York (my hometown), to Toronto. As we were entering the city, like in many large cities, one will see a lot of industry and large office buildings on the highway. I thought to [...]
Being “Nice” Is WAY More Valuable
Under30CEO co-founder and my good friend Matt Wilson wrote a recent article, “How to Stop Being Nice and Get What You Really Want.” While I can’t begin to explain how much I respect Matt and his perspective, I strongly disagree with this particular point of view. From Matt’s article, I deduced that “nice” means being thoughtful, fair, self-aware, [...]
Nobody Likes You When You Break The Rules
“You need to figure out how to close up shop Matt…” “It’s about time you moved on and worked for someone else…” “That site actually pays your bills?” Quotes from my motivation board. At an Under30CEO event, Alexis Ohanian, Co-Founder of Reddit told us to make a negative reinforcement board with all the things anyone [...]
17 Lessons from 17 Books to Learn From in 2013
“You’ll be the same in five years as you are today, except for the people you meet and the books you read.” — Charlie “Tremendous” Jones This year I set out to read 30 books. A serious goal–a book every 2.5 weeks. While I only crossed 17 books off that list, setting a reading goal [...]
