All Entries Tagged With: "young entrepreneur"
Interview: David Siteman Garland on Entrepreneurship and Running a TV Show
David Siteman Garland had a TV show before he even had a website. He pitched his idea for an entrepreneurial TV show until ABC picked him up and made his dream possible. He invested all his savings and started producing the show which has seen some incredible success.
Today he has been featured on things like [...]
Interview: How Timothy Sykes Made Two Million From His Dorm Room
Photo via Gawker
First things first, how the hell did you make $2million from your college dorm room?
I traded thousands of hyped up penny stocks, discovering several chart patterns that were predictable 90% of the time, taking small gains nearly every day and those gains added up over time. My first million was made through buying [...]
Go Green Fundraising Focuses on Earth Friendly Fundraising
What is the story behind your company?
The recession was just starting to get into full swing in 2008 and I realized that groups like sports leagues, churches, and schools would be feeling the effects of a downward economy and there would be a greater need for fundraising options. At the same time, the green movement [...]
A Lesson Learned: Taking the Entrepreneurial Plunge
Today I woke up at 6am. Like any other Monday, I rushed to get out of the house by 6:30am to begin my two hour commute from Washington Crossing, PA to New York City. I grabbed a large cup of coffee & jumped on the NJ Transit express. As caffeine washed [...]
Skip Class, Make Money: CEO Nathaniel Broughton
Nathaniel Broughton is 27 and has already been involved with more then 5 start-ups and has gained the experience of someone twice his age. He graduated from the University of Missouri in 2006 with a degree in accounting although class was never exactly his thing. His companies have won Inc 500 awards and are currently [...]
Ashley Bodi and Business Beware Gives Your Business a Voice
Year Founded:
2008
URL:
http://www.businessbeware.biz
Founders and Ages:
Ashley Bodi – 26
What is the story behind your company? ie. where did the idea come from, how was it founded etc..:
The idea for Business Beware started when Robert (my father) was talking with a friend about a customer they had problems with and turns out that same customer is the one [...]
Tila Tequila Quits Hollywood, Takes on the Boardroom
In an interview with Under30CEO.com reality television star Tila “Tequila” Nguyen says that she has officially retired from Hollywood to take on her a bigger and better challenge–the boardroom. The 28 year old Ms. Nguyen as she now likes to be addressed, is making major changes in her life after the untimely death of her [...]
Little Duck Organics is Moving Forward with Organic Baby Foods
Year Founded:
2009
Founders and Ages?
Zak Normandin, 26
URL:
http://www.littleduckorganics.com
Tell us about your company:
When my wife and I went shopping for food and snacks to give to our two young daughters, we always talked about the lack of selection in the baby aisle. We always enjoyed purchasing organic or locally produced products for ourselves, but we really weren’t finding [...]
Pro Football Player Turned LinkedIn Expert with Lewis Howes
Lewis Howes is 26 and has already been featured in things like ESPN and Fast Company because of his expertise with LinkedIn. Lewis graduated Principia College in 2005 but not before spending some time at both Southwest Minnesota State University and Capital University. He had never looked past playing pro football until a career ending [...]
Increasing Revenue Through Search Visibility: Part 2 of 5
As the leader of a business, a constant concern is always increasing revenue. Of course the two primary ways to do this are to either increase the revenue current customers provide, or to increase your total number of customers. The simplest and most direct way to reach your audience, and allow them to [...]
100 Hour Work Weeks, a Sorority and Dropping Out of College Leads to Thriving Startup
Derek Johnson is 25 and the founder of Tatango.com but he never even graduated college. He spent a brief period at the University of Washington but was denied from their business school so he left for the Universities of Houston’s entrepreneurship program. It was there he came up with Tatango with a little help from [...]
22-24 Year Olds Running an International Import Company: FBC Worldwide
Startup Profile: FBC Worldwide
Year founded:
May 2008
Founders:
FBC was co-founded by Nathan Yap, Farid Aliji (friend from college), and Imtiaz Khanji (Farid’s cousin)
URL:
http://www.fbctrust.com, www.pinakuratusa.com
About the company:
We import a variety of food food products from Southeast Asia into the US. Additionally, we will all be leaving in April for the Philippines to work on a copper project, exporting [...]
Candied Flavor Bacon is the Passion Behind Tara Simon and The Sticky Pig
Tara Simon is 29 and the founder of The Sticky Pig. Tara has always been very entrepreneurial at heart but like most ended up with a job after her graduation from Temple University in 2002. After three and half years as a graphic designer she decided to go back to her first passion of fitness [...]
Startup Profile: 3Kings Clothing
When was the company founded?
June 9, 2009
Names of founders and ages?
Jon Caballero, 24
Justin Mody, 24
Paolo Sagullo, 25
Asif Razvi, 24
Jillian Fortin, 23
URL:
www.3KingsClothing.com
Tell us about the company:
A streetwear brand based out of Houston, Texas, 3Kings is focused on creating products with uncompromising style and quality. The label aims to distinguish itself from other brands [...]
How Mike Alfred and Brightscope are Taking on a 3 Trillion Dollar Industry
Mike Alfred graduated Stanford University in 2003 and like many jumped into the financial field. He spent years working as a financial advisor and investment manager at several firms including his own, Alfred Capital Management. However he had always had an itch to be a web entrepreneur and with the help of a little Maker’s [...]
Startup Profile – Puffing Cigars
When was the company founded?
PuffingCigars.com published its first article on the internet in May 2008.
Names of founders and ages?
Rob Villalobos 22
Wyatt Bostic 20
Anthony Cantelmo 26
Grant Blunt 28
URL:
http://PuffingCigars.com
Tell us about the company:
Puffingcigars.com is a website dedicated to the exploration, investigation, and promotion of all things cigar related. We try to focus [...]
