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Young Entrepreneur Council


15 Dumb Mistakes to Avoid When Pitching Investors

Pitching venture capitalists or angel investors is nerve-racking. Young entrepreneurs explain trip-ups you should avoid at all costs.  Read story

Best Advice I Ever Got: Heidi Allstop

Heidi Allstop founded Spill in college. But without these three key pieces of advice, she might have landed in a cubicle instead.  Read story

11 Ideas for Cool Giveaways

Members of Young Entrepreneur Council answer the question: What kinds of giveaways or swag are actually worth investing in before heading to an industry trad...  Read story

Best Advice I Ever Got: Rebeca Hwang

The co-founder and CEO of YouNoodle, explains how simply reframing the problem--and your perspective on it--can change your business and your life.  Read story

Work With Family? 14 Tips for Success (and Sanity)

It's all in the family--including business, for some start-ups. We asked successful young entrepreneurs for help when handling employee relations and company...  Read story

14 Creative Ways to Stay Focused & Productive

Members of the Young Entrepreneur Council answer the question: What's your best tip for staying on task in a busy start-up?  Read story

Best Advice I Ever Got: Timothy Sykes

Timothy Sykes, the CEO and co-founder of Profit.ly, has had a wild entrepreneurial ride. Here, he shares the key advice that helped him learn to appreciate f...  Read story

12 Online PR Blunders to Avoid

Do you Facebook during happy hour? Retweet without doing your research? You could cause a huge PR mess. Young entrepreneurs share their best tips for promoti...  Read story

Forget Daily Deals: 11 Creative Ways to Boost Sales

Stop giving it away! We asked successful young entrepreneurs to brainstorm creative ways that small businesses can spread word and boost sales without resort...  Read story

Best Advice I Ever Got: John Harthorne

The co-founder and CEO of MassChallenge has heard his best pieces of advice repeated over and over again. John Harthorne shares how great minds--and mentors-...  Read story

8 Ways to Keep Creativity Fresh While Scaling a Start-up

Ideas can grow stale once a start-up scales. We asked successful young entrepreneurs why its important to continue sparking creativity while a company is gro...  Read story

Best Advice I Ever Got: Catherine Cook

At 15 years old, Catherine Cook co-founded myYearbook, a social network. These are the 3 pieces of advice that kept her sane--and helped make her successful.  Read story

Best Advice I Ever Got: Evan Kirkpatrick

Evan Kirkpatrick, founder and CEO of Wendell Charles Financial, shares three key pieces of advice that shaped his development as a leader.  Read story

Best Advice I Ever Got: Jesse Pujji

The CEO and co-Founder of Ampush Social successfully bootstrapped his company from three to 30 employees by following one rule of thumb: Do more, think less.  Read story

15 Ideas for Keeping Your Employees Happy

How motivated are your workers? We asked 15 successful young entrepreneurs to share secrets to sparking happiness and company loyalty around the office.  Read story

Best Advice I Ever Got: Andrew Bachman

The president of Scambook.com reveals why honest self-assessment is the key to launching a Web-based business, and other great advice he's received.  Read story

10 Signs Your Marketing is Totally Outdated

Marketing isn't only about what you're pitching, but also about how you deliver the message. We've asked a slate of successful young entrepreneurs what not t...  Read story

Best Advice I Ever Got: Shama Kabani

The president of the Marketing Zen Group explains how being an entrepreneur is similar to being a newlywed, and other great advice she's received.  Read story

Best Advice I Ever Got: Dave Kerpen

The CEO of Likeable Media shares 3 pearls of wisdom he received as an up-and-coming entrepreneur.  Read story

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