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Recent Young Entrepreneurs Articles

12 Female Entrepreneurs Who Inspired Us in 2012

These young women behind companies including Spanx and Polyvore made it big in 2012. Here's how they made an impression on YEC members.  Read more

Tim Ferriss's Next Big Project: Dinner

Tim Ferriss's latest book, The 4-Hour Chef , includes not only classic and non-traditional recipes (roasted squirrel, anyone?) but also a formula for...  Read more

13 Ways to Fix Your Worst Meetings

Meetings get a bum rap, especially from Gen-Y founders. What are the youngest entrepreneurs actually doing behind closed conference doors?  Read more

Best Advice I Ever Got: Allison Lami Sawyer

The co-founder of Rebellion Photonics, doesn't traffic in 'advice'--at least, not the kind usually doled out to women in business. For her, the criticisms ar...  Read more

Older Entrepreneurs Get a Bum Rap

One prominent VC has publically announced his preference for young entrepreneurs, but do the facts support this bias for fresh-faced founders?  Read more

Best Advice I Ever Got: Chris Mirabile

Hotlist co-founder Chris Mirabile isn't new to the start-up world, but building his latest venture tested his mettle. These pieces of advice saw him through it.  Read more

Airbnb Is Changing Travel | Company of the Year Runner-Up

Can you believe the home-rental site that lists properties in 30,000 cities across 192 countries once had trouble raising $20,000? Now it is valued at $2.5 b...  Read more

12 Ways to Unwind During the Busy Holiday Season

For start-ups, especially in the retail space, now is the time to ramp-up sales--not to relax. But that doesn't mean your team can't find time for a little h...  Read more

3 Start-up Secrets From Jerry Maguire

The founder and CEO of ShadesDaddy.com learned a thing or two about business from the (fictional) Dicky Fox. Here are Pablo Palatnik's favorite pieces of sta...  Read more

Take Coffee Grounds. Add Spores. See Success Sprout.

With their popular mushroom kits, Back to the Roots' founders Nikhil Arora and Alejandro Velez are restoring the connection between people and food.  Read more