Young Entrepreneurs


Recent Young Entrepreneurs Articles

30 Under 30 2009 - Apture - Tristan Harris, Can Sar and Jesse Young

Tristan Harris, Can Sar, and Jesse Young set out to streamline the Internet. The result was an online platform that allows publishers, including The New York...  Read more


30 Under 30 2009 - IdeaPaint - John Goscha, Jeff Avallon and Morgan Newman

As a student in Babson College's entrepreneurship program, John Goscha hated hanging big pieces of paper on the wall for brainstorming sessions. So he enlist...  Read more


30 Under 30 2009 - Smathers & Branson - Peter Smathers Carter and Austin Branson

In 2004, during their senior years at Bowdoin College, Peter Smathers Carter and Austin Branson both coincidentally received hand-stitched needlepoint belts ...  Read more


30 Under 30 2009 - M3 Girl Designs - Maddie Bradshaw

Thirteen-year-old Maddie Bradshaw was looking to decorate her middle-school locker, so she took an old bottle cap, sketched a portrait of Albert Einstein ins...  Read more


30 Under 30 2009 - Hype Machine - Anthony Volodkin

Anthony Volodkin was always a big music fan. So he created the ultimate music fan site, which aggregates the best music blogs, allows users to stream or purc...  Read more


30 under 30 2009 - Barley & Birch - Kyle Smitley

Kyle Smitley started an organic children's clothing line that has become popular with celebrity moms like Sheryl Crow and Jessica Alba. And in the spirit of ...  Read more


30 Under 30 2009 - Humdinger Wind Energy - Shawn Frayne

Shawn Frayne thinks cities are the next great source of wind power. His Windbelt technology has the potential to harness energy on wind-rich bridges, skyscra...  Read more


30 Under 30 2009 - Mashable - Pete Cashmore

Pete Cashmore has been called the Brad Pitt of the blogosphere. Mashable, his popular technology blog, now has close to 8 million unique visitors a month.  Read more


30 Under 30 2009 - DANNIJO - Danielle and Jodie Snyder

As kids, Danielle and Jodie Snyder used their father's old medical tool kit to create necklaces, bracelets, and other accessories. Today, their jewelry can b...  Read more


30 under 30 2009 - Summit Series - Elliott Bisnow

Elliott Bisnow promotes a series of events for young entrepreneurs and other rising stars in hotspots across the country. Why even the White House is taking ...  Read more


How This Kid Made $170 Million in Two Years

Sep 18, 2009

Aaron Patzer launched Mint.com in 2007. Two years later, Intuit bought the company for $170 million. So how did Patzer do it?  View slideshow


Best Lemonade Stand Winners

By Tamara Schweitzer and Rod Kurtz |  Sep 18, 2009

Meet the young faces behind two of the most successful lemonade stands, as Inc. announces the winners of the Best Lemonade Stand in America contest. Movin...  Watch video


30 Under 30: Behind The Scenes

By Alexandra Cheney |  Sep 10, 2009

Go behind the scenes with Inc. Magazine at the 2009 30 Under 30 photo shoot. Featuring interviews with the founders of ModCloth, Thrillist, and IdeaPaint.  Watch video


Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: 352 Media

By Meredith Maines |  Jul 22, 2009

One entrepreneur's college start-up was never expected to expand past the walls of his frat house. Now it is doing business with Microsoft and other large co...  Read more


How to Start a T-shirt Company

By Leigh Buchanan |  Jul 1, 2009

Great designs are not enough, according to Johnny Earle of Johnny Cupcakes. You also need lots of buzz and exclusivity  Read more


Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: mental_floss magazine

By Meredith Maines |  Jul 1, 2009

Two Duke University students with a penchant for trivia started their own magazine geared towards factoid junkies just like themselves, of course.  Read more


30 Under 30: Making It

By Michael Shick |  Dec 3, 2008

For our top, young entrepreneurs, success came early but it wasn't always easy.   Watch video


Young, Free and an Entrepreneur

By Michael Shick |  Dec 3, 2008

For these top young entrepreneurs the freedom to build the company they want, to push their boundaries, and to succeed on their own terms has inspired the...  Watch video


10 Questions for Kevin Rose

By Inc. staff |  Nov 1, 2008

The Digg.com founder shares his start-up advice.  Read more


Kevin Rose of Digg: The Most Famous Man on the Internet

By Max Chafkin |  Nov 1, 2008

Digg founder Kevin Rose is having so much fun, you could almost miss the fact that he's setting himself up to be an Internet-age media mogul.  Read more


Cool, Determined & Under 30

By Donna Fenn |  Oct 1, 2008

They are collaborative, creative, and -- above all -- confident. And all of them were born after October 31, 1978.  Read more


The Dos and Don’ts of Dorm Room Enterprise

By Tamar Snyder |  Aug 20, 2008

Thinking about starting a college business? Learn from these Inc. 5000 CEOs that did it big.  Read more


The Customer is the Company

By Max Chafkin |  Jun 1, 2008

Threadless churns out dozens of new items a month -- with no advertising, no professional designers, no sales force and no retail distribution. And it's neve...  Read more


30 Under 30: The Innovator

By Rod Kurtz |  Nov 27, 2007

Ben Kaufman founded a successful iPod accessory maker, Mophie while in college, but it was some last minute inspiration at a trade booth really made waves...  Watch video


30 Under 30: The Granola Guys

By Rod Kurtz |  Oct 5, 2007

Jason Osborn and Jason Wright started Feed Granola Co. out of their New York apartment. Today their healthy snacks can be found on the shelves of Whole Fo...  Watch video