Young Entrepreneurs


Recent Young Entrepreneurs Articles

This Virtual App is Child's Play

New Jersey eight-year-old Joey Hudicka is selling an iPhone app.  Read more

How to Find a Contract Manufacturer in China

One young entrepreneur explains what he learned by quitting his job and hopping on a one-way flight to China.  Read more

The Next Big Ideas: Cool Products from the Coolest Young Entrepreneurs

The entrepreneurs featured on Inc.com's 30 Under 30 list this year have brought to market a variety of products.  View slideshow

How to Start a College Entrepreneurship Club

Entrepreneurship clubs help students turn their ideas and passions into businesses and develop future business leaders.  Read more

Lauren Bush and Ellen Gustafson, Founders of FEED Projects 

The former president's niece embraces social entrepreneurship with a growing line of bags sold online and at Whole Foods.  Watch video

Jack Abraham, Founder of Milo.com 

The San Francisco start-up Milo.com tracks 2.8 million products across 50,000 retail stores. "Amazon and eBay are Web 1.0," scoffs founder Jack Abraham.  Watch video

Tyler Balliet and Morgan First, Founders of The Second Glass 

Balliet and First loved wine but felt that no one was marketing it properly to their generation. Their company connects wine sellers to young consumers thro...  Watch video

Where are They Now? 

What happened to the young entrepreneurs who have appeared on our annual 30 Under 30 List in the past? Book deals and big paydays are among the updates.  Watch video

David Schottenstein, Founder of Astor & Black Custom Clothiers 

After several tries, David Schottenstein has finally built a company that has won his father's approval.  Watch video

Ryan Allis and Aaron Houghton, Founders of iContact 

For iContact co-founders Ryan Allis and Aaron Houghton, there is very little time for bonding, beyond a few trips to a lake to water-ski.  Watch video

Callie Works-Leary, Founder of CityCraft 

Dallas entrepreneur Callie Works-Leary hopes to build CityCraft into the Crate & Barrel of the sewing world.  Watch video

Fraser Doherty, Founder of Super Jam 

A 21-year-old Scot takes his Gran's recipe and uses it to disrupt the jam market.  Watch video

Lukas Biewald and Chris Van Pelt, Founders of Crowdflower 

This duo is seeking to disrupt temp agencies by tapping the world's workforce.  Watch video

Maverick Carter, Founder of LRMR Innovative Marketing & Branding 

For the brains behind the branding of LeBron James, handling criticism is all in a day's work.  Watch video

David Graff, John Wirtz, and Brian Kaiser, Founders of Agile Sports 

The Broncos, the Browns, and the Jets all use Agile Sports's software to help players memorize offensive and defensive schemes.  Watch video

A Strong Sense of Community

Many of the young entrepreneurs who appear on Inc.com's 2010 30 Under 30 list embody their generational fascination with all things social.  Read more

Dan Schawbel, Founder of Millennial Branding 

The founder of Boston-based Millennial Branding is the self-styled king of personal branding.  Watch video

Naveen Selvadurai, Co-Founder of Foursquare 

What will the New York City-based geolocation start-up do with the $20 million in venture capital it raised recently?  Watch video

Sean Whalen, Founder of AlterG 

AlterG founder Sean Whalen brought to market an anti-gravity treadmill used by top athletes. Now he's going after the medical market.  Watch video

Ooshma Garg, Founder of Anapata 

Founder Ooshma Garg named her Palo Alto start-up after a Swahili word that means "find, attain, and achieve."  Watch video

Stephanie Kaplan, Windsor Hanger, and Annie Wang, Founders of Her Campus 

A trio of Harvard students take a campus publication online and discover a promising business opportunity.  Watch video

Andrew Kortina and Iqram Magdon-Ismail, Founders of Venmo 

Square has drawn a lot of buzz to the mobile-payments business. Venmo's founders hope to draw on that as they build their company.  Watch video

Tim O'Shaughnessy and Eddie Frederick, Founders of LivingSocial 

With the acquisition of a little company called Buy a Friend a Drink, the online-bargain site LivingSocial came together in its present form.  Watch video

Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia, and Nathan Blecharczyk, Founders of AirBnB 

San Francisco start-up AirBnB is like a Craigslist for the couch-surfing set.  Watch video

Jeffrey Powers and Vikas Reddy, Founders of Occipital 

The founders of Occipital launched one of the most successful apps around. Then they sold it, to help them fund yet more app development.  Watch video

Garry Tan and Sachin Agarwal, Founders of Posterous 

Posterous takes all the fuss out of posting content online.  Watch video

Sarah Prevette, Founder of Sprouter 

Sarah Prevette has created a service that entrepreneurs can use to socialize, share tips, and ask questions in a rapid-fire, short-attention-span fashion.  Watch video

Jennifer Hyman and Jenny Fleiss, Founders of Rent the Runway 

Bringing the Carrie Bradshaw experience to budget fashionistas  Watch video

Chris Easter and Bob Horner, Founders of The Man Registry 

Extending the definition of a wedding gift to include sports apparel, grilling accessories, and the always popular remote control beer cooler.  Watch video

Ashleigh Hansberger, Founder of Motto Agency 

To help companies launch, grow, and reinvent their brands through good, old-fashioned storytelling and innovative use of social media, Hansberger, 28, launc...  Watch video

Amos Winbush III, Founder of CyberSynchs 

Amos Winbush III has partnered with Sun to build an app used on 500,000 phones. “We’re taking the company global,” he says. “I’m super stoked.”  Watch video

Alexa von Tobel, Founder of LearnVest 

Backed by Goldman Sachs and some successful executives, LearnVest founder Alexa von Tobel seeks to give young women personal finance advice.  Watch video

Joshua Dziabiak, Founder of ShowClix 

ShowClix helps small venues distribute tickets entirely over text message and e-mail.  Watch video

Michelle You, Ian Hogarth, and Pete Smith, Founders of Songkick 

By meticulously compiling upcoming concert listings, the founders of Songkick have amassed an audience of one million fans—and the backing of Y Combinator,...  Watch video

Maia Josebachvili and Bram Levy, Owners of Urban Escapes 

A love of skydiving led Maia Josebachvili to launch Urban Escapes, a business that gives yuppies an adrenaline rush.  Watch video