Young Entrepreneurs


Recent Young Entrepreneurs Articles

How Tasty Catering Became an Illinois Incubator

On the verge of losing the business, CEO Tom Walter looked to young employees to turn his business around, and then helped them fund their own.  Read more

Made in Louisiana

Two New York fashionistas launch their fashion house Jolie & Elizabeth in New Orleans and lead the charge of bringing fashion back to the Garden District.  Read more

Inc. 5000 Update: Electronic Payments

Michael Nardy started out trying to earn some beer money and ended up with a $42.7 million payment-processing business.  Read more

Viewpoints: The Perks of Running a Successful Business

Johnny Earle, founder of Johnny Cupcakes, takes a victory lap.  Read more

Meet the College Dropouts

The four young entrepreneurs who dropped out of school to take $100,000 in angel funding from Peter Thiel  Read more

The Future of Venture for America

They're wide-eyed students interested in entrepreneurship, but they're eschewing incubators and sidestepping venture funding. What gives?  Read more

What You Missed at DreamIt Demo Day

A sampling of the unusual pitches at this year's showcase of 14 fund-seeking start-ups.  Read more

The 'Teach for America' for Entrepreneurs?

Andrew Yang, through Venture for America, wants to send an army of new college grads out to start-ups in cities nationwide and help resuscitate their falteri...  Read more

Rob Kalin Out as Etsy CEO

Etsy's CTO, Chad Dickerson, is taking the lead role at the online handmade and vintage marketplace from its 30-year-old founder.  Read more

Brian Wong, Founder of Kiip.me 

He is the founder of Kiip.me, a rewards network and the youngest person to receive funding by a venture capital firm.  Watch video

How to Create an Investor Presentation

Making an investor presentation. A step-by-step guide to making a presentation that investors will love.  Read more

Meet This Year's Top Young Entrepreneurs

They’re among the most intriguing young business owners in America—and they’ve barely gotten started.  Read more

Jordan Goldman, Founder of Unigo

Inc.com's 2011 30 Under 30 list: Jordan Goldman, founder of Unigo, a website with student-generated college information.  Read more

Adam Witty, Founder of Advantage Media Group

Inc.com's 2011 30 Under 30 list: Adam Witty, Founder of Advantage Media Group, a book publishing company.  Read more

David Gorodyansky and Eugene Malobrodsky, Founders of AnchorFree

Inc.com's 2011 30 Under 30 list: David Gorodyansky and Eugene Malobrodsky, Founders of AnchorFree, which provides secure Web access.  Read more

Adam Goldstein and Steve Huffman, Founders of Hipmunk

Inc.com's 2011 30 Under 30 list: Adam Goldstein and Steve Huffman, founders of Hipmunk, a clean and simple flight and hotel search site.  Read more

Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi, Founders of Dropbox

Inc.com's 2011 30 Under 30 list: Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi founded file-syncing service Dropbox to stop digital chaos.  Read more

Gianna Driver, Founder of Gianna Fair Trade

Inc.com's 2011 30 Under 30 list: Gianna Driver, Founder of Gianna Fair Trade, a website helping women gain economic independence.  Read more

Jennifer Schnidman Medbery, Founder of Drop the Chalk

Inc.com's 2011 30 Under 30 list: Jennifer Schnidman Medbery, Founder of Drop the Chalk, educational software that helps teachers at New Orleans charter school.  Read more

Matt Lauzon, Founder of Gemvara

Inc.com's 2011 30 Under 30 list: Matt Lauzon, Founder of Gemvara, a company that does mass customization of jewelry.  Read more

Hayley Barna and Katia Beauchamp, Founders of Birchbox

Inc.com's 2011 30 Under 30 List: Hayley Barna and Katia Beauchamp, Founders of Birchbox, send curated samples of beauty products to subscribers.  Read more

Siamak Taghaddos and David Hauser, Founders of Grasshopper

Inc.com's 2011 30 Under 30 list: Siamak Taghaddos and David Hauser, Founders of Grasshopper, created a virtual system for entrepreneurs.  Read more

Jason Ross, Founder of JackThreads

Inc.com's 2011 30 Under 30 list: Jason Ross, Founder of JackThreads.com, cool and edgy fashion for men on flash sale website.  Read more

Hussein Fazal and Kristaps Ronka, Founders of AdParlor

Inc.com's 2011 30 Under 30 list: Hussein Fazal and Kristaps Ronka, Founders of AdParlor, Inc., a company that optimizes Facebook Ads.  Read more

Matt Mickiewicz, Co-founder of 99designs

Inc.com's 2011 30 Under 30 list: Matt Mickiewicz, Co-Founder of 99designs, provides crowd-sourced design services.  Read more