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Do You Have A License For That? 4 Tips for Aspiring Kidpreneurs
With the holidays quickly approaching, kids may be ramping up their entrepreneurial efforts to afford the same gadgets and apps that their friends are fiddling with all day. But, while snow shoveling businesses and homemade baked good enterprises have been popular money-earning ventures for generations of U.S. kids, that’s not stopped government authorities from shutting...
How Millennial Entrepreneurs Can Hustle Their Way to Success [Book Excerpt]
The following excerpt is reprinted with permission of the publisher, from "THE MILLENNIAL MONEY FIX" © 2017 Douglas A. Boneparth and Heather J. Boneparth. Published Career Press, Wayne, NJ. 800-227-3371. All rights reserved. “So, uh, Douglas, how’s that nine to five treating you?” “Nine to five,” you say? That concept is funny for the young people...
6 Tips Millennial Entrepreneurs Need to Hear Again and Again
Millennial entrepreneurs or “millennipreneurs” face a unique set of obstacles. They graduated college during or shortly after the great recession when professional opportunities were scarce and less than promising. To top it off, the cost of living and student loan debt continue to rise while incomes stay stagnant; making it harder than ever to build...
The Teenpreneur: How This Mini Mogul Built a Community of Young Entrepreneurs
At an age when many of her peers spent their weekends working at the mall, watching TV or playing video games, Eva Baker launched Teens Got Cents, a blog that teaches teens how to manage their money. It started as a high school project, but Baker, now 21, grew it into a business and also...
5 Books Every Millennial Business Owner Must Read for Success
Despite the hate they get in the media, millennials are actually extremely hard working and entrepreneurial. In fact, there's a good chance you either are a millennial business owner or know of one. A recent study from The Center for Generational Kinetics found some fascinating data about millennial business owners. They found that millennials don’t just...
Advice for Young Entrepreneurs (from a Young Entrepreneur)
Growing up, it always irritated me when I would read books and hear about teenagers, as young as 13 and 14, making millions by starting their own business. I started my own landscaping business at 14, and the best I ever did was rake in $30K when I was 16. It wasn’t until recently that...
5 Millennial Entrepreneurs You Should Know About in 2017
Now that we’re more than halfway through 2017, it’s time for a little mid-year in review at the current entrepreneurial landscape. Most of us are more than familiar with what famous ‘treps like Mark Zuckerberg and Evan Spiegel are up to, but who’s making waves and on the up and coming list when it comes to millennial...