Posts for Generation-Y startup


A Good Mentor Is A Must For Every StartUp

From Generation-Y startup
September 4, 2009 at 12:22 pm
At this stage of development, my start-up is starting to take shape and things are finally beginning to fall into place. A section of the site will contain videos that cannot ... (more)

Why Many Gen Y Startups Fail

From Generation-Y startup
August 31, 2009 at 1:35 pm
This is a post I have been working on for quite a few weeks now and only just concluded that it’s got enough information and ready to be shared. Each day I stumble on myriads ... (more)

Eleven Questions with Brazen Careerist Penelope Trunk

From Generation-Y startup
August 25, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Many people just know you as the awesome blogger and power woman behind Brazen Careerist, can you let us a little into the world of Miss Trunk? I like to think that each of us ... (more)

Anatomy of a winning ‘Elevator Pitch’

From Generation-Y startup
August 21, 2009 at 11:53 pm
I was once told that if I can’t explain my company and what it does in a sentence or two at most, then I have no idea what the company does. Ever since then I have tried to ... (more)

Startup in Focus: IdealPitch

From Generation-Y startup
August 17, 2009 at 1:06 pm
I recently came across this website called IdealPitch and thought I needed to share with other entrepreneurs. I am personally not so big on VCs but if you’ve been involved in ... (more)

The gen y entrepreneur’s Achilles’ heel

From Generation-Y startup
August 14, 2009 at 5:13 pm
I was just thinking about the things that really fire up young entrepreneurs these days and decided to pen down a few. There are quite a few things that certainly warm my heart ... (more)

As a young entrepreneur, you must learn to sacrifice?

From Generation-Y startup
August 14, 2009 at 4:43 am
I was debating whether to tweet this or make in into a blog post, but i decided that 140 characters won’t do justice to what I intend to share. I have only just started ... (more)

Is it your business? then you are to blame.

From Generation-Y startup
August 11, 2009 at 8:04 pm
Did you say that you meant well and it wasn’t your fault? That you couldn’t be in 10 places at the same time and that you had no clue it was happening in your company? I doubt ... (more)

The Timing Is Never Right

From Generation-Y startup
August 9, 2009 at 1:49 pm
Is there really a perfect time for one to start a business? I ask myself that question a lot and always seemed to come up with the same answer. I have never had to explain my ... (more)

When is it time to put your startup dreams on hold?

From Generation-Y startup
August 4, 2009 at 8:52 pm
One of my favorite quotes reads: “If you always wait for the perfect conditions, you will never get anything done”. I have always lived my life with these words at the back ... (more)

How to successfully bootstrap your startup

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August 2, 2009 at 5:43 pm

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Many entrepreneurs constantly face the battle for cashflow and a lot of times, money (the lack of it) is the reason why start-ups fail even before they’ve

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Gen Y Start-up in focus: UltimateIntern

From Generation-Y startup
August 1, 2009 at 11:50 am
When I first entered college, it wasn’t long before I heard the words “internship”. I would hear that word all throughout college and how important they were. ... (more)

Interview with Startup coach Alain Theriault

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July 27, 2009 at 4:04 pm

I first connected with Alain on Twitter some weeks back and his blogs (both french and english) are a constant source of ideas and advice for entrepreneurs of any age looking to

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7 Blogs I always read and why I read them.

From Generation-Y startup
July 27, 2009 at 12:14 pm
In my last year of college, there were 3 blogs I followed religiously: On Startups by Dharmesh Shah, Marc Andreessen’s blog and Paul Graham’s blog. While I am still ... (more)

Question and Answer with Viralogy CEO, Yu-kai Chou

From Generation-Y startup
July 22, 2009 at 11:29 am
Yu-kai’s Interview with Gen-Y Startup from Yu-kai Chou on Vimeo. If you are really into looking for and following start-ups by Gen Y-ers, you probably would have heard of ... (more)

Generation Y gives new meaning to work.

From Generation-Y startup
July 22, 2009 at 1:10 am
At the moment, there’s about 78million men and women who proudly represent the millennial generation in the US, and they are taking up their places in the various facets ... (more)

My take on Social Media and its importance.

From Generation-Y startup
July 20, 2009 at 12:13 am
Just like it is quite hard for most members of Generation X to understand why many young adults these days would rather pay $100 for a ripped pair of jeans than $40 for one that ... (more)

I heard Networking…so I came running.

From Generation-Y startup
July 14, 2009 at 12:15 am
I am not a fan of always being around people 24 hours a day but I don’t shy away from saying hello to people I have never seen before. I will probably not volunteer to be ... (more)

A great team induces a successful Gen Y Startup

From Generation-Y startup
July 10, 2009 at 12:07 am
Whenever I talk to an audience or even write about the importance of having a good team on board, I never fail to share one of the best advice I ever got as an entrepreneur: A ... (more)

7 habits of highly successful Gen Y entrepreneurs

From Generation-Y startup
July 8, 2009 at 12:13 am
One of my favorite books of all time is 7 habits of highly successful people by Stephen R. Convey. I read that book when I was 16 and ever since then I have tried to set some ... (more)

Gen Y start-up in focus: BuddingUp

From Generation-Y startup
July 7, 2009 at 2:42 am
I like seeing young entrepreneurs who overcome the obstacles they face and beat the odds to make a working project of a brilliant idea. In focus today is BuddingUp by a ‘budding’ ... (more)

The makings of a successful start-up

From Generation-Y startup
July 6, 2009 at 11:11 am
Ever wondered what distinguishes a great business from an ordinary one? or what makes a start-up a true winner? well there is a million dollar question right there. If there was ... (more)

Dealing with Clients

From Generation-Y startup
July 3, 2009 at 12:54 pm
Have you ever heard that phrase that: If you just got a client, you just got married? Whether you like it or not that’s the case plain and simple. Regardless of what industry ... (more)

Lessons I wish someone had taught me about Business

From Generation-Y startup
July 1, 2009 at 9:19 pm
Part II: Great Mentors are Incredibly Rare… and Valuable Through the course of my education, I had the great fortune to be surrounded by incredible teachers who had my best interests ... (more)

When the going gets tough

From Generation-Y startup
June 29, 2009 at 11:46 am
In all the conversations I have had with successful entrepreneurs and business owners, I am yet to find one that claims his ride to the top was a smooth sail. I really want to ... (more)