Comments on: Entrepreneurship age – I would say late 20′s http://www.energybyte.com/blog/entrepreneurship-age-i-would-say-late-20s Doing Business, Start-ups, Small Business Blog Fri, 02 Dec 2011 06:12:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jason Webb http://www.energybyte.com/blog/entrepreneurship-age-i-would-say-late-20s/comment-page-1#comment-54450 Jason Webb Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:50:33 +0000 http://www.energybyte.com/blogs/?p=36#comment-54450 Great article. I enjoy hearing about entrepreneurs who triumph potentially devastating situations and rise from it with a leaner, more efficient business and go on to achieve everything they desire. Great article. I enjoy hearing about entrepreneurs who triumph potentially devastating situations and rise from it with a leaner, more efficient business and go on to achieve everything they desire.

]]> By: admin http://www.energybyte.com/blog/entrepreneurship-age-i-would-say-late-20s/comment-page-1#comment-17850 admin Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:30:34 +0000 http://www.energybyte.com/blogs/?p=36#comment-17850 Jared, beside what you're saying "Your 20’s does give you the most room to mess up, which probably will happen a few times.", if you're 20's and your colleagues are the same, it's easier to get their commitment to push forward. For example, if you have cashflow problems it's easier to ask your 20 something colleagues to work for 3 months for less money that your 35 years colleagues with family and other expenses. And It's not only about expenses, it's also about accepting things easier. Jared, beside what you’re saying “Your 20’s does give you the most room to mess up, which probably will happen a few times.”, if you’re 20′s and your colleagues are the same, it’s easier to get their commitment to push forward. For example, if you have cashflow problems it’s easier to ask your 20 something colleagues to work for 3 months for less money that your 35 years colleagues with family and other expenses. And It’s not only about expenses, it’s also about accepting things easier.

]]> By: admin http://www.energybyte.com/blog/entrepreneurship-age-i-would-say-late-20s/comment-page-1#comment-17849 admin Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:27:06 +0000 http://www.energybyte.com/blogs/?p=36#comment-17849 Matt, my own personal experience is that it gets harder to start a company when years pass. If when I've started my company 4 years ago I felt I have nothing to lose, now, being more knowledgeable and with more responsibilities it fells like something I'll have to think twice. Other than that, I just feel the need to copy paste this from your blog: "WARNING: Entrepreneurship and Lifestyle Experiments can dramatically alter your life!" Matt, my own personal experience is that it gets harder to start a company when years pass. If when I’ve started my company 4 years ago I felt I have nothing to lose, now, being more knowledgeable and with more responsibilities it fells like something I’ll have to think twice.

Other than that, I just feel the need to copy paste this from your blog: “WARNING: Entrepreneurship and Lifestyle Experiments can dramatically alter your life!”

]]> By: Matt Wilson http://www.energybyte.com/blog/entrepreneurship-age-i-would-say-late-20s/comment-page-1#comment-17847 Matt Wilson Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:08:21 +0000 http://www.energybyte.com/blogs/?p=36#comment-17847 Cristian--I once had a very successful middle aged executive tell me "being an entrepreneur right out of college is like being a professional athlete." He was discouraging me from becoming one, wanted me to get a safe, secure job with good benefits, blah blah blah. At first I was a little upset with him, then I took it as a compliment and as a challenge, now that I've gotten past that, I just use it as motivation--"yeah it's like being a professional athlete" and i'm doing it. I think the perfect moment to become an entrepreneur is whenever you get passionate about something to stop at nothing! Cristian–I once had a very successful middle aged executive tell me “being an entrepreneur right out of college is like being a professional athlete.” He was discouraging me from becoming one, wanted me to get a safe, secure job with good benefits, blah blah blah. At first I was a little upset with him, then I took it as a compliment and as a challenge, now that I’ve gotten past that, I just use it as motivation–”yeah it’s like being a professional athlete” and i’m doing it.

I think the perfect moment to become an entrepreneur is whenever you get passionate about something to stop at nothing!

]]> By: Jared O'Toole http://www.energybyte.com/blog/entrepreneurship-age-i-would-say-late-20s/comment-page-1#comment-17838 Jared O'Toole Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:53:40 +0000 http://www.energybyte.com/blogs/?p=36#comment-17838 Nice post. I agree that your 20's is the best time even though anytime is life is a great time to start something new. Especially if you hate whatever else you are doing. Your 20's does give you the most room to mess up, which probably will happen a few times. In the end though if you hate what your doing, do something about it! No matter what your age is. If you want it bad enough it will work. Nice post. I agree that your 20′s is the best time even though anytime is life is a great time to start something new. Especially if you hate whatever else you are doing. Your 20′s does give you the most room to mess up, which probably will happen a few times.

In the end though if you hate what your doing, do something about it! No matter what your age is. If you want it bad enough it will work.

]]> By: What Is the Best Age to Start a Business? http://www.energybyte.com/blog/entrepreneurship-age-i-would-say-late-20s/comment-page-1#comment-8828 What Is the Best Age to Start a Business? Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:25:26 +0000 http://www.energybyte.com/blogs/?p=36#comment-8828 [...] See Christian’s original post on this topic here. [...] [...] See Christian’s original post on this topic here. [...]

]]> By: What’s the best age to be an entrepreneur? : Small Business Entrepreneur blog http://www.energybyte.com/blog/entrepreneurship-age-i-would-say-late-20s/comment-page-1#comment-5842 What’s the best age to be an entrepreneur? : Small Business Entrepreneur blog Tue, 13 May 2008 20:28:17 +0000 http://www.energybyte.com/blogs/?p=36#comment-5842 [...] don’t think you remember, but a while ago I wrote an article about Entrepreneurship age - when is better to start a [...] [...] don’t think you remember, but a while ago I wrote an article about Entrepreneurship age – when is better to start a [...]

]]> By: HB http://www.energybyte.com/blog/entrepreneurship-age-i-would-say-late-20s/comment-page-1#comment-132 HB Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:01:12 +0000 http://www.energybyte.com/blogs/?p=36#comment-132 Great Topic. We believe that if kids are introduced early on to business concepts and entrepreneurship, they will make great employers or employees. I want to share with you this article written by National Award Winning Author Jennifer Bouani. Kids yearn to know their place in the world and how THEY can make a difference The Way We Were… We adults grew up in a world where we actually referenced a big thick phone book to find someone’s address or flipped through the newspaper to find when a movie starts. New Breed of Info Seekers Today’s kids are a whole new breed of information seekers. They have the world available to them through a keyword search engine. And today’s kids can send pictures back and forth to a kid halfway across the world through a phone in an instant. It’s a smaller world, after all. And as a result of this, today’s kids want more from their books than Judy Blume, Nancy Drew and Star Wars gave us. They are yearning to know their place in their world and how THEY can make a difference in it. Others Agree Back in May, I attended a BookExpo (Washington DC) breakout session called Trends Impacting the Future of Children’s Publishing moderated by Dr. Mary Manz Simon, children’s market trend tracker with the following panelists: ·Kate Klimo, VP Random House/Golden Books ·Valerie Garfield, VP, Assc Publisher, Simon Spotlight and Little Simon, Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Div ·Craig Walker, VP Editorial and Media, Trade Paperbacks, Scholastic ·Bruce Nuffer, President, Zonderkidz The panel discussed the differences in this generation of kids and how publishing is changing because kids today are yearning to find their place in the world. More Than Lemonade Stands Recenting, I met with a few 3rd-5th grade kids. They and their parents had gathered to meet me in a “meet the author” event. We chatted in a conference table in a room with a white board. I asked them, “Now that you have read the book, do you want to own your own business one day?” They said they did. “What sort of business would you like to have?” I asked. The first boy said he wanted to own a motorcycle store. So, I drew his motorcycle shop up on the white board with motorcycles and stick people customers. Another kid wanted to own his own outdoor/hunting store. So, I drew that up on the board, across the street from the motorcycle shop. The third kid wanted to own a hardward/software store. “Well, that’s perfect! Because the motorcycle store and the outdoor/hunting store will need hardware and software to run their store,” I said, explaining the relationship between customers and vendors. And so it went. The kids were so engaged in the moment. They could envision their place in the world, and they could do it with their peers. They had a dream to work towards. At the end, a mother asked the kids, “Ok, what words did you learn today?” The first kid shouted, “Entrepreneur!” and the next said, “Brainstorming!” As I watched big grins take over the kids faces and the eyes of the parents sparkle, I felt an enormous amount of energy in the room, and I thought back to the long nights and weekends I had spent alone typing at my computer, writing Tyler and His Solve-a-matic MachineThe hairs raised on my arms at this moment when I realized we really do have the power to make a difference in kids’ lives and the future of America. Check it out: Ramit Sethi blogs about an experience he had when he visited a group of kids to teach them about entrepreneurship. http://www/boujepublishing.com Great Topic. We believe that if kids are introduced early on to business concepts and entrepreneurship, they will make great employers or employees. I want to share with you this article written by National Award Winning Author Jennifer Bouani.

Kids yearn to know their place in the world and how THEY can make a difference

The Way We Were…

We adults grew up in a world where we actually referenced a big thick phone book to find someone’s address or flipped through the newspaper to find when a movie starts.

New Breed of Info Seekers

Today’s kids are a whole new breed of information seekers. They have the world available to them through a keyword search engine. And today’s kids can send pictures back and forth to a kid halfway across the world through a phone in an instant. It’s a smaller world, after all. And as a result of this, today’s kids want more from their books than Judy Blume, Nancy Drew and Star Wars gave us. They are yearning to know their place in their world and how THEY can make a difference in it.

Others Agree

Back in May, I attended a BookExpo (Washington DC) breakout session called Trends Impacting the Future of Children’s Publishing moderated by Dr. Mary Manz Simon, children’s market trend tracker with the following panelists:

·Kate Klimo, VP Random House/Golden Books

·Valerie Garfield, VP, Assc Publisher, Simon Spotlight and Little Simon, Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Div

·Craig Walker, VP Editorial and Media, Trade Paperbacks, Scholastic

·Bruce Nuffer, President, Zonderkidz

The panel discussed the differences in this generation of kids and how publishing is changing because kids today are yearning to find their place in the world.

More Than Lemonade Stands
Recenting, I met with a few 3rd-5th grade kids. They and their parents had gathered to meet me in a “meet the author” event. We chatted in a conference table in a room with a white board. I asked them, “Now that you have read the book, do you want to own your own business one day?” They said they did. “What sort of business would you like to have?” I asked.

The first boy said he wanted to own a motorcycle store. So, I drew his motorcycle shop up on the white board with motorcycles and stick people customers. Another kid wanted to own his own outdoor/hunting store. So, I drew that up on the board, across the street from the motorcycle shop. The third kid wanted to own a hardward/software store. “Well, that’s perfect! Because the motorcycle store and the outdoor/hunting store will need hardware and software to run their store,” I said, explaining the relationship between customers and vendors. And so it went.

The kids were so engaged in the moment. They could envision their place in the world, and they could do it with their peers. They had a dream to work towards.

At the end, a mother asked the kids, “Ok, what words did you learn today?” The first kid shouted, “Entrepreneur!” and the next said, “Brainstorming!” As I watched big grins take over the kids faces and the eyes of the parents sparkle, I felt an enormous amount of energy in the room, and I thought back to the long nights and weekends I had spent alone typing at my computer, writing Tyler and His Solve-a-matic MachineThe hairs raised on my arms at this moment when I realized we really do have the power to make a difference in kids’ lives and the future of America.

Check it out: Ramit Sethi blogs about an experience he had when he visited a group of kids to teach them about entrepreneurship.

http://www/boujepublishing.com

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