Why you need to pass the baton of entrepreneurship to a new generation
As established business owners, we have a duty to guide tomorrow’s budding entrepreneurs towards success.
As established business owners, we have a duty to guide tomorrow’s budding entrepreneurs towards success.
With the age of a startup entrepreneur averaging 40, some may be forgiven for thinking a teen entrepreneur is too young to succeed. However, one teenager is proving that age really is just a number.
By David Craik
Young business owners are much more ambitious about growth and seeking finance than their elderly peers.
With the school term just starting, your children will be inundated with offers of activities. Should they learn an instrument Take up a sport How about starting a business
Some 91 per cent of small to medium-sized businesses across London believe recruiting millennials is the key to achieving future business growth and success, according to Lloyds Bank Commercial banking.
It’s generally thought that all young people are the same, but research from IRI shows that not all of them aspire to be like the Kardashian family. In fact, business leaders should be aware that millennials can be separated into six different categories.
Former Radio 1 presenter Edith Bowman has partnered with social enterprise Supa Academy to support its search for 500 aspiring British retail entrepreneurs with River Island, Facebook and Pepsi Max.
To stimulate high-growth British businesses, MMC Ventures and the Institute of Directors (IoD) have teamed up for a partnership that will encourage the country’s young entrepreneurs and investors to connect with each other.
Media recognition firm Shazam has joined the Young Founders accelerator programme to support young British talent with the skills, knowledge and confidence to follow their dreams of becoming an entrepreneur.
New BlackBerry Leap smartphone, which comes equipped with a battery that lasts “25 hours of heavy use”, claims to be designed for young mobile professionals and companies who value security and privacy.