Gen-Y: Buck Up and Start a Business
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Unemploymentnumbers remain at record highs all over the country. Among the most affectedare those in Gen Y -- young college grads who are finding it nearly impossibleto find jobs in their discipline. Those who do find jobs, often find that theyare ill suited for the corporate environment.Scott Gerber, a serial entrepreneur and author of the upcoming book,Never Geta Real Job(Wiley,2010), says the answer is for these young people to start their ownbusinesses and has made it his mission to help them do so successfully.
To accomplish this mission, he's assembled a team of up-and-coming entrepreneurs and called it theYoung Entrepreneur Council. This council, says Gerber, is the first step in a larger movement to turn millennials into self-sufficient entrepreneurs, by providing them with practical business advice. Next week we are launching a new "Starting Out" column, featuring the Young Entrepreneur Council. In this weekly column council members will share some of their biggest startup challenges and what they did to overcome them.
Check outEntrepreneur.comnext week forthe first installationof "Starting Out" with the Young Entrepreneur Council, and to learn how the founder of Mint.com, Aaron Patzer, built his network and attracted top talent to his then-ledgling startup. And be on the lookout for an exclusive excerpt from Scott Gerber'sNever Get a "Real" Job.
What advice do you have for recent college grads looking to start a business?
