Comments on: The Age of Entrepreneurship http://www.caycon.com/blog/2009/06/the-age-of-entrepreneurship/ Ideas to help your business Innovate, Grow, and Succeed! Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:34:27 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Eric Powers http://www.caycon.com/blog/2009/06/the-age-of-entrepreneurship/comment-page-1/#comment-169 Eric Powers Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:11:27 +0000 http://www.caycon.com/blog/?p=102#comment-169 In my work with entrepreneurs in sectors other than technology, I have consistently seen entrepreneurs span these ages, from teenage entrepreneurs I work with through the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship to grandmothers. The question of what differentiates entrepreneurs in these different age brackets may be the type of company. If researchers look more closely, they may find that the retired and experienced in the 55+ bracket are often starting small businesses and microenterprises, while the younger may be starting more technology-based firms. Or perhaps the burst of self-employment/entrepreneurship at retirement shifts the numbers up. Either way, it is important to expose myths like the youth requirement for entrepreneurship. In my work with entrepreneurs in sectors other than technology, I have consistently seen entrepreneurs span these ages, from teenage entrepreneurs I work with through the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship to grandmothers. The question of what differentiates entrepreneurs in these different age brackets may be the type of company. If researchers look more closely, they may find that the retired and experienced in the 55+ bracket are often starting small businesses and microenterprises, while the younger may be starting more technology-based firms. Or perhaps the burst of self-employment/entrepreneurship at retirement shifts the numbers up. Either way, it is important to expose myths like the youth requirement for entrepreneurship.

]]> By: NaShawn Branch http://www.caycon.com/blog/2009/06/the-age-of-entrepreneurship/comment-page-1/#comment-109 NaShawn Branch Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:53:48 +0000 http://www.caycon.com/blog/?p=102#comment-109 As new-minted MBA’s enter the job market, entrepreneurship may be the only option for success. According to the Google, unemployment rate was 9.7% as of June 2009(Google, 2009). Harvard University reports that the average age of business students is 27.(Harvard, 2009) By the time graduates enter the job market, we could see a new force of young entrepreneurs dispelling those age brackets. keep Achieving, NaShawn Branch www.nashawnbranch.com References Google, Unemployment Rate, taken August 6, 2009, http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=usunemployment&met=unemployment_rate&tdim=true&q=unemployment+rates Harvard Business School, taken August 6, 2009, http://www.businessschooladmission.com/harvard-business-school/ As new-minted MBA’s enter the job market, entrepreneurship may be the only option for success. According to the Google, unemployment rate was 9.7% as of June 2009(Google, 2009). Harvard University reports that the average age of business students is 27.(Harvard, 2009) By the time graduates enter the job market, we could see a new force of young entrepreneurs dispelling those age brackets.

keep Achieving,
NaShawn Branch
http://www.nashawnbranch.com

References
Google, Unemployment Rate, taken August 6, 2009, http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=usunemployment&met=unemployment_rate&tdim=true&q=unemployment+rates
Harvard Business School, taken August 6, 2009, http://www.businessschooladmission.com/harvard-business-school/

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