Adam Toren

Adam Toren is a serial entrepreneur, mentor, investor and co-founder of YoungEntrepreneur.com. He is co-author, with his brother Matthew, of Kidpreneurs and Small Business, BIG Vision: Lessons on How to Dominate Your Market from Self-Made Entrepreneurs Who Did it Right (Wiley). He's based in Phoenix, Ariz.

Entrepreneur Profile – Zelly's Babysitting Service

By | May 26, 2007

I chose to do this profile because it shows that you can start your business part time while you are in school or have an existing job. You do not have to go full throttle right away to get a company started. Zelly’s Babysitting Service is a tutoring business focusing on children that was founded [...]

13 Year Old Pitching For Venture Capital

By | May 25, 2007

Following my post from yesterday on when an entrepreneur’s peak is, I came across this YouTube video that definitely made me feel old! It is of Anshul Samar, a 13 year old California native who is the CEO of a new company, Elementeo. His product may not be ideally suited for venture capital but he [...]

Is Your Entrepreneurial Peak Age 26?

By | May 24, 2007

Last week the popular Silicon Valley blog, Valleywag, put together a list of the hottest technology entrepreneurs and how old they were when they started their companies. The result was that most of them were in their 20s. Some venture capitalists are also now suggesting that they will not fund anyone who is over 30 [...]

On Site Factors To Raise Your Google Rankings

By | May 23, 2007

The Germany company SISTRIX conducted a study of 10,000 random keywords and then performed an analysis of the top 100 Google results for each keyword. Now that is a lot of data crunching! They looked at what on site factors were most likely to generate top rankings in Google. The results were as follows: Keywords [...]

Entrepreneur Profile – Synergy Dance Academy

By | May 22, 2007

I learned about Kari Herman through the Colorado Springs Business Journal (CSBJ). Kari is a 20 year old entrepreneur and owner of Synergy Dance Academy. Kari went to a prestigious dance school, gained experience in teaching classes, and lined up a roster of clients for her new business. She then ran into a problem that [...]

Focus On The Highest Paying Work

By | May 21, 2007

This weekend is a Canadian holiday (today included) and yesterday was my birthday. I like to take time every year to think back on my goals and look at what I am working on (in addition to testing out the Wii that I just got). One of the things I have come to realize and [...]

Checking For Broken Links

By | May 18, 2007

Earlier this month I wrote about Google’s Broken Link Filter and how important it is to make sure all the links on your website work. For internal links I recommended using the GSiteCrawler program and asked my blog readers to suggest a tool to check a site’s external links as I have not yet found [...]

How To Make Yourself Look Big

By | May 17, 2007

Yesterday I had a call with a reporter who was doing an article for the New York Times. The topic was how to make yourself look big. Apperance is important when you are selling your products / services because most people do judge a book by its cover. Here are some suggestions for you to [...]

An Intro To Google Filters – #5 The Too Many Links Filter

By | May 16, 2007

If you have been following my series on Google Filters you will already have had a good introduction to some of the things Google looks at when deciding on where to rank your website versus your competitors. Today we are going to tackle the Too Many Links Filter. The Importance of Building Links As previously [...]

4 Tips To Choosing A Business Name

By | May 15, 2007

Inspired by a post on the YE Forums about a member’s challenges in selecting a business name I thought I would share some tips on how to choose the right name for your company. Make It Memorable You have only a few moments to capture someone’s interest before they move on to the next company. [...]

How To Get Access To (Almost) Anyone

By | May 14, 2007

As a young entrepreneur I am always looking to learn from others who have paved the way before me. I am a big believer in Modeling Masters – why struggle through the ups and downs of entrepreneurship when you can tap into people who have already made their mistakes and can give you guidance? On [...]

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