BusinessWeek put out a list this week of their top European Young Entrepreneurs for 2007. They looked at business owners who were under 25 years old, were making an impact, and were inspiring others to do so as well. Most of the featured entrepreneurs are in technology related businesses and are breaking from the traditional past of their deeply routed cultures.
Some of the winners are:
Russia: Artemi Krymski, 23 – building the best real estate directory for buyers looking to purchase properties
Sweden: Jonas Hombert, 20 – selling easy to use video-editing software taking advantage of the YouTube craze
Ireland: Aodhan Cullen, 25 – founder of popular web analytics software provider StatCounter (I use it for my website and am a big fan)
Estonia: Karoli Hindriks, 23 – runs MTV Estonia and sells knitted hats and gloves made from reflective material
BusinessWeek has put all the profiles together in an easy to read slide show. You can check it out here. Taking the 5 minutes to read through the stories will definitely give you an additional motivational boost this weekend to drive your company forward.
Evan Carmichael
Matthew Toren is an Award Winning Author, Serial Entrepreneur, and Investor. He Co-Founded YoungEntrepreneur.com along with his brother Adam. Matthew is co-author of the newly released book:Small Business, Big Vision: “Lessons on How to Dominate Your Market from Self-Made Entrepreneurs Who Did it Right” and also co-author of Kidpreneurs.
Interesting stuff. It’s always good to read what other like-minded freethinkers are up to.
As a side note, the link in your text to the article is hard to find. You should have it earlier and with descriptive link text.
That’s great! I think they should put one out for the U.S., but maybe divide it per state. It would be great to know there were other like-minded young entrepreneurs near me!