[joec]

Seriously,I'm 46 and going to a form of young entrepreneur sit down next week.Will i be walking in a room full of 21 year olds ? There is nothing wrong with that .I was just curious as to what other "Young Entrepreneurs" think.Does age matter ?

[tazman9r]

I think young entrepreneurs refers not only to people who are young (relatively) in age, but also those who are new to being an entrepreneur.

[GuyBBY]

I think Tazman is correct in that notion of what a YE is.

Also though, I think it also is targeted to younger aged Entrepreneurs that have ideas and interests that are "new wave" and of more recent generations...meaning- not many baby boomers and above have mastered E-Commerce related ventures, or other types of start ups that appeal to a younger crowd. They have been seasoned business players in corporate settings, rigorous academic backgrounds to attain their status (not able to just know web design and profit off PPC and blogs and affiliate marketing), and are from a time where you picked a single profession, mastered it, and excelled…where as many YEs now a days can be involved in a myriad of projects designing and consulting because telecommuting and multi tasking is very effective and easy.

I am not saying the all "older" Entrepreneurs have no idea about the points I mentioned above, I am just saying I think less are involved in that scope of business and therefore younger professionals have flooded this particular niche of entrepreneurship.

Guy

[joec]

Geez Guy thanks for THAT vote of confidence. LOL

[GuyBBY]

Hahaha, Joe!

I was backing you up agreeing with Taz, saying either you are new to entrepreneurship, or you are someone who just loves entrepreneurship, young and new ideas, and have a passion for business in general.

The next was to point out why this site is tailored to 18-35 year olds it seems.

If you come to some YE meetings in Boston I promise we are all able to go somewhere over 21+ to meet.

Guy

[tazman9r]

Actually, Guy has a really great and somewhat obvious point, although it has less to do with age, and more to do with desire and motivation.

Many older people haven't either the desire or motivation to learn about tech savvy things because they have lived the majority of their lives without them, and don't see a need to incorporate them into their lives now. Can you imagine a 16 year old having to live without a cell phone or myspace? Now take that same 16 year old, put them in a home where cell phones and myspace are not accessed because the family doesn't have a computer, and doesn't need cell phones, and that 16 year old suddenly has no use for those things.

Part of my goal with my website is to access that portion of the population that does have a computer, and wants to participate, but isn't all that tech savvy and hasn't the motivation to become so. By creating a user interface that is intuitive, it can help lead a consumer exactly to where they want to be, without having to sift through 35 million results.

[GuyBBY]

Originally Posted by tazman9r

Actually, Guy has a really great and somewhat obvious point, although it has less to do with age, and more to do with desire and motivation.

Many older people haven't either the desire or motivation to learn about tech savvy things because they have lived the majority of their lives without them, and don't see a need to incorporate them into their lives now. Can you imagine a 16 year old having to live without a cell phone or myspace? Now take that same 16 year old, put them in a home where cell phones and myspace are not accessed because the family doesn't have a computer, and doesn't need cell phones, and that 16 year old suddenly has no use for those things.

Part of my goal with my website is to access that portion of the population that does have a computer, and wants to participate, but isn't all that tech savvy and hasn't the motivation to become so. By creating a user interface that is intuitive, it can help lead a consumer exactly to where they want to be, without having to sift through 35 million results.

Great point Taz! I was going to speak to that as well. Sometimes, it comes down to "do what you know". I think back to when I was younger, and I would get a new gadget or game system. My father would say "Make sure you read the directions", and I'd just look at him like , "yeah right, I'm just going to plug it in and go with it". Recent generations have grown up with user friendly, technologically advanced activities in comparison to earlier on where things were not as intuitive, and were not as prepared for user error. To compare this to entrepreneurship…before the web, before websites and the ability to literally create a storefront space out of 0's and 1s, the method(which older entrepreneurs are more accustomed to) was save up/get a loan, open business, maintain the business, and learn success over time. Now, with the ability to buy a quick and cheap domain name, find new and growing niches popping up from blogging and social networking, advertising and marketing, web design, etc…you can spend your time developing your business idea, connect to resources and help within seconds, network in seconds, and if things don't go well, sell or dissolve those 0s and 1s, not worry about defaulting on the rent payments and selling off inventory, this and that.

So, I think that's why this site is used by more actual Young entrepreneurs, where the mindset of fast, direct, and feasible creation of a business and profit is more prevalent than focus on one single process that has more "brick-n-mortar" traits that were more common in the past.

Guy

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I think it is a common interest.

[thedudeabides]

hey joe.

I think young entrepeneurs are ageless!!!!!!!!

If you've broken off from you're reg. day job to explore new ideas and forge a path for yourself then you're a young entrepeneur (but like those guys said, you gotta bring new age ideas, relative to today, to the table)

Good luck!

[Allurre]

Originally Posted by GuyBBY

Great point Taz! I was going to speak to that as well. Sometimes, it comes down to "do what you know". I think back to when I was younger, and I would get a new gadget or game system. My father would say "Make sure you read the directions", and I'd just look at him like , "yeah right, I'm just going to plug it in and go with it". Recent generations have grown up with user friendly, technologically advanced activities in comparison to earlier on where things were not as intuitive, and were not as prepared for user error. To compare this to entrepreneurship…before the web, before websites and the ability to literally create a storefront space out of 0's and 1s, the method(which older entrepreneurs are more accustomed to) was save up/get a loan, open business, maintain the business, and learn success over time. Now, with the ability to buy a quick and cheap domain name, find new and growing niches popping up from blogging and social networking, advertising and marketing, web design, etc…you can spend your time developing your business idea, connect to resources and help within seconds, network in seconds, and if things don't go well, sell or dissolve those 0s and 1s, not worry about defaulting on the rent payments and selling off inventory, this and that.

So, I think that's why this site is used by more actual Young entrepreneurs, where the mindset of fast, direct, and feasible creation of a business and profit is more prevalent than focus on one single process that has more "brick-n-mortar" traits that were more common in the past.

Guy

Amen to all that you've written =) Gj.

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