How young

[thegibb]

How young do i have to be to be considered a young entrepreneur? I'm 26 and have just started a new venture. However i wouldn't consider myself an entrepreneur yet.

[radreality]

I don't think "young" has anything to do with age. In business anyone is capable of anything. I'm 24 and I help people that are twice my age; as long as they are mature enough to get past the whole age thing.

Its good that you are focusing more on your experience and where you are, rather than your age.

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[Unreal030]

Young is an iffy word. In regards to its use with entrepreneurship I would define a Young entrepreneur as one new into running businesses rather then having it be defined by age.

However make no mistake that this website is for everyone to help aid in their quest to becoming an official and successful entrepreneur.

[Young Spark]

When I first joined my impression was that it was a entrepreneur forum for youth... dang I was wrong (I guess, IDK, BizGuy would be the only one who can answer that.)

[Unreal030]

I suppose but apparently (unless they have self-esteem issues and are lying) there are a decent amount of people here that have or are running several businesses and are their late 20's or so.

[syia]

for me, I consider someone as young entrepreneur when he/she is between 13-18 years old.. in my country there isn't many entrepreneur in that range of age.. it is really rare type here

[thegibb]

Syia. 13 to 18? That means i'm not even close to being a young entrepeneur!

[roadtoharvard]

Some stats for Canadian entrepreneurship from Young Entrepreneur's Association:

According to their demographic information about 92% of their members are in the 21-35 year old range. I don't know their methodology but I'd be willing to wager that it is fairly representative of the youthful entrepreneurial group as a whole.

What I consider "young" entrepreneur is pretty much what was previous said except that I would probably bring the age down to 19. Anything under that would probably be "budding" entrepreneur for me.

http://www.yea.ca/getinvolved/demographics.htm

[rejoice]

below 40 years of age

[zoobie]

I don't think "young" has anything to do with age. In business anyone is capable of anything.

Its good that you are focusing more on your experience and where you are, rather than your age.

True. As long as you know what you are doing in your business, age doesn't really matter. It's just cool to know that there are a lot who manages their own business before or in their mid-20s. It's really great to think and plan for a good future.