September 2008

Young Entrepreneurs

Interview with Mike Michalowicz, Author of The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur 0

A graduate of Inc. & MIT’s “Birthing of Giants” Entrepreneurial Program, Mike Michalowicz received Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards multiple times. He is a recurring guest on CNBC’s The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, has been featured on National Public Radio (NPR) and in the New York Times, Smart CEO Magazine, and other publications.

Mike is a guest lecturer for entrepreneurial groups at Babson, Boston College, Columbia, Harvard, Penn State, and other colleges throughout the country. He bleeds Orange and Maroon (meaning he’s a die-hard Virginia Tech Hokie fan).

Mike, what is the best age to start a business?

Mike: Whatever age you are at this exact moment, regardless if you are 12, 25, or 81.  The key is not the age as much as starting now.  Clearly, you have time on your side the younger you are when you start.  So regardless of your age today, you will be older tomorrow.  So start today, before you get older tomorrow.

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Interview with French Entrepreneur Mathieu Maréchal 0

Mathieu Maréchal is a French entrepreneur that started a company dealing with translations. Let’s see how owning a niche translation company could grow into a good business in Europe.

Mathieu, tell us a little bit about your business in France. What does it do?

Mathieu: Trad Online is a linguistic services provider, we provide our customers with professional translation and interpreting services (translation of brochures, contracts, Websites, technical documents, etc.) as well as language training, and we also have the aim of being innovative in an industry which, at least in France, is quite mature/old in its outlook and way of doing business.

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Interview with Andres Sehr from Edicy – a new technological venture from Estonia 0

Not sure if you know, but Skype was born in Estonia and quickly become one of the reference points when talking about innovative technologies that turned into gold in just a couple of years. Estonia is a small country in the Baltic region that’s called the Silicon Valley on the Baltic Sea. I was very happy to get in touch with Andres Sehr, head of marketing for Edicy – a new online venture born in Estonia and find out about business innovation and people behind it.

Estonia is Skype’s home and has become the Silicon Valley on the Baltic Sea. What’s special in starting a technology company in Estonia?

Andres: Estonians have embraced technology since we’re regained independence.  We skipped a whole generation of technology and went straight to mobile phones, wireless internet and e-voting.  I think this wide acceptance of technology has really made it easier for people to be enthusiastic and interested in tech and therefore there’s a large number of companies that have come from it. Read more

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