2008 Top Entrepreneurs Under 25

Here is a blog from Mallory about up and coming entrepreneurs:

This past summer, BusinessWeek embarked on its fourth annual search to find the most promising young entrepreneurs in the US. Candidates, age 25 and under who are running their own companies, were nominated based on growth potential and the talented founders backing the ventures. I never knew there was such a competition, and was happy to find that a respected business publication like BusinessWeek was highlighting people just like me, students (and some not-quite-students) just breaking into the entrepreneurial world, hoping their ideas will stick. This slide show will do a better job at introducing you to the 25 finalist than I will, so take a look. http://images.businessweek.com/ss/08/09/0908_2008_entrepreneurs/index.htm

You can see there’s everything from retail to high tech to a boutique wine brand to a flavored plastics company. Interesting. Speaking of flavored plastics (not something I ever thought I’d say), Add the Flavor founder Corey Capasso touched on the subject that many student entrepreneurs, including myself, grapple with - how to balance it all out. “[B]alancing the company with homework comes down to energy management: ‘You have to know what needs to be done and what it'll take out of you.’”

This blog focuses more on “suggested reading” than a specific discussion point, but its something I found inspiring and interesting and thought it may serve as food for thought and motivation for young students of entrepreneurship.

Check out the 2008 winners here: http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/sep2008/sb20080925_140764.htm