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• Thursday, September 01, 2011 7:19 AM

  Small Business, Big Vision

  Matthew and Adam Toren have some career advice for young people today: if you want a great job, start a great company. The Torens run YoungEntrepreneur.com , one of the Web's best sites for practical advice on starting, running, promoting and growing Read More... Posted by Rob | 1 Comments Filed under: Millennials, small business, entrepreneurship

• Monday, June 13, 2011 8:24 AM

  Rising and Shining

  Next week, Young World Shining will be officially available as an eBook exclusive. The book combines new and unpublished essays with some shorter pieces I wrote over the past year for various business publications. So why a sequel? Simply put, the story Read More... Posted by Rob | 0 Comments Filed under: Young World Rising, Young World Shining

• Tuesday, January 04, 2011 3:59 PM

  More on Older vs. Younger Entrepreneurs

  Last week I blogged at Fast Company about how high-tech skills and the knowledge economy can give younger entrepreneurs an edge, despite research that shows that older people are more prolific and more successful as entrepreneurs overall. Today Nathaniel Read More... Posted by Rob | 0 Comments Filed under: entrepreneurship

• Tuesday, December 21, 2010 2:40 PM

  Net Generation Entrepreneurs: Four Perspectives

  Earlier this fall, I made a guest appearance at the Digital Media in Emerging Economies class at the University of Washington, where Y oung World Rising is part of the syllabus. One of the students, Amy Rainey , was inspired to produce this short film Read More... Posted by Rob | 0 Comments Filed under: education, Media, Millennials, Young World Rising, blended entrepreneurship, emerging markets strategy

• Tuesday, October 05, 2010 9:19 AM

  Innovation Contests Offer Recognition to Young World Entrepreneurs

  Tony Stark, the entrepreneur-turned-superhero from the Iron Man movies and comics may be fictional, but the Tony Stark Innovation Challenge, an award for young entrepreneurs, is quite real. Earlier this month, MIT graduate student Nathan Linder flew off Read More... Posted by Rob | 0 Comments Filed under: entrepreneurship

• Friday, August 27, 2010 7:26 AM

  The World's Youngest Poor Country

  Just stumbled on this cool and thoughtful review by David Karl at the World Affairs Blog Network's India page, which calls YWR "the most contrarian of books" for daring to downplay the threat of China and promote the promise of India. Share this post: Read More... Posted by Rob | 1 Comments Filed under: economics, demographics, Young World Rising, India

• Monday, August 09, 2010 1:49 PM

  Reason TV Interview

  A very fair and complete representation of the book and my social/political orientation from the country's premier Libertarian journal. Share this post: Facebook | Twitter | del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit | Google Read More... Posted by Rob | 0 Comments Filed under: Media, Politics, Young World Rising

• Wednesday, July 28, 2010 5:31 PM

  Youth Shows the Way Up

  Last month I was interviewed by Investor's Business Daily on Young World Rising themes. Looks like the story is up . Share this post: Facebook | Twitter | del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit | Google Read More... Posted by Rob | 0 Comments Filed under: Young World Rising

• Thursday, July 08, 2010 9:20 AM

  Nice Story About Syntactics and LetITHelp

  " US Book Lauds CDO IT Firm " from the Mindanao (Philippines) Gold Star Daily News, casts a spotlight on the great efforts of LetITHelp to train young graduates of IT technical schools into world-class developers. Thanks to Rene Michael Banos for the Read More... Posted by Rob | 0 Comments Filed under: workforce development, social entrepreneurship, Asia

• Thursday, July 01, 2010 2:56 PM

  India's Entrepreneurial Advantage

  "How can you write about the future of emerging economies without talking about China?" asked one of my reviewers. I was sending around an early draft of the manuscript for my new book, Young World Rising . After all, the reviewer reasoned, everyone knows Read More... Posted by Rob | 0 Comments Filed under: demographics, India, China