Young Entrepreneurs Have Challenges
Westchester County Business Journal:
Getting the respect of potential clients and employees is the most common problem mentioned by entrepreneurs who started heading up their own businesses while still in their twenties.They say many people assume that a younger entrepreneur is less capable and responsible.
“I look very, very young and sometimes people don’t take me seriously,” said Mike Pollock, 29, who runs the Ossining.com Web site and creates video commercials for it.
Peter Cooper on September 1st, 2005 8:45 am
Can’t say I’ve ever encountered this. I encountered it very harshly in both full-time jobs I’ve had, which is what led me to being self-employed and then on to becoming an entrepreneur.
Self-employed since I was 18, I haven’t had any trouble at all in the last six years. In fact, I seem to be trusted more because I am young and likely to be around a very long time.
Horses for courses and all that.. :) (BTW, just found this blog today and have subscribed, looks right up my alley!)
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