• Introduction

    YGG has been around for over 5 years, sharing, promoting and empowering young (and old) entrepreneurs around the world. Many businesses have attributed their initial growth and success to the knowledge and exposure they've found here. We hope that you will become a part of our community and our future as you read and socialize, and thank you for stopping in!
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The Business Side of Creativity

The explosion of online business is an incredible phenomenon — ranging from mobile app design & development to creative business models seeded in blogging. Creativity is everywhere, but why are some creative businesses successful and others not? The answer lies in the business side of creativity.

What is the business side of creativity? While some people …

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Interview with Mugshot Junkie: Online Mugshots and Arrests

We recently had the opportunity to sit down and meet the owners of Mugshot Junkie - a website featuring mugshots of inmates and offenders. In this interview, the CEO wishes to remain anonymous, as there are many irate offenders that would love …

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What I learned from Organizing a Startup Weekend!

It has been just over a week from the end of Startup Weekend Calgary and I have finally decided to put my feelings about it to video. I did this as my first video post while I was at it. So excuse the amateurish presentation of the video as I did not rehearse, I just …

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Patrick Lor speaks at Startup Weekend Calgary

Here is a great video from Startup Weekend Calgary featuring Patrick Lor speaking about his journey creating a $50 million business right in my backyard. There are quite a few good points on what you should consider when you are choosing your idea and then building your business. I hope you enjoy as much as …

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Build your Client Base!

I have spent quite a few years training people on how to sell and build a client base. All of the successful people that I know have built a client base through their excellent commitment to their customers and this has allowed them to achieve the success most new and seasoned salespeople aspire to. Here …

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Interview with Monica O’Brien about her new fiction book!

It is fun to look and see what people that have been around YGG are now doing. There is quite a range of projects, but this one is actually really neat. Monica has been involved with YGG for quite awhile and now she is writing a fiction book. I have a lot of admiration for …

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Why Focus is Key

As a serial entrepreneur, I often find myself wanting to invest and build multiple businesses and almost anything triggers an avalanche of ideas. Being a serial entrepreneur is a tremendous gift and with it comes a blessing of energy and creative ideas, however, these ideas are often so frequent and interesting that they tend to …

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Interview with Ryan Park: The Adventurous 500

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Can You See Me Now?

Everything from learning another language, to classes to meetings are being done via the Internet. So why not a conference? Video conferencing has been around since the 1960′s World Fair. It has been utilized only among large companies for the most part. But what about the beginning entrepreneur? What is the great importance of this method of communication? What could be used to aid in the commercialization of this service? These question plague the buzzing minds of many but solutions are plenty.

Sometimes people do not have the means to meet with clients face to face. Especially when you are a beginning Entrepreneur or if your company is web based. The next best thing would be a video conference. This still allows for a more personal way of communicating without breaking the bank.

Add-on web cams have been the main source of many video conferences for many years now. The only down side is that most of us have no open USB ports for this addition. Any many of these devices are pretty laggy and has a low resolution and almost makes it not worth the trouble. For the record there are good ones out there. I just have never been a web cam type person.

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Go Get’em Tunes! Music that Inspires

Long time YGGs. Introducing GG-tunes (dubbed Go Getters tunes … im serious). Touchdown here every Monday to get your weekly dose of audio adrenaline and jump start your week right. Suggest your all inspiring songs in our forum.

Shine Down - Second Chance…

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