When friend and fellow Madison entrepreneur Ryan Paugh suggested I submit my application for The Young Entreprenuer Council, I honestly just figured “why not? it’s never a bad idea to join another group” and decided to apply. What I certainly did not expect to get from the group was the most powerful personal branding/mentorship hybrid opportunity of my life.
I applied for the YEC in January of this year, and at the time, the group’s membership was small, but impressive, and the group itself was starting to get some significant press. The group had some 30-40 young entrepreneurs doing really interesting things, such as Jason Sadler, as well as impressively successful members like Aaron Patzer (founder of Mint, which sold to Intuit for like $80 million or something ungodly like that).
In the past few months, the group has grown immensley and has made some incredibly impressive moves. Behind YEC founder Scott Gerber, the group has become the most syndicated source of entrepreneurship advice blogging via content partnerships with Fortune, All Business, AOL, Huffington Post, Wall Street Journal, FOX Business, CNN, and more. And there are even rumors of a partnership with the White House…stay tuned!
What exactly do I do for the Council? Well, basically my responsibilities are two-fold: 1) I give my two cents on questions submitted by startup entrepreneurs looking for specific advice, and 2) I’ve started a blog series for the YEC called Enlightentened Entrepreneurship, which will hopefully offer some advice and tips to startuppers for bringing positive energy and calm, focused attention to the workplace.
Since I began answering entrepreneurs’ startup querstions a few weeks ago, my answers have been featured in a number of high-profile outlets:
My only question: what happens in 10 years when I’m not longer really a young entrepreneur? Haha. This group is awesome and is going to do some special things and most importantly, going to help a lot of people along the way. Cheers to Scott Gerber and Ryan Paugh
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