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Donna Fenn is an internationally recognized author and journalist who has been writing about entrepreneurship and small business trends for more than 20 years. In 2005, she wrote Alpha Dogs: How Your Small Business Can Become a Leader of the Pack, which was translated into Chinese, Japanese, Hindi, and Vietnamese. She is a contributing editor at Inc. magazine, a blogger on Inc.com, a featured expert on SBTV.com, and a community leader on Work.com. In 2001, she was a co-recipient of the Women’s Economic Round Table Entrepreneurship Prize, sponsored by the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership. From 1988 to 1992, she lived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where she was a correspondent for The Associated Press covering a variety of issues including business, culture, the economy, and The Gulf War. Her work has also appeared in The New York Times, Newsweek, The Washington Monthly, Working Woman, Working Mother, Family Money, CFO, Corporate Finance, Pink, Parents, and New England Monthly. She lives in Pelham, NY with her husband and three dogs. She is also the proud mom of two amazing GenYers.
Click Here If You Prefer Audio Only Fact or fiction: There are generational differences between Boomer, Gen X, and Gen Y entrepreneurs. What do you think? More importantly, how do these differences impact how you do business? Enter today’s guest, Donna Fenn. An accomplished journalist and author, Donna studies those (I’m one of them) text messaging, ADD, shiny red ball, fast talking, impatient Gen Y’ers and has compiled her thoughts into her great book, Upstarts: How GenY Entrepreneurs Are Rocking the World of Business and 8 Ways You Can Profit From Their Success (affiliate). In this interview, Donna and I talk about generational differences between entrepreneurs and some of her favorite examples and takeaways. Join In On The Discussion: What are your thoughts on generational differences between entrepreneurs? Are Gen Y spoiled little brats or will they (we) end up being one of the top entrepreneurial generations of all time? Connect With Donna (and tell her you saw her on RISE): On Her Website Via Twitter This Episode Is EVER So Proudly Sponsored By tSunela Need a little help with search engine marketing? Talk to the experts at tSunela. They will even do a free website assessment for you, compliments of RISE, right here. Reminders: Did you know you can subscribe to RISE via email? You should TOTALLY subscribe. Good news! You can now get RISE on your iPhone, iPad, etc. Woohoo for mobile. The NEW season of The Rise To The Top on KDNL-ABC is currently in season,… Read More