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The Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) is an American company that provides entrepreneurs with access to tools, mentorship, and resources that support each stage of their business’s development and growth. The YEC also promotes entrepreneurship as a solution to unemployment and underemployment. It was founded in 2010 by serial entrepreneur Scott Gerber.〔(No Jobs? Young Graduates Make Their Own – New York Times )〕 Membership in the YEC is considered on an invite-only basis. The organization has several hundred members, all successful young entrepreneurs and business owners, ages 17 to 40 – a group that includes the founders and leaders of LivingSocial, Airbnb, Reddit, College Hunks Hauling Junk, Mint.com, myYearbook, Thrillist, Yodle, Threadless, ModCloth, Grasshopper, Likeable, HootSuite, Red Mango, and Blip.tv.〔(About: The Young Entrepreneur Council – Small Business Trends )〕 The YEC has been featured in hundreds of media outlets, including The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, ABC News, CBS Evening News, Fox News, AOL, Portfolio.com, Bloomberg Businessweek, CNN, Reuters, Mashable, The Huffington Post, and NPR. Additionally, YEC content (contributed by various network members) is syndicated to over 40 major media outlets on a regular basis.〔(Young Entrepreneur Council Takes Shape – Fox News )〕 In November 2011, the YEC was honored in a closing bell ceremony at the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City.〔(The Young Entrepreneur Council Rings The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell – NASDAQ )〕 ==Gen Y Capital Partners== In October 2011, the YEC announced the creation of Gen Y Capital Partners, a collaboration with the White House to create a new investment model for Generation Y entrepreneurs struggling to get their companies off the ground. Co-founded by Scott Gerber and 2tor CMO Jeremy Johnson, and in partnership with the YEC, Gen Y Capital Partners has committed to investing in several hundred startups over the next decade.〔(A Start-up Accelerator For A New Generation Of Entrepreneurs - Forbes )〕 With a specific focus on early-stage investment, the program often invests alongside angel investors to provide a company’s first outside round of capital. The program was announced by the White House on October 25, 2011.〔(Obama Administration to Lower Student Loan Payments for Millions of Borrowers – Office of the Press Secretary, the White House )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Young Entrepreneur Council」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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