Two CRITICAL Life Lessons from Snoop Dogg – “General Math Money” and “I made it.”

We were live and direct with Snoop Dogg during Global Entrepreneurship Week event at the NYSE! He explains that if you only make it up to general math, you only make “general math money.” His second point–”We didn’t make it; I made it.”–hits just as hard.  Brilliant! Listen carefully because sound quality is shaky. Enjoy [...]

Startup Weekend NYC is on!

This weekend Young Impact is helping the awesome folks at www.StartupWeekend.org organize and run Startup Weekend NYC. Startup Weekend recruits a highly motivated group of developers, business managers, startup enthusiasts, marketing gurus, graphic artists and more to a 54 hour event that builds communities, companies and projects.  The participants that attend a Startup Weekend decide what [...]

My (Phantom) Start-up Team

In July of 2009, before I accepted the offer to lead the Challenge, I decided to quit my job and combine my professional experience and personal passions to launch Young Impact. One of the first things I did was share my decision with two top-caliber business entrepreneurs, Joe and Tom—two of my closest mentors, former bosses, and phantom start-up team members.

Ashoka’s Youth Venture/Young Impact Partnership to Launch 50 Student-Run Ventures!

“Training the next generation of youth entrepreneurs is the key to securing our country’s competitive advantage in the global economy,” according to Stephen Douglass, the CEO and Founder of Young Impact, a leading youth entrepreneurship education and investment company. Mr. Douglass, 26, has been tapped to lead Ashoka’s Youth Venture Be A Changemaker Challenge at the partner universities. He is tasked with coaching students to launch 50 youth-operated ventures. The Challenge is sponsored by Learn and Serve America and will kick off at New York University in September.