5 Things I Learned About Our Future From Other College Entrepreneurs

Since Thursday of this week, I have been blessed with the opportunity to connect with college entrepreneurs from all over the world at the CEO Conference in Chicago, Illinois,Order Viagra.

CEO is a great organization that promotes college entrepreneurship and helps orchestrate it throughout the year.

I just finished a speech about Online Marketing strategies for startups and have met many great speakers, mentors, and college entrepreneurs. From meeting so many college entrepreneurs, I learned a lot about our future.

Here’s what I learned:

1. We’re in great hands.

Even though the elderly say our generation is forever ‘screwed’, I don’t believe it. Just because our generation has different perspectives and parties hard does NOT mean they will not take care of the country.

As hard as all college students party, they work just as much. I was surprised to see how many other college entrepreneurs there really were. Whether they had established businesses or were tossing around ideas, they all shared similar goals.

They all wanted to succeed and live life their way. That’s great! The motivation and passion I saw in the faces of thousands of entrepreneurs was amazing. They want to succeed and that’s why they will!

2. Innovation will never die.

Whether these college students had their own businesses or were working elsewhere, they all wanted to be a part of something great. They wanted to implement their ideas into some sort of product, idea, website, or application.

To see so many entrepreneurs striving to learn more about innovation, technology, and marketing, it showed me that innovation will never die. Innovation is great because it helps businesses, countries, and people as a whole move forward.

3. It’s not all about money.

A chunk of cash is always great, but these entrepreneurs showed me that they really cared about more than just money. They were interested in building businesses focused around their passions or doing something to help the environment, society, or people.

If you have a generation who is interested in doing what they love and helping others, that has great implications on the world. Many have said that the old generation was money and power hungry, but our generation is more about helping others than doing it for monetary gain.

4. Technology will run us.

Even though I met many people with very different ideas, it somehow always revolved or connected to technology in some way. It has become clearly evident that technology will be the center-point for all innovations in the future.

Is this a bad thing? No, it’s actually great. The more technologically solid we become, the more connected our world becomes. The similarity between almost all innovators is their love for technology.

5. It’s going to be competitive.

I’m a firm believer of friendly competition. After speaking with entrepreneurs and watching pitch competitions, I realized that our generation is more competitive than ever.

Everyone wants to win, myself included. The competitive nature of our generation will be great because people will work twice as hard to beat others. Success will not be easy, but it will be well-earned.

Conclusion

Overall, the CEO conference in Chicago was amazing. I got to meet tons of great aspiring college entrepreneurs, innovators, speakers/mentors, and even CEO team members.

The connections, experiences, and friendships made during these few days was priceless. I feel like our future is in better hands than ever before and have decided to stop listening to the older generations ‘negative’ critiques.

Since Thursday of this week, I have been blessed with the opportunity to connect with college entrepreneurs from all over the world at the CEO Conference in Chicago, Illinois. CEO is a great organization that promotes college entrepreneurship and helps orchestrate it throughout the year.

I just finished a speech about Online Marketing strategies for startups and have met many great speakers, mentors, and college entrepreneurs. From meeting so many college entrepreneurs, I learned a lot about our future.

Here’s what I learned:

1. We’re in great hands.

Even though the elderly say our generation is forever ‘screwed’, I don’t believe it. Just because our generation has different perspectives and parties hard does NOT mean they will not take care of the country.

As hard as all college students party, they work just as much. I was surprised to see how many other college entrepreneurs there really were. Whether they had established businesses or were tossing around ideas, they all shared similar goals.

They all wanted to succeed and live life their way. That’s great! The motivation and passion I saw in the faces of thousands of entrepreneurs was amazing. They want to succeed and that’s why they will!

2. Innovation will never die.

Whether these college students had their own businesses or were working elsewhere, they all wanted to be a part of something great. They wanted to implement their ideas into some sort of product, idea, website, or application.

To see so many entrepreneurs striving to learn more about innovation, technology, and marketing, it showed me that innovation will never die. Innovation is great because it helps businesses, countries, and people as a whole move forward.

3. It’s not all about money.

A chunk of cash is always great, but these entrepreneurs showed me that they really cared about more than just money. They were interested in building businesses focused around their passions or doing something to help the environment, society, or people.

If you have a generation who is interested in doing what they love and helping others, that has great implications on the world. Many have said that the old generation was money and power hungry, but our generation is more about helping others than doing it for monetary gain.

4. Technology will run us.

Even though I met many people with very different ideas, it somehow always revolved or connected to technology in some way. It has become clearly evident that technology will be the center-point for all innovations in the future.

Is this a bad thing? No, it’s actually great. The more technologically solid we become, the more connected our world becomes. The similarity between almost all innovators is their love for technology.

5. It’s going to be competitive.

I’m a firm believer of friendly competition. After speaking with entrepreneurs and watching pitch competitions, I realized that our generation is more competitive than ever.

Everyone wants to win, myself included. The competitive nature of our generation will be great because people will work twice as hard to beat others. Success will not be easy, but it will be well-earned.

Conclusion

Overall, the CEO conference in Chicago was amazing. I got to meet tons of great aspiring college entrepreneurs, innovators, speakers/mentors, and even CEO team members.

The connections, experiences, and friendships made during these few days was priceless. I feel like our future is in better hands than ever before and have decided to stop listening to the older generations ‘negative’ critiques.

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