But rather than waiting for the right job opportunity to come along, some young people are taking matters into their own hands—and turning to entrepreneurship. New data shared exclusively with Fortune by GoDaddy finds that microbusiness activity is growing across college communities nationwide, with several smaller university towns emerging as particularly strong entrepreneurial hubs. Stanford,
Gen Z is entering a job market being turned upside down by AI—and according to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, the disruption is only getting started. But he thinks ambitious young workers have a chance to come out ahead if they’re willing to ditch the playbook and bet on what’s next. “It’s totally true that huge
Claire Smilow has spent years scouting talented people before they become the next big thing in tech. That instinct paid off in 2019, when she was blown away by a sophomore at MIT who already had a strategic and commercial vision. Smilow played the long game in seeing his talents through—and it led to a
A low-hire, low-fire labor market has made breaking into the workforce brutally hard for Gen Z. But while most young people are struggling to land their first opportunity, some have jumped the line by building their own small businesses and startups—and young founders are now ramping up hiring even as companies across industries slow theirs.
The landscape for money is shifting, and top executives say that the Great Wealth Transfer, the new generation of entrepreneurs, and veterans are paving the way. At Fortune’s 26th annual Most Powerful Women conference in Santa Barbara, Deloitte U.S. federal health sector leader Beth Meagher said that women are poised to play a huge role
Millionaire Timothy (or Tim) Armoo made his first fortune at 17, before he could even legally vote. He blew through every penny of it before he turned 19. “I made my first bit of money at 17—that was the first business that I meaningfully sold,” Armoo told Fortune. “And then I lost all that money
