A business plan is a business plan is a business plan, right? Notexactly. There are, in fact, several types of business plans. Some areint ...
Carolyn Young
Carolyn Young
Expertise
Entrepreneurship education, business management, business strategy
Currently
Senior Business Writer
Education
Bachelor's degree in Finance, The Ohio State University
Carolyn Young has over 25 years of experience in business in various roles, including bank management, marketing management, and business education.
She has written business plans for companies with complex products and business models, including a technology company that built a search engine optimization tool, a biotechnology company, and an online marketplace. She has helped several startup companies get off the ground.
She is the author of several entrepreneurship textbooks, and she created related entrepreneurship curriculum that has been taught in universities internationally. Titles include Introduction to Entrepreneurship, Social Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Finance, and Lean Accelerator. The textbooks were part of an online learning platform designed for high school and college students. She was the Direct of Product Development for the company, Venture Highway, that launched the platform.
Carolyn also has expertise in financial business writing, with numerous financial whitepapers under her belt, as well as a technical manual for Chief Financial Officers.
She has been a freelance business writer for over ten years and has a bachelor’s degree in Finance from The Ohio State University. She is also the author of a novel, The Perfect View.
Carolyn has been featured in many online publications. Some of them include:
Recent articles
6 Types of Business Plans
Carolyn Young
Published on February 19, 2023
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How to Write a Business Plan
Carolyn Young
Published on February 19, 2023
New business owners usually need to complete countless tasks before finally launching and doing business. One of the earliest and most importanthurd ...
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Learn How to Form a Partnership Using These 7 Steps
Carolyn Young
Published on February 14, 2023
If you and one or more people are starting a business, you may want to form a partnership. But this is not a step to be taken lightly, as you’llha ...
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Entrepreneur vs. Small Business Owner
Carolyn Young
Published on January 22, 2023
The common assumption is that anyone who starts a business is an entrepreneur. From the owner of a cafe or a dry cleaners to the founder of asoftwar ...
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10 Questions to Ask an Entrepreneur (If You Want to Become One)
Carolyn Young
Published on January 22, 2023
If you’re thinking of launching a business for the first time, it helps to prepare yourself with as much entrepreneurial insight as possible. Them ...
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31 Key Entrepreneur Statistics You Need to Know
Carolyn Young
Published on January 22, 2023
Despite the pandemic – or perhaps because of it – Americans have started new businesses in record numbers in the last few years. As countlesspeo ...
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7 Common Entrepreneurial Risks
Carolyn Young
Published on January 21, 2023
Entrepreneurship often delivers great rewards, including financial gain, a sense of accomplishment, and greater control of your time and future. But ...
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18 Elderly Care Business Ideas for Compassionate Entrepreneurs
Carolyn Young
Published on December 1, 2022
The number of Americans age 65 and up is increasing fast and set to hit 80 million by 2040. All those elderly people will need a great deal ofmedica ...
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7 Ways to Make Money with a Dump Trailer
Carolyn Young
Published on December 1, 2022
A dump trailer is a truck with an open-box bed that can be raised on one end for dumping the payload. Dump trailers are crucial in the constructiona ...
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