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Carolyn Young

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

How to Get a Business License in Indiana

How to Get a Business License in Indiana

Carolyn Young

Published on July 11, 2022

One of the most important elements of starting a business in Indiana is making sure you have all the requisite licenses and permits. Therequirements ...

How to Get a Business License in Iowa

How to Get a Business License in Iowa

Carolyn Young

Published on July 11, 2022

One of the most important elements of starting a business in Iowa is making sure you have all the requisite licenses and permits. The requirementsva ...

How to Get a Business License in Kansas

How to Get a Business License in Kansas

Carolyn Young

Published on July 11, 2022

One of the most important elements of starting a business in Kansas is making sure you have all the requisite licenses and permits. The requirements ...

How to Get a Business License in Kentucky

How to Get a Business License in Kentucky

Carolyn Young

Published on July 11, 2022

One of the most important elements of starting a business in Kentucky is making sure you have all the requisite licenses and permits. Therequirement ...

How to Get a Business License in Louisiana

How to Get a Business License in Louisiana

Carolyn Young

Published on July 11, 2022

One of the most important elements of starting a business in Louisiana is making sure you have all the requisite licenses and permits. Therequiremen ...

How to Get a Business License in Maine

How to Get a Business License in Maine

Carolyn Young

Published on July 11, 2022

One of the most important elements of starting a business in Maine is making sure you have all the requisite licenses and permits. The requirementsv ...

How to Get a Resale Certificate in Maine

How to Get a Resale Certificate in Maine

Carolyn Young

Published on July 7, 2022

If you have recently launched or are planning to launch a business that will sell products or services in Maine, you may want to get a resalecertifi ...

How to Get a Sales and Use Tax Certificate of Exemption in Michigan

How to Get a Sales and Use Tax Certificate of Exemption in Michigan

Carolyn Young

Published on July 7, 2022

If you have recently launched or are planning to launch a business that will sell products or services in Michigan, you’ll want to get a sales and ...

How to Get a Certificate of Exemption in Minnesota

How to Get a Certificate of Exemption in Minnesota

Carolyn Young

Published on July 7, 2022

If you have recently launched or are planning to launch a business that will sell products or services in Minnesota, you may want to get acertificat ...