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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 Start an Ecommerce Business

How to Start an Ecommerce Business

Carolyn Young

Published on November 18, 2021

We all make online purchases, and these days more than ever — that’s why ecommerce is big business, generating trillions of dollars in revenueea ...

How to Start a Car Wash Business

How to Start a Car Wash Business

Carolyn Young

Published on November 18, 2021

Some people love their cars (they really, really love their cars). They like them looking clean and perfect all the time. If you’re a car lover,yo ...

How to Transfer an LLC to Another State

How to Transfer an LLC to Another State

Carolyn Young

Published on November 16, 2021

If you have a limited liability company (LLC), you might wish to transfer your LLC to a new statebecause: You’re moving and want to take your ...

How to Start a Business in South Carolina

How to Start a Business in South Carolina

Carolyn Young

Published on November 16, 2021

South Carolina is full of surprises. It produces more peaches than Georgia, aka the Peach State. It, not Texas, is the birthplace of barbecue, andit ...

How to Start a Business in Pennsylvania

How to Start a Business in Pennsylvania

Carolyn Young

Published on November 16, 2021

Pennsylvania is home to the US chocolate capital and the Declaration of Independence. It also has a history of innovation — home to the firstcompu ...

How to Start a Franchise

How to Start a Franchise

Carolyn Young

Published on November 12, 2021

If you have a successful small business, you may be thinking of ways to grow your company. One option is to franchise your business, enabling you to ...

Can You Have Multiple Businesses Under One LLC?

Can You Have Multiple Businesses Under One LLC?

Carolyn Young

Published on November 11, 2021

As an entrepreneur, you probably have a number of business ideas. If you’ve started one business and want to diversify into another, you shouldcon ...

How to Start a Lip Gloss Business

How to Start a Lip Gloss Business

Carolyn Young

Published on November 11, 2021

Lip gloss has been popular since its invention in 1930 by Max Factor for the movie industry. Originally made just to create a shine on the lips, new ...

How to Start a Radio Station

How to Start a Radio Station

Carolyn Young

Published on November 11, 2021

Boosted by the popularity of podcasts, radio is booming. People listen while commuting and while at work, while out having fun, or just relaxing ath ...