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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 Transfer a Property to an LLC

How to Transfer a Property to an LLC

Carolyn Young

Published on November 8, 2021

If you own property and want to include it in your business operation, you can transfer it into your underlying limited liability company (LLC)entit ...

Single Member vs. Multi Member LLC

Single Member vs. Multi Member LLC

Carolyn Young

Published on November 4, 2021

A limited liability company (LLC) is a U.S.-specific business entity with a structure designed to benefit its owner with tax advantages and, yougues ...

How to Start a Barbershop

How to Start a Barbershop

Carolyn Young

Published on November 4, 2021

Remember the old-style barbershops with the swirling poles of red, white, and blue? These days, some barbershops are still a place to chat withneigh ...

How to Start a Coffee Shop

How to Start a Coffee Shop

Carolyn Young

Published on November 4, 2021

More than half of all Americans drink coffee every day. Coffee shops and cafes are everywhere, but many of them are about more than coffee. A goodco ...

How to Start a Trucking Business

How to Start a Trucking Business

Carolyn Young

Published on November 4, 2021

The demand for transporting goods is strong and constant, which makes trucking big business. If you are a truck driver, or even if you’re not yet, ...

How to Start an ATM Business

How to Start an ATM Business

Carolyn Young

Published on November 4, 2021

One automated teller machine, or ATM, can provide its owner with a small stream of passive income. A collection of ATMs placed in heavily trafficked ...

How to Start a Tutoring Business

How to Start a Tutoring Business

Carolyn Young

Published on November 3, 2021

Students today face growing pressure to keep their grades up — and often need extra help to do so. If you have a modicum of expertise in anysubjec ...

How to Start a Food Truck Business

How to Start a Food Truck Business

Carolyn Young

Published on November 3, 2021

Food trucks suddenly seem to be everywhere, popping at festivals and street fairs, outside office buildings, in parks, and all around theneighborhoo ...

How to Start a Record Label

How to Start a Record Label

Carolyn Young

Published on November 3, 2021

We all love music, which makes music big business. We know the names of the big record labels, but there are many smaller record labels in theindust ...