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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 a Daycare Business

How to Start a Daycare Business

Carolyn Young

Published on November 2, 2021

Countless working parents rely on quality daycare every weekday, which makes it an absolutely necessary and crucial service across the United States ...

How to Start a Real Estate Business

How to Start a Real Estate Business

Carolyn Young

Published on October 29, 2021

Investors like to say real estate is the strongest asset. Owning a piece of property is practically a requirement for every business and everyfamily ...

How to Open a Restaurant

How to Open a Restaurant

Carolyn Young

Published on October 29, 2021

In every city and almost every town in the United States, you will find a bounty of restaurant options because people enjoy the experience of dining ...

How to Start a Candle Making Business

How to Start a Candle Making Business

Carolyn Young

Published on October 29, 2021

If you have a passion for candles, their design, scent, and feel, then starting a candle-making business could be in the cards for you. Candles cana ...

How to Start a Vending Machine Business

How to Start a Vending Machine Business

Carolyn Young

Published on October 29, 2021

We see them everywhere, but have you ever considered what owning a business of vending machines would be like? Vending machines help people in apinc ...

How to Start a Catering Business

How to Start a Catering Business

Carolyn Young

Published on October 27, 2021

Your culinary talents make you and your family happy, so why not spread that joy to the rest of theworld? Take your cooking skills to the nextle ...

How to Start a Business in New York

How to Start a Business in New York

Carolyn Young

Published on October 27, 2021

If you live in New York, you are in one of the world’s great business capitals. Many top investors and multinationals make their home in New YorkC ...

How to Start a Photography Business

How to Start a Photography Business

Carolyn Young

Published on October 15, 2021

If you’re an amateur photographer, you may have considered trying to make money using your talent. Photography is a growing $11 billion industry,s ...

How to Start a Consulting Business

How to Start a Consulting Business

Carolyn Young

Published on October 15, 2021

Over the years, in your work experience, you have probably developed some sort of expertise. Maybe it’s general business expertise, or vastknowled ...