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05:20 AM EST Share They all say they started their ventures by identifying a need and setting out to fill it.
Younger entrepreneurs have a lot in common, the experts say.
They don’t fear technology. They have fewer obligations, so they can take risks. And, like all entrepreneurs, they are driven by an idea.
Karen Bowling, the inaugural director of the University of North Florida Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, said startup founders under the age of 30 can offset their lack of life experience and a professional network with a solid business plan and “fire in the gut.”
“Many of them know no fear, and they’re at a point in their life where they can take risks,” Bowling said.