Gerard Adams is no stranger to entrepreneurship. He co-founded the popular newsite targeted towards millennials, Elite Daily. It was sold to the Daily Mail for $50 million. He contributes to the Entrepreneur Magazine. He’s also the founder of a startup accelerator for millennials, Fownder.
Fownder is an online community that provides networking, connections, brands, and other providers for people looking to start their own business. Their goal is to provide customers with “exclusive access to curated tools and lessons, chosen to make your business reach its full potential,” according to their website.
Adams capitalized on capitalism itself — he realized the interest in young people to become entrepreneurs and developed a unique platform to aid them in this process. With the exclusive courses and connections that comes with the membership, he mad
e Fownder a desirable option for new business owners as well as established companies.
The website also features a blog with posts such as “Why you should listen to your heart” and “The unwritten rules of storytelling.” Fownders aims to equip new entrepreneurs with the creative and empathetic skills they need in order to be thoughtful entrepreneurs.
sounds like this is a great example of seeing a need and acting on it. Adams saw the biggest picture with entrepreneurs, and became an entrepreneur for the entrepreneurs. I think that’s a great example of how there are so many spaces open to work in, even when we think that nothing new is left to work on.
Very interesting story. I really enjoy seeing people view something differently than the rest of the world and acting upon it. Really cool to hear this one.