The 11 Best Pieces Of Advice For All Millennials From The Under 30 Summit

This week more than 1,500 young movers and
shakers gathered in Philadelphia for FORBES’
second annual Under 30 Summit . Snagging an
invite required a spot on our annual Under 30
list , which honors people 29 and younger who
have changed the world — by building
technologies that make daily life easier, by
dreaming up recipes that bring joy and by
finding solutions to the world’s most intractable
problems.
Overachievers? Absolutely, but they share more
with the average 20-something than meets the
eye. Like you they have dreams and insecurities
and big questions about the future.
Historian and demographer Neil Howe, who
coined the term Millennial for the group born
from around 1980 to 2000, says that every
generation has a persona. That does not mean
every member is the same — as some marketers
and spotty researchers would have you believe
— but that they share certain experiences that
ingrain a view of the world that is unique from
the generations before and after.
According to Howe every generation is made up
of three types of people – those that lead the
trends, those that follow them and those that
fight against them. The Under 30s are arguably
the leaders. Wherever you fall on the spectrum
there is a benefit in learning what the leaders
have to say.
From: Forbes Under 30 Doers Award: Elizabeth
Holmes
From: Do-It-Yourself-Entertainment Moguls
From: From College Dropout To Public Company
CEO
From: Sharing = Success: Michelle Phan and
Kelly Osbourne
From: Roadmap to $1 Billion
From: How 23 Women Became 1 Team—and
Made History
From: Can this (Business) Marriage be Saved?
From: Shaun White Unfiltered
From: The Pivot: Using Fame and Influence for
Good
From: Under 30 Summit Reunion: Sean Rad—
Boss, Booted and Back
From: Under 30 Summit Reunion: Monica
Lewinsky’s Big Year
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“What are you so passionate about that if you
were fired you would still want to do it?”
@eholmes2003 #under30summit
— Samantha Sharf (@samsharf) October 5,
2015
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The reason I succeeded is the exact reason I
was told I would never succeed. I was
different. @LindseyStirling #under30summit
— Jill Castellano (@Jill_Castellano) October 5,
2015
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‘Start up is in your head. It’s not an
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#under30summit
— Caroline Howard (@CarolineLHoward)
October 5, 2015
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“I thought, if this is going to be the TV of the
future, I need to build my brand here”
@MichellePhan on YouTube pic.twitter.com/
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— Natalie Robehmed (@natrobe) October 5,
2015
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Vivek Ramaswamy: A fresh take is important,
but recognizing what shouldn’t be thrown out
is the bigger challenge. #under30summit
— Matthew Herper (@matthewherper) October
5, 2015
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“Every single person has a different story of
how they got to the top — and none of it was
easy.” – @ShannonBoxx7 @ #under30summit
— Michela Tindera (@mtindera07) October 6,
2015
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Dr. Ruth to founder-pairs: “I’m against one-
night stands. I want people to have
relationships and work things out.”
#under30summit
— mhelft (@mhelft) October 6, 2015
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“Every time something doesn’t work out,
there’s a valuable lesson, so I can’t call it a
mistake.” – @shaunwhite #Under30Summit
— Emily Inverso (@EmilyInverso) October 6,
2015
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Best advice for young leaders: It’s your
responsibility to add your voice to the issues
you care most about – Barbara Bush
#under30summit
— Caroline Howard (@CarolineLHoward)
October 6, 2015
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“We want to bring the world closer together
by creating connections that would have
otherwise never existed.” @seanrad
#under30summit
— Kathryn Dill (@KathrynDill) October 6, 2015
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Monica Lewinsky: “I want to keep giving a
purpose to my past.”