Exclusive Forbes Under 30 Poll I Venus Williams’ Advice For Fellow Entrepreneurs

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Every few years, we hear a familiar criticism: despite being vocal on social media, young people don't vote. In fact, fewer than half of Americans 18 to 29 voted in the 2016 election. But this year appears to be different. Driven in part by hot button issues like racial inequality and climate change, young voters are already turning out in record numbers.

Today, Forbes released its final exclusive Forbes Under 30 poll looking at exactly who those voters will be endorsing on their ballots. It finds that the race continues to tighten, even in this demographic. In a reversal from earlier findings, young white voters now support Trump but Biden still holds a lead in this demographic overall, thanks to gains among young Black and Hispanic voters. Either way, it is time for young voters to make good on their promise to make their voices heard this election. This year, let's show up and make an impact in local, state and national elections.

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Government hearings and a bearish overall stock market didn’t slow down the tech giants, most of which ended up reporting earnings that exceeded analyst expectations. The big number: $2 billion. That’s the approximate combined revenue that Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet.

Robust.AI raised $15 million led by Jazz Ventures to build a cognitive engine for robotics. The goal: To allow people to build robots faster, cheaper and with more reliability.

After a year of savage cuts and restructuring following a disastrous IPO attempt that saw then-CEO Adam Neumann evicted and the company’s value plummet, WeWork’s new head says he finally sees profitability on the horizon for 2021 and, if all goes well, another IPO

High-flying video conferencing service Zoom, which has seen skyrocketing demand during the coronavirus pandemic, is now worth more than ExxonMobil, one of the world’s largest oil and gas companies. Zoom founder Eric Yuan, meanwhile, has seen his own fortune nearly double over the past three months (he's currently worth a cool $20 billion).

Alex Daly, a.k.a. "The Crowdsourceress" (thanks to her book by the same name), has seen great success with crowdfunding, to the tune of more than $25 million. Read her tips on how to get in on the action.

The idea was to hurt Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook in the only place seeming to matter to them: their bank accounts. And so a few hundred companies, including some big ones like Pfizer, Lego and Dunkin Donuts, staged an ad boycott of Facebook in July. Turns out, that didn't work.

Husband and wife cofounders Ben Lewis and Christina Lopes just finalized a series A for their company, One Health, which is working to improve medical treatments for dogs—in ways that could improve cancer care in humans as well.

The Pursuit

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Tennis champion and Olympic gold medalist Venus Williams has some advice for the more than 30 million small business owners and entrepreneurs across the U.S. struggling to find their footing in the new normal: Don’t let fear take over—just push through it.

This is the simplest premise of the law of attraction. Ask. Successful entrepreneurs use the law of attraction, and there’s ten ways you can too.

Interest in side hustles continues to grow. Stephanie Burns, Forbes Contributor, tells her story of how much a “chic CEO” was needed and how so many are asking, “How do I start a business?”. Plus, the majority of freelancers want to stick with it long-term. This is why.

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