On May 28th, Boston Young Entrepreneurs is excited to host a seminar on personal branding for entrepreneurs.

Dan Schawbel will give us his expertise on managing an online brand and reputation both for us as individuals and for our companies. In this web age, it’s a huge mistake to pay no mind to what people are saying about you. Take control and make your business and your brand stronger!

Personal branding for Entrepreneurs

• Learn about the importance of personal branding in today’s economy
• Find out how to rank #1 for your name in Google
• Learn about how to protect your online ID
• Become an expert blogger
• Get all the tools you need to manage your online reputation
• Learn how to use social networks such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter for branding yourself and your company
• Walk through a 4-step proven process for building your personal brand

Date: Thursday, May 28th
Time: 6:00 to 8:00pm
Location: Boston City Hall, 9th Floor, Room 900 (NB: Please enter the building using the Congress Street entrance across from City Hall. The Plaza entrance closes at 5:30pm)
RSVP: Devin.Cole.BRA@CityofBoston.gov, 617-918-4303 or on facebook

Dan Schawbel is the leading personal branding expert for Gen-Y. He is the author of the bestselling career book, “Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success (Kaplan, April 2009).” With over 100,000 results for his name in Google, Fast Company calls Dan a “personal branding force of nature.” He is the founder of the Personal Branding Blog®,which was the #1 job blog by Careerbuilder in 2008, is an AdAge top 100 marketing blog and is syndicated by Reuters, Forbes, Fox Business and other major networks.  Dan is also the publisher of Personal Branding Magazine®, head judge for the Personal Brand Awards® and director of Personal Branding TV®.

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Boston Young Entrepreneurs brings you Adam Pieniazek and his company The 42nd Estate for our May Main Event.

Come hear about how The 42nd Estate runs its new media enterprise and help Adam shore up his business and strategize for the future. As always, BYE is free and open to the public so bring friends

Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Boston Public Library - Main Copley Branch - Room C04
Street: 700 Boylston St.
City/Town: Boston, MA
Phone: 617-918-4303
RSVP: devin.cole.bra@cityofboston.gov or on facebook

Adam has some questions in mind for the group to answer. Read on for a sampling.

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Boston Young Entrepreneurs hosted our very first panel discussion on April 21st on the subject of interns for startups.

Panos Panay, founder of BYE and Sonicbids, and Tess Cychosz, who manages Sonicbids‘ internship program, provided insight into their experience hiring, managing and even firing interns.

Some tips on finding and managing interns effectively:

1. When you write a job description, make it sound exciting…because it is! Startups are a great environment for a smart, creative student.

2. Hire the best people. Interview as many candidates as possible and hopefully all. Don’t give in to the temptation to hire the first person who walks in the door.

3. Treat interns like full-fledged members of the team.

4. Reward your interns with responsibility, and call out their success and accomplishments in creative ways. You may not be able to pay them, but you can make their internship rewarding and fun.

5. Check-ins are important. Stay in touch with your intern and have them at the office with you as much as possible.

For more words of wisdom, check out Morgan’s presentation: