Top Entrepreneur Forums on the Web
One of the great things about the entrepreneur community is the willingness and desire to share the trials and tribulations of starting and running a business. From blogs to forums to podcasts and books, there is a lot of really great knowledge out there. We have chosen eight of the best entrepreneur forums where you can ask questions, find info and share your own stories.
Entrepreneur.com – Industry Groups
What is it: Entrepreneur.com is a great forum that covers everything around entrepreneurship and business. The forums are even split up into industry-based groups ranging from construction professionals, to franchising, to sales and marketing to online business and young entrepreneurs.
Why you should read it: Entrepreneur.com has long been a trusted source for all kinds of entrepreneurs. Their forum allows people to connect with each other and share their experiences and knowledge. The starting a business section has nearly 1000 discussion topics!
Intuit Community
What is it: The Intuit Community splits its forums into two major sections – business forums and industry forums. The business forum encompasses all aspects of starting and running a business, while the industry forum is geared to connect those in the same industries.
Why you should read it: The Intuit Community has some really great information for all entrepreneurs. Their moderators are very active participants in the forum which is helpful to newcomers. One of the best features on this forum is being able to sort through answered and unanswered questions depending on your reason for visiting the forum.
Startup Nation
What is it: Startup Nation is exactly what it’s name implies – a great forum for anyone interested in learning about start ups.
Why you should read it: With over 83,000 users, you can bet the Startup Nation forum has information on just about ANY ISSUE that entrepreneurs face when starting up a business. There is quite a bit of basic information but there are also some good discussions around planning and marketing.
Warrior Forum
What is it: The warrior forum mainly covers internet marketing but is a useful resource for entrepreneurs looking to start an internet-based business. While the forums are free, they do offer a premium forum for a onetime fee of $37.
Why you should read it: Referring to each other as warriors, the users on this forum are all about helping each other and sharing stories about their internet marketing and online business successes as well as failures. Be sure to check out “The war room” with it’s valuable articles and access to a few well known internet marketers.
Young Entrepreneur Forum
What is it: The Young Entrepreneur forum is a place for young entrepreneurs to discuss a wide range of topics and connect with other young entrepreneurs from all over the world. They also offer two levels of premium membership. Gold members ($29.95 for 1 year, $39.95 for 2 years) receive exclusive monthly premium members-only competitions, access to premium members-only forums, exclusive premium members-only contests as well as the ability to engage in private messaging with other members. Platinum members ($199.95 for 1 year, 299 for 2 years) receive access to a free webinar coaching webinar, website review from experts, invitations to events hosted by the founders of YoungEntrepreneur.com and all of the benefits of being a gold member.
Why you should read it: Young Entrepreneurs are quickly making their mark on the business world. With nearly 65,000 users and 270,000 posts this forum is certainly one of the most popular forums for young entrepreneurs everywhere.
Startups
What is it: Startups is a UK based community with over 10 different forums. Asides from the general discussion forum which has 35,000 posts, the Rate My Websiteforum is the next most popular forum in the community and can provide you with candid feedback on your site.
Why you should read it: Based in the UK, this forum a great place to help connect with entrepreneurs from all over the world as well as get different perspectives on issues entrepreneurs may face. This is especially helpful for those looking to do business around the world.
The Fast Lane to Millions
What is it: The Fast Lane to Millions is a forum designed for entrepreneurs to share their experiences in growing their businesses, as well as a place for them to document their successes and failures.
Why you should read it: Many participants in the Fast Lane to Millions are eager to get/share ideas and stories about money making strategies. Forum topics are dominated by building online businesses and discussions about real estate so if you are looking to make money through real estate, this may be a good place to check out.
Retire at 21
What is it: The Retire at 21 forums gives young entrepreneurs a chance to share stories about how they became online entrepreneurs as well as an open community to ask and answers questions about their experiences.
Why you should read it: The forums at Retire at 21 are saturated with valuable information related to website critique (90% of the post volume is in the website critique portion of the forum). This is a great place to go if you are starting an online business or if you are debating making changes to an existing online business.
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