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Are you a Gen Z entrepreneur who has started your own business? We’d like to hear from you

We want to hear from young people who have chosen to start their own businesses rather than follow a traditional career path

✍ Guardian community team

🕒 21 Aug 2026 18:34

Are you a Gen Z entrepreneur who has started your own business? We’d like to hear from you

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A growing number of Gen Z are starting their own businesses, with the number of Start Up Loans taken out by young founders rising by 132% over the past five years, according to analysis by the British Business Bank. Meanwhile, Hiscox analysis of Companies House data found nearly 400,000 Gen Z directors are now running UK-registered businesses.

We’d like to hear from people aged between 18 and 29 who have started a business about what inspired you to do it and how you got started. How is your business going? What have been the biggest challenges and rewards? Do you see yourself continuing to run your own business in the future?

Was entrepreneurship always your ambition or did the difficulties of finding a job or concerns about the traditional world of work lead you to look for an alternative?

We’re interested in your experience of entrepreneurship rather than promoting individual businesses or products.

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