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GENERATION Y

• also know as and Millennials or Megeneration,
• born between 1981 and 1996, ages ranging from 25 to 40

Millennials are known to be self-confident and ambitious. They introduced the concept of entrepreneurialism to the world. Gen Ys were the first gen to reject the concept of starting at the bottom of the ladder and working to the top. A technological explosion happened: the internet. And Gen Ys invented Facebook and Instagram. Globalisation, economic stability and filling life with “experiences” is part of the Me-generation. Gen

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