Inc’s 30 under 30 list is said to feature America’s coolest young entrepreneurs.  Thousands of business startups and entrepreneurs compete to be listed on this prestigious list.  In 2007, two South Asian entrepreneurs were featured:

#9:  Raj Lahoti, CEO, Online Guru
Age:  25
Location:  San Diego
2006 Revenue:  $11.5 Million
After a few years dabbling in Internet domain acquisition and traffic brokering, Raj Lahoti set out to build up one of his brother’s domains in order to provide meaningful content in an area that, well, generally lacks it. DMV.ORG, the “Online Unofficial Guide to the DMV,” aggregates information from the (often dreaded) Department of Motor Vehicles in each state — all in one place. Users can access information on everything from applying for a license to ordering a driving record, without the aggravation of standing in the DMV’s endless lines.

#23:  Mangesh Hattikudur, Mental Floss
Age:  23
Location:  Birmingham, AL
2006 Revenues:  $1.7 Million
Mental Floss magazine offers a fun, irreverent look at knowledge and facts. As Pearson put it, “Our mission is to find anyway we can to blur the lines between education and entertainment.” The founders started the venture at Duke University as a campus publication and quickly turned it into a national magazine. But they have pushed the brand further than the magazine — producing books, board games, and soon a series of children’s books.

Click here to see the full 30 under 30 list on Inc.com.

We’re glad to see young South Asians featured within this magazine, but we all know that Inc Magazine has only scraped the surface when it comes to young South Asian entrepreneurs in America(Don’t worry Inc Magazine, we still love ya!).  There are TONS of other young South Asian entrepreneurs who are on the road to making it BIG and deserve recognition.  If you know of any South Asian businesses or startups that deserve recognition, please give them a shot out within our comments section.  

And cheers to the launch of our own SABAsearch Blog 30 South Asian Entrepreneurs under 30 List!  :) 

To look for various South Asian entrepreneurs and businesses in Houston, please visit the SABAsearch.com’s South Asian business directory.

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