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[HTML1] Tristan Mace is the fifth guest in Keeping Up with Gen Y’s monthly series,”Y Gen Entrepreneurs.” Tristan is an entrepreneur, adviser, consultant, angel investor, visionary and board member.

Tristan joins Keeping Up with Gen Y to talk about the role of young entrepreneurs in creating social change through socially responsible projects. He also points to the need for Gen Y to make connections that move beyond the personal to engage the powerful.

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Tristan Mace turns names into brands. He transforms ideas into ventures.

Tristan has played the roles of an entrepreneur, adviser, consultant, angel investor, visionary and board member. He currently works with a range of companies from startups to Fortune 500 giants.

At the age of 14, Tristan created and bootstrapped a new media advertising venture known as 11Create. He continued to strategically manage its growth, and in 2005 it was acquired by Livney+Partners, which shortly after the merger was named by Houston Business Journal as one of Texas’ fastest growing web development companies. He continues to work with Livney+Partners, serving as the creative director of the award-winning boutique advertising firm based in Fort Worth, Texas.

Considered an entrepreneurial pioneer at The University of Texas at Austin, Tristan regularly lectures to students in the McCombs School of Business and the College of Communication on entrepreneurship, new media and brand identity. He is actively involved in the entrepreneurial movement throughout Texas, and in its February 2010 issue, the Austin Business Journal published his advice to young entrepreneurs.

Tristan currently lives in Austin, Texas, where he is pursuing his bachelor’s degree in public relations and business foundations at The University of Texas at Austin.

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About Tamara Bell

Tamara Bell is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Y Gen Out Loud, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that provides a platform for Generation Yto discuss national politics and public policy issues.

Tamara began her journalism career as a staff reporter for the Dallas Times Herald. A few years later, she moved to York, Pa., as a political reporter for the York Dispatch, covering local, state, and national government as well as writing investigative stories for the mid-sized daily newspaper.

A Texas girl at heart, Tamara returned to Dallas a year later to work as press relations director for the re-election campaign of U.S. Rep. John Bryant. The next year, she moved to Austin and the Texas Legislature, where she stayed for 15 years. While at the Legislature, Tamara worked for Democratic House members as Chief-of-Staff and Press Secretary, and as a Senior Policy Analyst for the Senate State Affairs Committee chaired by a Republicansenator.

In 1996, Tamara became co-owner of a political newsletter covering state issues and elections. As Editor-in-Chief, Tamara helped shape the weekly publication into a must-read for state officials, legislative aides, and lobbyists. More recently, Tamara wrote a regular column analyzing coverage by the Texas Capitol Press Corps for an online political publication. She also works as a lecturer in the Advertising Department at The University of Texasat Austin.

Tamara has also been a judge for the 2010 Bright Ideas Award given by the Texas Daily Newspaper Association, served as a panelist at the Society of Professional Journalists 2010 Region 8 Conference where the theme was How to Save Journalism, and has been a guest lecture for the Advertising Department’s Internship course, speaking about the jobs outlook for graduating seniors.

Tamara earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in Journalism from The University of Texas at Austin, and her B.A. in Journalism from Texas A&M University. She resides in Austin with her son, Jackson.

Tamara Bell is also the Host of Keeping Up with Gen Y on WomensRadio. Keeping Up with Gen Y offers discussions, interviews, and commentary about important issues of the day from the perspective of Generation Y (18-to 30-years-old). Aimed at all generations interested in learning about and inspiring young people, this show features professionals, experts, researchers, and members of Gen Y who share insights and experiences about the topics on the minds of today’s young adults.