Looking for no-fail gifts for entrepreneurs? Get inspired with these product faves that are ideal for customizing!
Being an entrepreneur is no easy feat! However, those that have done it know with a lot of hard work and dedication, it offers some of the most rewarding experiences. Whether you want to congratulate your favorite entrepreneur on a successful launch or offer support to a small business owner, you’re in the right place for corporate gifting!
In fact, we offer the best gifts for new business owners that are as functional as they are fun to give (and even better to receive!). From techy faves and office gifts to ideas for the home, office, and everything in between, here are the products to help celebrate the entrepreneurs in your life!
Best Gifts for Entrepreneurs in 2023
For the best gift ideas for entrepreneurs, you will want to strike the right mix of being thoughtful and practical. After all, the best gifts for new business owners are functional and useful as your recipient embarks on this new journey.
Tech-Savvy Gifts
For truly practical gifts for entrepreneurs that are everything but boring, lean on customizable tech favorites like these for ultimate appreciation and longevity.
1. Wireless Powerbank
Not all chargers are created equally. What makes this Lexon Magbank a great gift idea is that it is designed for added convenience. With its weighted magnetic phone charging abilities, looking for a cord is a non-issue. Perfect for entrepreneurs who already have their hands full!
2. Wireless Earbuds
Another really great gift idea for new business owners is a quality set of earbuds. Not only are the wireless designs an added convenience, but styles like this one that is designed with noise canceling, the ability to take calls or listen to tunes, and long battery life are much appreciated.
Thinking about ordering branded earbuds for your entrepreneur gifts? Make sure you order extra for your favorite clients and hard-working employees since these will be a hot commodity.
Office Gifts
Whether your entrepreneur is spending all of their time at home or at their new business, these are the perfect reminder that you’re wishing them the best of everything! Consider adding a personal touch to their workspace by creating custom art or personalized items..
3. Custom Notepads
With so many styles and customization options available today, choosing a well-branded notebook for your entrepreneur gifts means never settling for boring or over-exhausted styles.
Take for instance this beautifully designed therapy notebook with thought-provoking questions. Want more ideas? See more of our favorite branded notebook styles and learn why these continue to be a popular pick for custom merch.
4. Custom Markers
Dependable office supplies are always an affordable idea that make the best gifts for entrepreneurs—especially when added to custom merch kits and gift baskets.
5. Custom Mugs
You don’t have to be in the food or beverage industry to appreciate a well-designed mug. However, if you are searching for your favorite restaurant entrepreneur for grand opening gifts and the like, they’ll enjoy it just as much.
Affordable Gift Ideas
The best gifts for entrepreneurs should never break your budget. In fact, it’s better to downsize the number of products that make up your gift than to choose quantity over quality. The good news is even business owners on a strapped budget can score gift ideas for entrepreneurs that will be used and loved! Case in point: custom stickers, hats, and keychains!
6. Custom Stickers
What’s so great about a logo sticker? Well, aside from being a colorful addition to a swag basket, it’s also perfect for customizing laptops and office spaces while showing off a company logo.
7. Custom Hat
Functional, stylish, season-less… the best custom hat swag ideas should check all the boxes. Plus, when it comes to affordability, your Gemnote rep can help you find great brands and styles to customize!
8. Custom Keychains
While we probably don’t have to underscore the importance of keeping up with your keys (just add that to an entrepreneur’s long list of things to remember), it’s probably worth mentioning the more balls we’re juggling in the air, the more likely one will be to fall (metaphorically, of course). Whether your favorite entrepreneur has a storefront, a locked office, or keys to his castle, a fun custom keychain can be used on repeat.
9. Embroidered Loop Keychain
Another great keychain option with a loop design for easy carrying and an upgrade with a monogrammed logo. Talk to your Gemnote rep for more ideas on popular keychains (like hotel keychains are also having a moment!), as well as affordable and sustainable Baggu custom merch.
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Sustainable Drinkware Gift Ideas
Gifts for young entrepreneurs don’t have to be limited to just drinkware, since these new business owners who are just starting out probably need just about everything. However, when it comes to sustainable giving, custom drinkware is always appreciated!
10. Custom Water Bottle
We all know the importance of daily hydration, yet sometimes it is life’s essentials that tend to fall by the wayside when we’re busy, kind of like an entrepreneur who is launching a new business. That’s just one reason custom water bottle make the perfect gift. The other reason? They’re a sustainable option to replace plastic bottles that can end up in oceans and landfills.
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11. The Perfect Traveler Tumbler
While hydration is a must, for healthy living, most days, caffeine can feel pretty high on the must-have list. If you’re looking for gifts for new business owners that are easy to customize and offer an assortment of features (life BPA-FREE, insulated for temp control, no leak design, affordable options, and more), a great tumbler delivers on all fronts.
Gift Ideas That Bring Comfort
Gift ideas for entrepreneurs aren’t just limited to their office or their commute. If you’re looking for entrepreneur gifts that offer comfort, style, and quality, you can’t go wrong with high-end basics that are made even better with customization. Talk to your Gemnote rep about different options for adding personalization to your favorite textiles.
12. Custom Towel
Unexpected and yet so essential. Who can resist a great towel? Plus as one of the gift ideas for entrepreneurs, there’s no end to the creative options you have for customizing.
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13. Branded Blanket
Spoil your favorite entrepreneur with a soft custom throw that looks just as warm and inviting at home as it looks professionally in the office.
Best Apparel Gifts
Apparel continues to top the most-wanted list for custom corporate gifts. Whether it’s because there are styles for every brand, every budget, and every recipient or that they act as a marketing vehicle, we may never know. What we do know? They’re perfect your entrepreneur gifts!
14. A Great Hoodie
The best practical gifts for entrepreneurs always include branded apparel since it's an excellent way to market your or their business each and every time they wear it!
15. Custom Sweatshirt
Another basic that can’t be overrated is a well-designed sweatshirt! For the best gifts for entrepreneurs, choose soft comfortable styles with modern customization, like this one from Glossier.
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16. The Perfect Pullover
Custom pullovers, like this one from Marine Layer make some of the best gifts for entrepreneurs since they can also act as business attire when customized with your recipient’s logo.
Personalized Bags and Tote Gift Ideas
Unique gifts for opening new business ventures don’t have to be hard to find. For sustainable items that are useful and can be customized to reflect your recipient’s new logo and branding, bags always fit!
17. Dopp Kit
Small, portable, and perfect for keeping keys and other small items handy. We like this option since being organized is something anyone can appreciate!
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18. Canvas Totes
Reusable totes make stylish, practical gifts for entrepreneurs. Furthermore, they come in a plethora of sizes, colors, and designs, making them an easy-to-customize affordable option.
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19. Color Handle Totes
How many ways can you customize a tote? It’s hard to know for sure. From color ways and fabrics to designs and features like pockets, creating a custom-branded tote that gets noticed is easier than you think!
Ask your Gemnote rep for ideas on adding patches, labels, embroidery, and more for a one-of-kind design.
Custom Duffels and Backpacks
Just as handy as the reusable tote options above, backpacks and duffel bags offer an extra punch with customizable styles with as little or as many features as you want! It's a universal option that accommodates unisex designs and one size fits all for easy bulk ordering.
20. Custom Duffel Bag
Looking for practical gifts for entrepreneurs that are as versatile as they are stylish? A duffel bag, like this cheerfully branded style by Glossier, is just the ticket! From gym days to weekend getaways and of course those commutes to the office, a great branded duffel bag is an easy-to-customize favorite that gets noticed!
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21. Custom Backpack
Work commutes and weekend getaways just took a turn for the better with stylish custom backpacks like this one from Timbuk2.
Practical Gift Ideas
No one wants a useless gift, or what could be a great gift with poor quality, Luckily, when you partner with a company like Gemnote, you can leave the heavy lifting to them. From sourcing the best products to offering a curated collection of ideas that are within your budget, scoring on-brand and practical entrepreneur gifts just got easier.
22. Custom Laptop Bag
Ideal for gifts for entrepreneurs who are always on the go, will love receiving a quality laptop bag that helps keep them organized while protecting their tech.
23. Custom Jacket
Gifts for entrepreneurs range from small affordable stickers to name-brand, high-quality apparel. When you’re looking to really spoil a business owner, choosing a practical product that also feels like a luxe gift is perfect for reinforcing business relationships and showing you care.
24. Custom Socks
Who couldn’t use a great pair of socks? Everyone wears them, yet no one really thinks about them until half of their pair goes missing from the wash or turns up with a hole in them. Plus, when it comes to gifts for entrepreneurs, you’ll have less sizes to contend with and too many design options to count.
5 Tips For Gifting Entrepreneurs And Business Owners
Cool entrepreneur gifts can be subjective, but if you follow the tips below, you can’t go wrong!
1. Know what they want
If you and your friend have conversations and you know exactly what they want, that makes your life easier! Always buy something that people want and will use. If you don’t know this, you can try getting it out of them or thinking about something that they will be able to use frequently.
2. Understand their business
The best gift for an entrepreneur is easier if you know their business and what they’re trying to accomplish. The most incredible gifts for entrepreneurs are ones that they would also purchase themselves because they need it.
3. Make their life easier
Functionality is one of the main focuses here at Gemnote. We always ask ourselves if it’s something we feel will be used, as we work to become a more sustainable company. Think of useful items like a daily planner, a tile key tracker, or a handy coffee press.
4. Recognize their achievements
Starting a business is incredibly hard, but an achievement that should absolutely be celebrated. In the beginning, your entrepreneurial friend may be stressed trying to get things up and running, so a token of appreciation goes a long, long way. As mentioned above, make sure it’s personal to them and their business- even better would be if it’s something they keep at their work to remind them of you and your support. You don’t need to break the bank to be thoughtful. The time and effort you spend to buy a nice gift for entrepreneurs is priceless.
5. Make it Personal
Whether it’s a handwritten card, branded sustainable packaging, custom engraving on a product, or more, choosing personalized gifts for entrepreneurs makes the experience special and memorable.
Browse Gemnote’s Lookbook For More Gift Inspiration
Gemnote makes giving a gift to celebrate a new business exciting and thoughtful with personalization. Plus, they can take care of as many of the details as you need. From sourcing, curation, and design to packaging, kitting, fulfillment, warehousing, and more, acing your corporate gifts just got a whole lot easier.
Browse the products and brands in our Lookbook or talk to your Gemnote rep today about creating unforgettable gifts for entrepreneurs!
