Marques Brownlee began building his YouTube channel MKBHD when he was in high school in 2008. Initially he reviewed tech products and software that he already had, uploading them to his channel where they gained the attention of buyers looking for product information and reviews before they purchased anything. As his channel grew he began to review more popular devices including smartphones and laptops. Soon he began to receive review units of various products from major brands. His popularity has afforded Marques the opportunity to interview many high-profile individuals including Kobe Bryant, Bill Gates, Barack Obama, Mark Zuckerberg, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Elon Musk, and more. Marques’ personal brand exemplifies the entrepreneurial spirit as he merged his passion for tech and the market of buyers looking for trustworthy and knowledgable reviews of tech devices in the era of internet shopping where many purchases are made before physically interacting with products.
This is a great example of an entrepreneur. He saw an opportunity to help make the buying process of tech much easier for customers without charging them a thing. Seeing how he was able to do something which sounds daunting relatively easily is inspiring. Even if you don’t think that your idea is super good or that it is revolutionary. There might be a market for it. Brown shows that testing that idea is worth a shot because it could end up giving you a large platform or a successful business.