Jaylen Bledsoe
3.5, That is how many million dollars Jaylen Bledsoe’s IT company is worth. Now as impressive as that sounds what if I told you that he grew his business to this size in only 2 years? Now what if I told you that Jaylen Bledsoe started his company at the ripe old age of 13? That’s right Jaylen Bledsoe is a 15 year old IT millionaire that employs over 150 people. Jaylen is a high school sophomore who created Bledsoe Technologies. What they do is summed up in a statement on their about page, “We are focused on assisting Small to Mid-Size Businesses establish high usage of Technology within their organizations, as well as establishing a strong web presence.” Jaylen not only runs a million dollar in his free time he also is: the student class president, president of the parent student association, served as the chief technology officer of St. Louis Volunteen, a program to promote teen volunteerism, he is even partly responsible for bringing vegetarian options to his former middle school’s cafeteria. Not only is this young man running a multi-million dollar business with over 150 employees he is going to school being a kid and changing and having an impact on the people right around him. His dad, a proud father i’m sure, said it best in 2012 when asked about his son, ““I don’t see many eighth graders do the things that he does but it’s all his doing.” Jaylen’s advice to other young entrepreneurs, “Take risks as a minor, there’s nothing you can do that will shoot you down for too long. You can always jump back up and keep going.” Words of wisdom from such a young man.
I just think this is cool. He doesn’t have a college degree. He just tried doing something, I’m assuming, he enjoyed. Cuddos to Jaylen. Imagine what he will be doing at 40.
What an inspiration!! I always admire young teens and even children who at a young age desire to make a difference, and are super motivated. I appreciate that he saw a need, and dove into that need and provided a way to make it better. When I was in high school, I was similar to Jaylen in the fact of Class president, and president of many other clubs, but I simply could not imagine doing all of those things, as well as running a million dollar business. I’m excited to see what else is to come from this young entrepreneur!
This is a very inspiring story of a young entrepreneur making a huge difference. What he is doing seems almost overwhelming to me but im sure he has a very bright future ahead of himself.