Ben is an intelligent teen as he spent most of his high school days building games to later add on the app store. He would create games that he found to be fun, and he would play them with his friends. Then one of his friends thought that it would be a good idea to publish the game so it could gain more of a following. From this “Ninia Jump” and “Impossible Rush” were born. With his tech background he began to build and develop a social media in the mid 2010’s (which seemed to be quite popular during this time). This social media was called, Flogg. Flogg, is a peer-to-peer app that utilizes the social aspects of social media and the profit from e-commerce to make an app for teenagers to buy and sell items. The main market strategy for this was to target young people, and this helped it stand out compared to the rest of the competition. With the target towards younger people the format could be more informal and focus on accessible marketplaces and ability to easily communicate with each other’s. His personal drive came not only from his love of creating things electronically, but also for his own personal need. This need was for a convent platform for teenagers to buy and sell safely and target gaps in markets. As younger people tend to heavily sway the trends and other factors. Ben’s entrepreneurial traits like resilience and innovation, are evident in how he continuously evolved his programming to find his niche and he eventually found it with his social media ecommerce program. His innovation continued to expand and eventually he created Monkey which is another social media. His journey is inspiring as he found a need for something and he created a solution, not just for monetary gain but to help address an issue he was facing. This is very admirable and his focus on the younger people is also good as that audience can easily be underrepresented. He also shows the importance of fearless experimentation, and impact of a highly volatile market. His works shows that by remaining in the loop of real needs and trends, young entrepreneurs can create groundbreaking solutions and thrive. Age doesn’t affect how innovative you are.
Nice post! This is a cool success story where pain and passion met to produce a marketable service. This kid’s tech abilities and his hobbies combined to form a really interesting and impactful business. Thanks for sharing!