Hart Main’s entrepreneurial career started with a sibling rivalry. Hart used to tease his sister’s highly feminine and flowery smelling candles. Then Hart found a bike he really wanted but he ran into one small problem: the bicycle cost a whopping $1500. Inspiration grew in Hart’s middle-school brain, and he set out to design a manly-scented candle, tapping into an unreached market with creativity and intuition. Combining ingeniously repurposed soup cans, diligently crafted scents, and a creative brand name, ManCans was born.
The young teen sells strongly nostalgic, relaxing, and masculine candles. His scents include Campfire, Bacon, Sawdust, Fresh Cut Grass, and Grandpa’s Pipe. Hart’s candles are handmade in Lisbon, Ohio by a workforce largely comprised of people with special needs. His business has grown greatly exponentially, bringing his candles to every state and regularly makes six figures annually. Hart’s dedication and passion in his entrepreneurial venture is displayed in the compassionate aspects of his business. Committed to his local communities and the unmet needs of the poor, Hart donates part of his revenue to soup kitchens in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Michigan. You can learn more about his impressive business here.
This is such a cool story! It’s really amazing to me how much kids can achieve when they’ve got a specific goal that they’re trying to reach, such as getting a new bike. The fact that Hart took a debate with his sister and turned it into a unique business idea to do this is truly entrepreneurial. The way you wrote your post is very easy to follow and clear to understand, great job!
I absolutely love this!!! For one, a business started by sibling rivalry is just hilarious and honestly, I can see how that would be good for starting businesses. I am super impressed by the marketing and entrepreneurship knowledge Hart Main portrayed at such a young age. Finding an untapped market, creative naming, and finding a market he wanted to target are not always easy things. This is a great example that we all have great capacity no matter the demographics. We all are entrepreneurs, lets embrace that!
I really like this example because the product is handmade. I think anything handmade is worth so much more than anything made by machines. I also really like that he set his mind on something he would love to buy and was mostlikey able to with the profits from this business after his charity efforts. Also the fact that he was just 13 years old is incredible in the world of entrepreneurship! This shows just how much gumption he had at that age, and I can remember how I thought as a 13 year old and I was never at this point!