Sean Rad, born in 1980’s, had parents who were successful workers in the consumer electronics industry. While studying USC, Rad became friends with one of Tinder’s cofounders, Justin Mateen.  He started a business called Orgoo and Adly, a platform that facilitated celebrity social media branding. He dropped out of college to work on his entrepreneurial projects.  After many different ideas, he was caught on theidea of making a flirting app. They started with the prototype called MAtchbox. After being funded by a company who owned another site called Match.com, they switched their name to Tinder. Within 2 months, it had millions of matches, By 2013, it had 400,000 users and billions of matches. in 2006While studying business at  has served as the chief executive officer of Tinder since 2015.  Although most successful entrepreneurship ideas are disruptive, Tinder is slightly different in that it tapped into a market that wasn’t being served by traditional dating services.

Brian Evans started a site called Influence. It combines information to guide people who want to become entrepreneurs themselves. His site both instructs and inspires them in journeys to entrepreneurship. This all started with his natural flare for an entrepreneurial mind. In 2015, he joined the online advertising agency of Inc. 500 list of Fastest Growing Private Companies in America. He is the founder of Influence.com, a media site that provides “unconventional wisdom”. He was given the title as one of the most influential entrepreneurs. He was ranked in the top 4% of business journalists as he attracted millions to read his content.

Jessica Alba made it into the millennial generation by one year, as she was born in 1981. At the age of 13, she began an acting carrier, including starring in the movie, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, and television series, Dark Angel. In 2012, at the age of 31 years old, she cofounded the successful business, The Honest Company. This company sells safe home products to customers in the USA. Its leading product at first were diapers in 2014. It came in with conflict in 2015, when people started saying the sunblock was not working. In March 2016, it was realized that their detergent product contained a lot of sodium lauryl sulfate although the company claimed they never would. Furthermore, that April they were sued when it was discovered their organic infant formula. However, after making the defense that they had been been certified as organic from the National Organic Program. The court dismissed the complaint permanently. The company started selling their product to CVS, Amazon,  and Babies R Us. They plan to open their Honest Beauty line in 2019. Although the value of the company fluctuates, it has been as high as $1.7 billion.

In 2015, 3 high school students made a team for a school group project. Their first idea, almond yoghurt, won them 3rd place in  their competition, Young Enterprise Awards. They continued and created two other products, Al Ice and Al Milk.

They had spotted a whole in the market for dairy free ice creams made with Almond milk. Al Ice won them second place at the next years Young Enterprise Awards. That December they opened up their product to Farro Fresh Auckland stores across the region. They had wanted to source all of their almonds locally but realized this was unrealistic and bought the majority from California. Currently, the team is producing 150-200 units a month.

At the young age of 7 years old, Alina Morse came up with a brilliant business idea to create lollipops that are not bad for one’s teeth. She called them Zollipops. With the help of her father, they replaced sugar with natural sweeteners. These would not leave as much plaque and oral bacteria as straight sugar does. Whole Foods started to sell her product and when she broadened her market to taffy and hard candy, they sold those too. Her candy is sold in 7,500 stores and has raised over $5 million dollars this year. It is headquartered in a Detroit in a little warehouse.  Her mother helps her as the stylist and schedule organizer, while her father steps in as manager. Zollipops now has a team of 6 full-time employees. Alina, who is now 13 years old, is learning to deal with the business world, but continues to not want this to make her stand out from her friends and continue on with just being a kid.  She’s an example of a successful CEO learning the work/life balance!

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Only 13 years old, Hart Main took the steps to starting his own company in 2010. His younger sister was selling some candles to raise money for school, and Hart was teasing her about their girly scents and the necessity of having more manly scented candles. That sparked a flame. Even though it began as only a joke, Hart Main got an idea for a potentially highly successful entrepreneurial idea. His mother encouraged him to pursue the prospects, which he followed through with originally just to raise money for a bike. As soon as the media picked up on it, his orders spiked! Even though his young age attracts some interest, it is mostly the unique idea of a more masculine candle that really got people’s business. His business savviness really shone, when he brainstormed so many new kinds, but in fear of spreading himself too thin, he chose to stick to the core scents. The candles are packaged in soup cans which opens a door for him to give to a food pantry. He donates all the soup from the cans there. He made the first 20,000 candles in their kitchen at home with his mother’s help, but in 2011, the candle manufacturing was moved to a rented warehouse space and hired people, specifically the developmentally disabled.  The price began at $5 but as more expenses were involved and demand rose, he increased the price to $9.50. Within 5 years, the candles were being sold in 150 stores. Eventually, he began donating 75 cents per can to soup kitchens. Additionally, the candles were scented by a group of New Jersey perfumists. His sales added up to $260,000 in 2015. That year he started college at Kent State to study law. He said that year, “The business comes second to schoolwork.” This prioritized vision reveals even more of his driven character has made him successful, as he donated and focused on the goals ahead of him.