Born in 1990 James Hobson a genius engineer known as the Hacksmith is the closest thing to the real life Tony Stark you can be. A genius engineer now turned YouTube celebrity he has been able to inspire the next generation of inventors that even though the future might seem impossible it is most certainly with in reach.

Over the past several years James Hobson has spent everyday of his life and every once of funding he can get his hands on to take on his next crazy invention. With the creation of Hacksmith industries he has brought business to his genius creations. Through the selling of merchandise, funding from sponsors, and generous donations he has been able to become an success entrepreneur along with many others with the new generation of influencers on the internet.

What I admire most about James is that he turns devices that were imagined by those same people who bring us outlandish stories to life. He took something that no one thought was possible and succeed in doing it. Even though he might not be the most typical choice for a entrepreneur he has a been able to become successful by being different from everyone else and redefining the norm.

You own your own business, but you do not yet have enough funds to buy a large cash register to store your profits. Its easy just use stripe. You might not know what stripe is, but I guarantee that you have used it once if not hundreds of times. John Collison the founder of stripe is now said to be the second most profitable millennial entrepreneur only behind Mark Zuckerburg. Stripe is the software that is used by both small family business and titans such as Amazon and Google to complete online transactions. Their company was founded on the idea that since so much commerce now happens online they wanted to make a safe and easy environment to make transactions on line. Towards the beginning of their infancy they partnered with Visa to help bolster them ahead with a powerful business partner who knows their way around the industry.

On of the most insightful things to me about their company is their ability to for see the coming future to predict the next big thing. This is something that can not be done by everyone and those who often only look for this fail because they are looking for something that isn’t there. However, there are those instances where they succeed and become billionaires with their insight. I like how they were able to do this also as brothers showing that multiple minds can work together to influence the future.

Imagine you own your own small business. You are just about to get your entire company up an running, but you realize that there is one more small program you need before you can launch the business of your dreams. However, you do not have the knowledge to create the program on your own or the funds to reach out to one of the large companies to help you with your problem. Enter Smart IT, a business created by Alexander Kulitski and some of his fellow students that allows for custom computer applications to be made for small to medium businesses. Their company has been extremely profitable.

One of the most encouraging things about this business to me is the fact that a single person had an idea and was able to attack it head on with such success and such a young age. They show courage to go and achieve their goal. Before starting Smart IT they had failed two times previously, but that didn’t stop them from pursuing their childhood goal of owning their own business and doing something they loved.

Another thing that I found interesting was the insight they had at such a young age. In an interview Alexander was asked about growth advice for an early company and he responded that you may want to take as many job offers as possible, but you need to look ahead. So give up short term gains for to rather do more strategic and influencing projects.

At the ages of 13 and 11 Sebastian and Brandon Martinez became successful young entrepreneurs. They not only started their own successful business selling colorful and funky socks, but also gave back to their community by donating to juvenile diabetes research and autism speaks. They have been able to launch a successful business by being different from competition. They brought a colorful fun designs that brought awareness to not only local charities, but also larger nation ones. I have been truly inspired by not only their ingenuity of bringing a new product to market, but also their ability to help their community. Many of their designs came directly form Brandon who has a passion for socks and a wish to help others. They use their entrepreneurial minds by causing a positive impact on other people. They took such a large risk in trying to start a company at such a young age, but were able to succeed in their endeavors, and are now successful young entrepreneurs.

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Wise Pocket Products was founded by Sofia Overton. Sofia was only 11 years old when she as able to recognize a problem that plagued you active girls across the nation. By observing different actions taken by different people close to her she realized that there is a market for Wise Pockets. Her first product was a pair of socks that has a pocket on the upper part of the leg and cuff area. The thing that impressed me most with this young entrepreneur is her ability to find a problem that no one was looking for and be different form the rest. Other people are obviously making socks, but no one is making socks like her. This ability to be different has set her apart from other brands and is what allows her to be successful in an extremely competitive world.

Not only has this young entrepreneur made a splash in the sock business with her idea of adding wisely placed pockets to help these active girls, but she has also made a product line of leggings with a similar use. What inspires me the most about this young entrepreneur is that she came up with a simple product, with a simple design, and has simple branding while being successful. The fact that you do not have to become the next Bill Gates in order to be successful is what shows that the little guys often win too.