Love Your Melon is an organization that is on a mission to give a hat to every child battling cancer in America. The organization was started in an entrepreneurship class by two friends named Zach and Brian in 2012. Zach and Brian were on a mission to help those in need and according to Zach “everything else came together.”

A huge part of Love Your Melon is the Campus Crew Program. Over 300 campuses, including Grove City are involved. These crews help raise awareness for childhood cancer and represent the brand through promotions and sales. These ambassadors also go visit children suffering from cancer and try to brighten their day by giving them a hat.

You can buy a Love Your Melon hat here: http://www.loveyourmelon.com/

They make great Christmas presents and help support a great cause!

Seeing how Zach and Brian took the simple idea of helping those in need and turned it into such a big organization is inspirational. They are the epitome of what it means to be a world class entrepreneur!

Benelab is a search engine that donates 100% of its revenues to charity. This search engine has taken the everyday task of searching the web and turned into a charitable activity. From a young age Jack Kim was learning to code HTML and build websites. While many kids were outside playing tag and hide n seek Jack was creating websites. Something he says he loves to do. When Benelab was started Jack made the rule of having no adults involved. Instead, Jack sought the help of his classmates to help him come up with the best ways to run his charitable search engine. Jack is currently growing Benelab and looking to move into other areas of the internet where he can help those in need.

Brennen Bryne is the co-founder and CEO of Clef. Clef is a revolutionary new way to log onto websites that developers are constantly adding to their sites. Using Clef is a safer, easier way to log onto sites without a password. In order to accomplish this Clef recognizes your phone instead of a password or anything you would have to remember. The company has grown to such a good size that Brennen has now moved from the development side to the business strategy side and he is improving the company on a daily basis. It is great to see this type of innovation that integrates our computer with our phone. To learn more about Clef and see a video about how it works follow this link: https://getclef.com/

Evan Spiegel is the co-founder of Snapchat, something many of us use on a daily basis. Spiegel is the classic entrepreneur that loves to take risks. With only three classes left at Stanford Evan decided to drop out. Although many thought he was crazy for leaving with barely any class left Evan obviously was making a good choice. Facebook recently offered to buy Snapchat for 3 billion dollars and they turned it down. The company continues to have massive success, especially with the millennial generation that Evan is  a part of. With millions invested and a very high valuation the future for Snapchat is looking very bright.

Founded by brothers Roy and Ryan Seiders, Yeti Coolers has gained popularity quickly and has become the best cooler that money can buy. The brothers always have had a passion for the outdoors and love hunting and fishing. While out on their outdoor adventures the brothers realized a problem. Every time they took a cooler with them it could not seem to handle the things they put it through while on their outdoor excursions. After realizing there was no cooler good enough they set out to build the bear proof, lifetime guaranteed Yeti cooler. With their slogan “Wildly Stronger, Keeps Ice Longer” the brand has become a staple for sportsmen everywhere. At their fairly young ages the brothers have taken the common cooler and have turned it into a luxury brand that has grown into a whole line of high quality products for the consumer that want the best, most reliable gear on their outdoor adventures.

In 2001, at the young age of just fourteen Sean Belnick created BizChair.com. Sean began gaining experience online by learning HTML and  using Ebay to sell Pokemon cards. Sean’s stepfather was a veteran of the office furniture business and gave Sean $500 to start the retail website.

After the creation of the website there was immediate success. Sean said that during the summer before high school he spent his time making the site better, processing orders and talking to customers. The site exploded so fast that in 2004 the business was able to move into a 40,000 square foot warehouse. BizChair.com now has over 165 employees and operates in 700,00 square feet of warehouse space. They carry more than 40,000 products and have made over 500,00 sales. Sean says he is amazed that his “simple online furniture retail company has evolved into a market-leading, furniture distribution powerhouse”.

The business has recently opened a new division called “Microsites”.  “Microsites” features all the items of the BizChair.com website and also sells vendor items. The new division has much more selection and dives into different furniture markets. It focuses more on direct customer service with personal phone calls and email. Overall the new division continues to grow and offers customers a big selection at a low cost.

The beauty of this business is simplicity. Anybody could have come up with the idea to sell furniture online. Sean saw the opportunity and took it, proving that no matter how simple or crazy the idea there is always a chance for great success. Sean says it best himself “Anything is possible and opportunities should always be taken advantage of.” Sean’s success is very inspiring and inspires me to act on the next business idea I have. You never know, it could end up as successful as BizChair.com.