Sometimes, entrepreneurial thinking and the success that follows, does not come for normal reasons. Ollie Forsyth’s reason was revenge. Having dyslexia and being bullied at the age of 7 was not an option for this young entrepreneur who wanted to show his schoolmates that he was something.

It all started in his own home. He set up a business with his parents. If they needed coffee, he charged 20 pence. A refill, 20 pence. Soon he was doing more and more chores for small amounts like grocery shopping, walking the dog, and cutting grass. At one point he was making a constant 20 pounds a week from this work. But he did not stop there.

Ollie’s next entrepreneurial endeavor was opening a online store which sells a vast assortment of trinkets such as jewelry, watches, lights, books, and cell phone chargers. Ollie’s Shop, as he named it, had made 13,000 pounds the first year and now has profits at 30,000 pounds.

He has since launched several other successful businesses, making him a millionaire at the age of 20. Ollie also gives back, speaking at schools about both bullying and success in business.

       Jessie Goldenberg is in her mid 20’s, driving a truck around New York City. She is an entrepreneur.

       It’s not just a normal truck however, it is a mobile clothing store. Goldenberg sells Bohemian style clothes and accessories from her tan colored truck rain or shine, winter or summer. Her business is called Nomad.

       Graduating from New York University’s film program, Jessie set her career path at CBS but wanted to start her own fashion boutique, even though she couldn’t because she lacked the funds.  But that doesn’t stop a good entrepreneur. She raised the money herself to start a fashion truck. And so the Nomad was born in 2013, with high enough profits to pay back her start up expenses.

Goldenberg  has advice for young entrepreneurs. When she was interviewed by the Financial Post, she said,

“One thing I’ve learned is that your 20s are a time to take and embrace risks. I’m living proof that it’s possible to be ‘livin’ the dream’ and be successful. With no family to feed and no dependents counting on you, your 20s are without a doubt the years to take a leap and pursue your passion!”

It is encouraging to see a young entrepreneur taking her career in her own hands and doing what she always wanted.

A year ago from today, I went to Scotland. My time spent there was one of the best I’ve ever had, learning about it’s deep history and visiting with new friends. I’ve wanted to go back ever since. Everything that says or mentions Scotland or the UK catches my eye, and that is how I found Stuart Maitland.

Being one of the top entrepreneurs in the UK, he is very young for all his accomplishments. He graduated from the Young Entrepreneurs Program in 2011, only to be put at it’s head in 2014 as Chairman. He oversees 17 board members in Central Northern London, solely from this position.

He is also a business consultant, and has many business interests as well as investments and has share in a property company and holdings company.

Above all, his most impressive accomplishment is his founding and maintaining CEO position of The Maitland Group. This is a firm which provides advice and administration to funds, offices and corporate services in an organized, one-firm manner. It is privately owned and independently run with around 1,000 employees and $250 billion in assets. Their way of dealing with clients is impressive. It is personal and, most importantly, proactive.

Stuart Maitland is a young entrepreneur. He is inspiring to me because he acts on his plans and ideas and makes them realities. This is, after all, the meaning of being an entrepreneur.

Meet Prerna Gupta, a 32 year old entrepreneur. Gupta specializes in creating “intelligent mobile apps”, some of which you might be familiar. She and her husband, Parag Chordia, created Songify, an app that can “make sharable gifs with sound”. With 12 million downloads, Spongify is an example of an entrepreneurs big idea.

Not only did Gupta have one famous hit in the world of technology, but she and her husband also created another app, LaDiDa, which allows you to auto-tune and make your own music. Within months of its’ launching, LaDiDa was the number 1 free music app downloaded on iTunes.

Gupta has lots of good ideas as you can see. With all her accomplishments, she is well known in the tech world and has written for the New York Times, Vogue and VentureBeat. She was also noted to be one of the top 11 female entrepreneurs in 2012 by Wiles Magazine.

While she has come up with great ideas, and has started her own business, Khu.sh, she is not her own boss. She now works for Smule, the company to which she sold Khu.sh.

Prerna is a unique entrepreneur. Instead of having her own business and being self-employed, she works like most people, under management, but shows her entrepreneurial spirit by investing in small start-ups. This shows me that entrepreneurship isn’t just about being your own boss, but helping others in their own business endeavors.

I always admire entrepreneurs who pick a problem and create a solution for that specific problem. It takes determination, endurance, and lots of passion to start an entrepreneurial endeavor this way. Caroline Ghosen is a great example of this.

Being the first in her family to go to college, she was challenged with what role millennials take in society. After graduating from Stanford with a BA in International Political Economy and Environmental Economics, she found another problem; how was she to adapt to the professional world. Working at McKinsey and Company, she refined her basic business tool kit. After two and a half years however, she saw a problem in the work force. Individuals, millennials, coming out of college into the professional world were having problems adjusting to the professional life.

“I’m coming into the big bad world from an environment that was a lot more insular, an academic environment where I could see my friends and my mentors and my professors, and all the people in my ecosystem frequently. They were supportive of me. There was about as fair an environment as you’re going to get. Going from that to an environment where they were working significant hours, not really sure how to transition their college level work into this new network that they know they need for their careers…. Hearing about that you need to cultivate a community of mentors. Everyone talks about that. “You need a mentor, advisers, x, y, z.” But the question becomes, “How are you supposed to do that?””

She answered this question by creating Levo, a networking website preparing and building young professionals for personal and professional success, focusing on Generation Y women. It has become the most popular network.

Ghosen had much experience in feeling lost in her career path, found a problem and solved it, helping millions of people who faced similar circumstances and showing a great passion for fellow entrepreneurs.

Yoga Grove is a locally run non-profit organization that gives donation-based yoga instruction to locals in the Grove City area. The owner and main instructor, Mrs. Harp, has been teaching for many years and hosts well attended classes every lesson. But other than people knowing about it from word of mouth, it has not been publicized or advertised. There is much potential in this business, and that is where the entrepreneur’s story truly starts, with opportunity.

In 2012, Ellen Glenn was a sophomore at Grove City College studying exercise science. She wanted experience and mentoring to help with her yoga certification, and with a professor’s recommendation, she was introduced to Mrs. Harp, the owner of this local yoga class. As Ellen studied different yoga techniques and styles, she realized that there was a great opportunity to organize, update, and make overall improvements to Yoga Grove.

She started by putting together a casual business plan for Mrs. Harp which was adopted quickly. Some of the main changes dealt with recording donation amounts, locations of classes, obtaining teaching supplies, executing marketing strategies, and setting goals. Just a few specific things she created were a website, Facebook page, on-campus ads, and spreadsheets to track spending and donations. Within a few months after these changes, new locations had to be sought after attendance doubled, and four class times were added to the schedule.

Although it is still a small operation, Yoga Grove is better than it was before. The reasons I find this story inspiring are because of the connections that were made and the opportunities that were seized. Entrepreneurs aren’t always the ones to create a new business or think of a new product; sometimes they are the people who can see improvements and act on them. When I asked Ellen why she did more than just learn yoga, she said it wasn’t because she wanted it on her resume, but because it allowed her to really connect with Mrs. Harp. This is unique to me because what you do should be what you love and what you love should be what you do.

Ellen Glenn is one of the rare entrepreneurs who can make improvements wherever she is placed. Yoga Grove was only the first and most important step in her entrepreneurial endeavors. She is now working on her own business, Traveling Trainer, which provides in-house personal training sessions to a wide range of people.