Victoria Alonsoperez is a 28-year-old from Uruguay, achieving success through her innovative company IEETech she developed and deployed Chipsafer, a system that tracks vitals and health anomalies in the health of cattle. This device has become an invaluable tool for ranchers as they seek new methods for ensuring the health and general well-being of their herds. The beauty of the system that she created is that it allows ranchers and farmers to monitor in real time, the overall health of their herd, even going so far as to provide individualized results for each animal. These results are invaluable in helping to ensure the overall health of each animal, reporting anomalies that may exist and equipping ranchers with an efficient way to prevent further issues with their herds. Alonsoperez’s inspirational story for having developed her innovative technology provides support to idea that anyone can create a valuable product and enact meaningful change in the world. The key that Alonsperez discovered is that one must only identify a problem and then apply their existing knowledge and passion for that issue and turn that into a product or service that satisfies or surpasses the needs of consumers. This should serve as a reminder to all that you can accomplish whatever you set your mind to.
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Lily Born began her company, Imagiroo at the age of 8. The company’s purpose is to create a stable, three-legged cup design that can help prevent spills and messes. The inspiration for her company came from having witnessed her grandfather battle Parkinson’s disease which impaired his fine motor skills and made it extremely difficult to handle cups with food or drink. Lily’s observation prompted her to create a simple, innovative product that offers a unique value proposition to those who purchase the product, a fun and stable cup. Lily can use her business to help children and disabled individuals live more fulfilling lives by helping to prevent spills. With her innovative product, Lily has demonstrated outside-the-box thinking, offering a new solution to a tired old product and with that, she has also exhibited the admirable quality of striving to help those around her. She appears to have a knack for innovating and it will be exciting to see what additional products or services she will be able to develop in the future. With the unique products that she currently offers her clientele, and with what she has been able to accomplish with just eight short years of life, she will go far and make a significant impact.
Imran Tariq is a young man hailing from the UK before beginning his successful career in the digital marketing space in the United States. Tariq saw that there was significant opportunity when it came to Google Ads and Search Engine Optimization, as many companies failed to use or understand either. With this realization, Tariq set out with a partner to create and scale a digital marketing company that specializes in multilingual marketing, helping clients to curate ads and content that allowed businesses to reach a broader demographic than English speaking people. With that, Webmetrix was born; Tariq has been able to create one of the largest and fastest growing marketing enterprises in the world, offering clients a suite of tech services that allow them to more effectively manage their online presence, helping to increase web traffic and dramatically grow brand awareness. Imran Tariq has achieved success to the point that he is hailed by Forbes as being a Top 20 Entrepreneur, and has even achieved the status of Wall Street Journal #1 Best Selling Author in his respective category. In creating his company, Tariq hopes to be able to fulfill his own dreams, by helping other entrepreneurs and those who aspire to become ones, to create the best companies they can.
Raspinder Singh observed that there were a variety of issues that plagued college graduates once they began searching for a job. At the age of 22, Singh developed Gradpreneur, a networking platform offering tools and resources to recently graduated students by assisting them in expanding their strategic professional networks. The site allows users to build relationships for locating jobs, as well as creating new ventures. The concept is highly intriguing and offers a valuable service to aspiring young business professionals. Singh took a tired old problem of navigating the job hunt upon graduation and was able to provide a platform which helped to facilitate the interaction between employers with a talent pool from which to fish.
Although Singh was not the first person to develop a platform of its kind, he certainly appears to have done an excellent job at tailoring his tool to be highly utilitarian for both companies and graduates. Singh was effectively able to capitalize on a common need in an effective manner and so, even though he may not have necessarily been the first to create a site of its kind, he developed a stickiness in the marketplace that many of his competitors failed too. Thus, his innovative idea in a saturated market proved to be an excellent solution.
Carson Grill and his father founded Touch Up Cup, a simple and innovative solution to traditional touch-up paint cans. The motivation for starting this company was brought about when Carson, along with his Dad was trying to fix the paint on a wall in their house using some leftover paint, only to discover that it had gone bad. This prompted them to conceive of a new plastic cup, with a metal mixing ball that helps to preserve the touchup paint for significantly longer than traditional cans. Carson’s product provided a new take on a familiar product and he is inspiring due to his ability to make an idea a reality and then convey that idea to investors like those on Shark Tank in a concise and coherent manner.
Carson has a remarkable ability to captivate his audience and demonstrates a level of passion and knowledge for his product and his company that few others, especially at his age possess. It is admirable that Carson recognized a need for a different product and from there was able to iterate and craft a unique solution to a decades old problem. This level of creativity and ingenuity is unprecedented and thanks to Carson’s shrewd business skills, he and his company have been able to thrive.
Rachel Zietz began her company at the age of 13 with the desire to provide lacrosse players with quality, affordable practice equipment. She created Gladiator Lacrosse after observing a lack of reliable and inexpensive products in the marketplace. This company’s unique value proposition lies in its mission to provide youth lacrosse players with value-maximizing equipment. Rachel is an excellent example of a problem solver, taking an observation based on her own experience and then capitalizing on the market for more affordable gear. The reason that Rachel serves as an inspiration to other aspiring entrepreneurs is that she was able to create her company while she was still in High School and from there was able to scale the company into a profitable and respected organization.
With the cost to play lacrosse and purchase equipment that is necessary for improvement and skill progression being among the highest of any sport, it is remarkable that Zietz was able to alter the reshape the lacrosse market as we know it and provide great products at even better prices. Zietz’s decision to start the company showed that she had what it took adapt and overcome a variety of challenges, from sourcing products, to building her marketshare. It is inspiring to see what she was able to accomplish with Gladiator Lacrosse.