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Chris Barton – Founder of Shazam

Posted by Guidasnr20 
· Tuesday, December 6th, 2022 
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Have you ever heard a song that you didn’t know the name of? If so, you just pull out your Iphone and ask Siri, “hey Siri, what is this song?” and boom, you know the song within 15 seconds. Apple did not invent this software; it was created by a guy named Chris Barton. Chris Barton studied at the UC Berkeley. He created the software called Shazam. If you are not already familiar with Shazam, it is a software that identifies what you’re hearing on the radio, in a store, on your device, or anywhere else you hear recorded music. It has become such a useful and revolutionizing tool, hence why Apple purchased it to be used as one of Siri’s features.

Barton had the idea of Shazam long before its time. While he was in college, he thought of some kind of software that could identify music through sound recognition. The fact that he came up with and began the process of launching Shazam in college, makes him a young entrepreneur despite the fact that he is now 47. Although Barton had the idea, he did not have the tech mind to construct what needed to be constructed. So, he searched for a co-founder that could assist him in that field. He found Avery Wang, who completed his PhD in music-related Digital Signal Processing within the Electrical Engineering Department at MIT. From there, the rest was history and Chris Barton’s idea from back in college was formed into the phenomenon on Shazam today!

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Categories : App

Michael Dell

Posted by Guidasnr20 
· Wednesday, November 16th, 2022 
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Michael Dell is most famously known as the founder and CEO of Dell Inc., one of the world’s leading sellers of personal computers. Although he is now 57 years old, he started Dell Inc. as an 18-year-old student at the University of Texas at Austin. He began his computer business at the beginning of his freshman year with $1,000 in startup money. By his second semester of freshman year, he had sold $80,000 worth of computers to consumers. Once he turned 19, he dropped out of college to focus on Dell Inc. full time. He went public with Dell Inc. in 1988. At this time, it was called PCs Limited, then later the name was switched to Dell Inc. once their product variety grew and included more items than just personal computers.

When Dell was younger in the beginning of Dell Inc., he hired experienced people to work as executives. These people served as personal mentors to him and showed him the ropes in the industry. In 1992 Michael Dell became the youngest CEO in history to have his firm enter Fortune Magazine’s list of the top 500 corporations.

Michael Dell is truly remarkable for founding one of the pioneer companies in the computer industry at such a young age. This is so inspiring and motivating because it shows that people who are our age create ideas that revolutionize the world that we live in.

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Categories : Business::Entrepreneurs, Computers

Hillary Yip – Young Entrepreneur/Youngest CEO in the World

Posted by Guidasnr20 
· Wednesday, November 2nd, 2022 
· 1 Comment

Hillary Yip, who is now 15 years old, is the youngest CEO in the world. She was born in Hongkong. Hillary’s mother sent her and her brother to a summer camp to improve their Chinese speaking skills. At the camp, she learned so much and her experience led her to come to the idea of MinorMynas.

Hillary began a startup at the age of 10! She is the proud founder of MinorMynas, which is a language learning app that she created. MinorMynas allows children all of the world to learn different languages and communicate/make friends from all different countries. The app uses live video as a platform for children to have conversations and learn different languages from each other.

MinorMynas is available in over 60 countries, allowing children all over the world to expand their knowledge on topics they love and get a better perception on other cultures. Hillary having the ability to not only form this idea but create something from it at her age is truly remarkable. She has been featured in a number of TV broadcasts and TV shows such as BBC, CCTV, TEDx, and more. Hillary has said that she plans on creating another version of her app to target parents. She wants to create an app that will allow parents to communicate internationally with other parents.

Hillary Yip speaking at age 15

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Categories : App development, Entrepreneurship

Jake Guidas – Entrepreneur

Posted by Guidasnr20 
· Monday, October 10th, 2022 
· 2 Comments

Jake Guidas is a recent graduate of Grove City College. Jake was an entrepreneurship major and has just recently got a prestigious job in Silicon Valley. Jake is working as an SDR, selling technology software for a company called Skyflow. This type of position at that kind of company does not come to just anyone. Jake is an extremely motivated individual with a clear vision of what he wants for his future. He is an example of young entrepreneur in the early stages of developing his idea.

At the age of 10, Jake was diagnosed with Lyme Disease. This restricted his ability to play the sports and do the activities that he loved. Although his life completely changed, Jake still persevered and did not let his health drag him down. Jake has done countless trial and error research for 12 years, with little success. He came to realize he found most of his improvement in dieting and doing various holistic, health-conscious activities on a daily basis and staying consistent.

So many people in the world have health issues, especially Lyme Disease. Jake has begun his Entrepreneurial journey on the side, while he continues to build success in the sales world. Jake has recently started a TikTok page called limitlesstitan. His mission of the page is to help young people live healthier lives, with a niche audience of young individuals trying to overcome Lyme Disease. He began this past summer and has continued to produce quality content on TikTok. Like all great things, it is a process. Jake has already seen growth in the short amount of time he has been producing content. He plans to expand upon his brand and eventually form it into something huge in the future.

Jake Guidas is also an avid student of self-development. Jake has completed the 75 Hard Challege (a mental toughness challenge that I discussed in detail in my last blog) and Phase 1 of the Live Hard program. If you asked Jake, he would tell you that doing these self-development challenges really pushed him to be the best form of himself and not worry about the opinion of others.

Jake is a prime example of a young entrepreneur going out and taking action on what he wants. He could easily hold in all of his knowledge on health and living a healthy lifestyle, but he decided to share it with the world. Our world needs more people like Jake who are willing to take risks and improve our world with the knowledge they hold.

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Categories : Social Media, TikTok

Rich Rafferty – Flight Entrepreneur

Posted by Guidasnr20 
· Friday, September 30th, 2022 
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Rich Rafferty is a young flight instructor at High Flight Academy in Butler, PA. Although he is an outstanding instructor, he is not limited to that role. Rich is an entrepreneur in the world of Aeronautics. He produces quality social media content on a daily basis, using Tik Tok, Youtube, and Instagram as his main platforms. His content is focused on helping flight students accomplish their goals, learn at a faster rate, and improve their lifestyle. Rich has grown to about 50,000 followers across platforms, and shows no signs of deceleration.

Not only does Rich Rafferty produce social media content, he also has started his own business called Aviator Accelerator. The mission of Aviator Accelerator is to help aviator’s improve through mentoring. The goal is to help each aviator improve themselves inside and outside the airplane. The process allows for students to “get through flight training easier, faster, and with more money in your pocket than you would elsewhere.” Rafferty is also a Mastermind Facilitator, through L3 Leadership, where he leads a group of young leaders and takes their leadership to the next level.

Rich’s passion for leadership and success is truly admirable. He is a motivated individual that will not stop innovating and building upon his strong foundations. He has already accomplished so many entrepreneurial feats in such a short period of time. It is amazing to think about all the success that will come in the future. Rich dedicates most of his success to a mental toughness challenge called 75 Hard. 75 Hard is a challenge that develops immense mental discipline, requiring the completion of  a number tasks every single day for 75 days straight. Personally, as someone who has also completed the 75 Hard challenge, I can attest to the fact that it is not an easy task but the rewards are well worth the hard work! The challenges include 2 workouts, 10 pages of a book, a gallon of water, a diet of your choice (no cheat meals), no alcohol, and a progress picture every single day. Not only did Rich complete 75 Hard, but he did the entire Live Hard program, that extends for the rest of the year. While doing all of this he built the beginning of his entrepreneurial empire.

Aviator Accelerator: http://stan.store/AviatorAccelerator

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Categories : Experience, Healthy Lifestyle, Young Entrepreneur

Michael “Mikey” Wren

Posted by Guidasnr20 
· Sunday, September 25th, 2022 
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At the age of eight, Mikey Wren started Mikey’s Munchies Vending, which started as a vending machine collection and turned into something bigger. His vending machine business only sparked the flame in his mind on business. At age 13 now, Mikey volunteers his time to teach financial literacy and hosts an annual drive to donate new toys to local kids. On top of all of that, Mikey is also an author, as he has written multiple books for children about business.

 

Wren is driven by the love he has for business. He cannot get enough of learning and improving upon his business skills. His drive is shown by the fact that he did not stop after he started his vending machine venture. He continued to innovate and do new things in the business realm.

The fact that a young kid like Mikey could do amazing entrepreneurial things motivates me to chase my dreams even more.  Mikey is truly inspirational to all young entrepreneurs. He has shown that you can do anything if you put some drive behind your dream. From learning about Mikey today I am shown what a hard work ethic and loving the process can do in the world of business.

 

Michael Wren

 

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