Noa Mintz was just your average 13 year old middle school girl. Living in New York with younger siblings, her busy parents would often hire nannies to take care of them while they were at work. It bothered Noa that many of the nannies that they had would not interact with them. They would simply sit playing on their phones, and not interact with the children unless conflict occurred. At this point, Noa decided to take matters into her own hands. She started by interviewing a variety of nannies and hiring one for her siblings. Not long after, she began to hire nannies for family friends. This is when her company, Nannies by Noa, was born.

Nannies by Noa is a full-service childcare agency.  Through an extensive selection process, they hire nannies, and help to match them with families in need of nanny and babysitting services.  Her business has a network of 150 nannies and services over 190 clients in New York City. Nannies by Noa is known for making an estimated quarter of a million dollars in revenue.

It is so cool how a 13 year old girl can solve a problem like this. Noa has a unique perspective that adults don’t possess and can’t understand completely. This gives her a unique edge against other nanny agencies. It is inspiring how someone so young can come up with a solid business idea and become so successful.

Don’t have time to go to the grocery store? Not in the mood to go grocery shopping? Max Mullen created a business that takes away the hassle of grocery shopping for the average american. Instacart goes grocery shopping for you and even delivers it to your door!

In 2012, Max Mullen along with Brandon Leonardo and Apoorva Mehta created Instacart. They knew going into this venture that the cards were stacked against them. Numerous times they had seen this business idea tried and failed. However, they were able to look at this idea from a different perspective and create an effective business model.

Instacart is an online grocery delivery service. Their technology is set up to predict if they can take an order, and how long it will take for delivery. The company partners with local grocery stores. They employ 7000 trained independent contractors who fill the orders by shopping for all the items on the customers list and then delivering the orders directly to the customers door within an hour.

Max Mullen was able to take a simple problem and solve it using a simple idea and technology. The innovation he showed through his business Instacart is incredible. At the age of 29 he created a $2 billion company. Max Mullen is a great inspiration to entrepreneurs everywhere.

Check out his site!

 https://www.instacart.com/

Its funny how business ideas can come on the way to pursuing a different passion. Lizzie Marie Likness was your typical 6 year old girl in that she loved horses. In fact, she loved horses so much that she decided to sell baked goods at her local farm market in order to raise money to pay for horse back riding lessons. After a while, she realized that her true passion was baking. She loved to see people’s reactions to her food. So, she decided to pursue her dream and created Lizzie Marie Cuisine.

Lizzie Marie Cuisine is a website filled with recipes, videos, and a blog to encourage kids to eat healthier. Aside from her website, Lizzie has been involved in many other things. She has made guest appearances on the Rachel Ray Show as well as Fox News and CNN Money. She has also starred in the video series “Healthy Cooking with Chef Lizzie” for WebMD.

Lizzie is an inspiration to young kids everywhere. She not only is pursuing her dream, but is also making an impact. It is so cool that while pursuing one passion, Lizzie was able to find another. Ideas can come from anywhere… Even a horse crazy little girl.

Leanna Archer is the CEO of her own natural hair product line. At the age of 9 she began receiving compliments on her hair. This got her to thinking. She had always used her grandma’s secret recipe for hair products. So she decided to build a business based on an old family secret. She took her grandmother’s hair product recipe, bottled it, and began to sell it.

Today Leanna’s makes over $100,000 in revenue a year. She is the proud owner of a highly successful enterprise at the young age of 18, that sells hair oils, dressings, and conditioner. Leanna is not only a successful business owner though, she is also a motivational speaker for aspiring young entrepreneurs. On top of that, Leanna started the Leanna Archer Education Foundation. This foundation is devoted to finding better education opportunities for children in Haiti.

Leanna Archer is an inspiration to young entrepreneurs everywhere. The way she took a family secret, and made it into a business is awesome. Her drive and passion to not only run her company, but help other kids and young entrepreneurs really sets her apart in today’s society.

Who says that age matters in entrepreneurship? There is no set time in our lives when we are able to come up with a brilliant idea better than another. Maddie Bradshaw, a ten year old with a dream, is proof of this. Beginning with a simple idea involving bottle caps, she created Snap Caps, a business that brings in $1.6 million a year.

Snap Caps is a company in which bottle caps are modified into jewelry items such as necklaces. Different designed bottle caps are interchangeable allowing the user to change bottle caps to fit their own unique design. It all began when Maddie was 10 years old. She wanted to decorate her locker, so her uncle gave her a bunch of old coke bottle caps which she glued magnets to and made into decorations. After seeing this, her friends caught on and began buying these handmade locker decorations from her. This was only the beginning for Maddie.

By age 13 Maddie had made her first million dollars. She had been selling these necklaces with the help of her mom and younger sister on Amazon.com as well as a variety of other US retail outlets. Aside from her business, Maddie was very interested in inspiring young entrepreneurs. She wrote a book entitled You Can Start a Business, Too  in response to many of her fans (young aspiring female entrepreneurs) emails.

As she became more well known in the business world, Maddie was then asked to make appearances on “The View” and “Shark Tank”. On Shark Tank, Maddie easily won the approval of the judges. They liked her business so much that she picked up three of the judges as investors, and an investment of  $300,000 in exchange for 30% equity in the business.

Maddie Bradshaw’s story is an inspiration to young entrepreneurs everywhere. She proved that age means nothing, and that ideas can come from anywhere. To learn more about Maddie, check out her business facebook page below!

https://www.facebook.com/SNAPCAPSm3girldesigns