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Mo’s Bows

Posted by matthewssm19 
· Thursday, December 10th, 2020 
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What if I told you that a 15 year old boy was the CEO of a major fashion company that has worked closely with organizations such as the NBA? On July 29, 2017 Moziah Bridges, CEO of Mo’s Bows, inked a seven figure deal with the NBA to produce bowties for the organization. When asked about this enormous deal, Bridges simply said “they decided I was a cool guy who makes cool ties.” Moziah Bridges is still driving an impressive amount of revenue from his product as he continues to chase his passion.

Moziah Bridges Shares His Business Success Story In Encouraging #19under19 Video | TigerBeat

Moziah Bridges began making bowties at the age of 9 when his grandmother showed him how to make bowties from scrap materials in a sewing machine. Bridges was immediately intrigued and began designing bowties for himself. Moziah said that the reason this industry enticed him is because he “needed an accessory to help me look sharp, but didn’t see anything out there that fit my style or personality.” After receiving compliments and selling some bowties to the people in Memphis, Tennessee, Bridges realized that he could create his own company. Moziah Bridges created Mo’s Bows in an attempt to drive some profit from doing what he loved. “I never imagined the baby business I started at my grandmother’s kitchen table in South Memphis would one day be an internationally recognized brand” says Moziah Bridges, the current CEO and fashion expert.

Mo’s Bows has been an extremely successful company. The company has been featured on the popular show Shark Tank where Moziah Bridges successfully secured a deal with Daymond John. Mo’s Bows recent deal with the NBA has provided plenty of revenue for the company, driving their profit into seven figures. It is amazing to see what such a young man with an ambition can do. Moziah Bridges has a current net worth of 1 million dollars and plans to keep expanding Mo’s Bows.

 

Sources:

https://mosbowsmemphis.com/pages/store-categories

https://www.aboutinsider.com/10-young-entrepreneurs-to-keep-an-eye-on-in-2020/

https://www.businessinsider.com/mos-bows-nba-deal-growth-2017-7

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Habits 365

Posted by matthewssm19 
· Thursday, December 10th, 2020 
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Habits 365 is an online clothing brand that has garnered the attention of many modern superstars. People like Lamar Jackson, James Harden, and even rappers like Lil Baby have bought and supported products from this company. Habits 365 got its start in 2017 by two high school brothers, Eli and Spencer Zied.

Lamar Jackson wearing Habits 365 gear

Eli Zied is now a 17 year old high school student while Spencer Zied is now a 20 year-old college student. The brand’s LinkedIn account describes that the young entrepreneurs “wanted to create a brand that spoke to people on a personal level about how to achieve success.” The vision for this company was to show people that they can achieve their goals in life and eventually make a habit of achievement 365 days a year.

So far, Habits 365 has been a very successful company. By the end of the year, Habits 365 has claimed that they expect their revenue to reach seven-figures. AboutInsider.com explains “the interesting thing that has everyone talking about these young entrepreneurs is their ability to run successful businesses along with their studies.”

Meet the teen who started a successful clothing brand while still in high school

The Zied brothers

Habits 365 had humble beginnings as a company. The Zied brothers created their vision for the brand in 2017 and created an online store using the Shopify platform. Originally, their online store did not get much exposure so they decided to promote their store by using paid Facebook and Instagram ads and printing out fliers and placing them around New York City. Their revenue began pouring in due to the advertisements and Habits 365 started to become the brand that it is today.

Currently Habits 365 has been very successful with marketing as many celebrities endorse their brand. They have had remarkable revenue growth and have recently expanded their collection to women and children to gain more exposure. They are also currently on many social media platforms including Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and YouTube. This remarkable company run by two young entrepreneurs ends the “about us” description in their website by restating their vision, saying “Always remember to Wear Your Habits!”

 

Sources:

https://habits365.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/habits365

https://www.aboutinsider.com/10-young-entrepreneurs-to-keep-an-eye-on-in-2020/

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Jack Kim

Posted by matthewssm19 
· Monday, November 30th, 2020 
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Jack Kim is a 25 year old entrepreneur who used his skills to give back to his community. He is one of the co-founders of the search engine Benelab, which generates revenue through ads in order to donate to charitable causes. He has also aided in the creation of several other businesses and is currently the CEO of Ember Labs.

Jack Kim (@jack7kim) | Twitter

Jack Kim created Benelab while he was still in high school. He began the journey towards the creation of Benelab by gaining profit from websites he was making. He came to the realization that the ads generating revenue on his websites could go towards charitable causes. He then created Benelab, the search engine that donates one-hundred of its proceeds to charitable causes such as donating towards world hunger and medical needs.

Kim then went to study computer science at Stanford and learned even more about the world of technology. He used this knowledge to create Duo AI, which develops advanced Artificial Intelligence systems for households. Duo AI’s website describes the technology as “an AI-powered mirror that you can touch and talk to. Like JARVIS.”

Jack Kim has also started a handful of other businesses. In 2013 he helped to create a business called Visionary Systems which was an emerging intelligent parking solutions provider based in Seoul, Korea. He also was a co-founder of von Hughes, a creative agency and product studio located in New York City. Von Hughes serves to “create viral campaigns like Rumblr and build our own viral products.”

Kim is also the founder and CEO of Ember Labs. Ember Labs is a laboratory dedicated to building new software and hardware businesses. Ember Labs boasts the fact that their products have been featured in over three hundred publications around the world.

Jack Kim has been a very successful entrepreneur at a young age. Through his multiple businesses and successful entrepreneurial ventures, Jack Kim displays that age does not matter in the world of entrepreneurship.

Sources:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack7kim

https://www.huffpost.com/author/jack-kim

https://www.jackk.im/

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Categories : Millennial Enrepreneuers, Social Entrepreneur, Youngest Entrepreneurs

Daniel Fine

Posted by matthewssm19 
· Friday, October 9th, 2020 
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Daniel Fine shows that no age is too young to start a business as he created four different companies by the time that he was in college. As a senior in college, Fine has been recognized for his great entrepreneurship by many outlets, including Forbes, TIME Magazine, The New York Times, and even the President of the United States by earning the President’s Volunteer Service Award. While Daniel Fine has made many impressive accomplishments in his young career, he continues to give back to the community in a way that he enjoys.

Daniel Fine started his professional career at seven years old when his brother Jake was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. Daniel realized that he could help to give back to the diabetes community by launching Team Brotherly Love, his first business. To this day, Team Brotherly Love has been very successful and has raised over two million dollars towards Type 1 diabetes research.

Fine later launched another company called Match Tutors in an attempt to provide innovation in the tutoring industry. He noticed that when a tutor and student had similar interest, the session usually yielded better results. He decided to create Match Tutors so that any student would be able to find their ideal tutor to “increase engagement and achieve greater results.”

Glass-U, one of Fine’s successful businesses, seeks to market fully foldable sunglasses in a unique way. Daniel Fine took a new perspective on the sunglass industry and created sunglasses that are fully foldable to be even more easily stored. Glass-U’s marketing technique is unique because it appeals to college students. Glass-U is licensed by many different colleges and universities and even extends to fraternities and sororities to make customized sunglasses. Glass-U has been featured in the Rose Bowl, Lalapalooza, and the FIFA World Cup.

Along with Team Brotherly Love, Daniel Fine also decided to give back to the diabetes community by creating his company Dosed. Dosed is a smartphone app that tracks the insulin dosage taken by a Type 1 diabetic. According to the Dosed website “Dosed improves patient compliance by providing direct access to data that can facilitate behavioral modification.”

Sources:

http://www.getdosed.com/

http://www.danielfine.com/

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/11/business/smallbusiness/daniel-fine-of-glass-u-decides-that-the-degree-matters.html

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Timothy Armoo – Fanbytes

Posted by matthewssm19 
· Sunday, September 13th, 2020 
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Fanbytes CEO Timothy Armoo displays that in the world of entrepreneurship, age is truly just a number. He began his professional career at the age of fourteen by creating a tutoring company and later sold another media company at seventeen years old. Armoo’s experience in that company exposed him to various social media platforms and the advertising on them. This helped him to formulate a unique buisness idea: advertising on social media platforms.

Timothy Armoo created Fanbytes at the age of twenty years old with the intention to innovate upon the advertising industry. In an interview with Forbes, Armoo stated “for too long ads have represented an interruption or intrusion on our daily lives rather than a seamless part of them.” Fanbytes aims to target younger audiences by promoting advertising on social media platforms. They also use the popularity of social media influencers to enhance the effectiveness of their ads. When asked why he focuses on social media for his advertisements, Armoo stated “for me and my age group, our smartphones are where we get all our information, so deciding what industry I wanted to be in was a pretty easy decision.”

Socially Challenged: Timothy Armoo of Fanbytes on community engagement | The Drum

Timothy Armoo, CEO of Fanbytes

Fanbytes has been very successful at reaching younger audiences through social media. They currently advertise for large companies such as McDonald’s, Warner Brothers, Tidal, and more. Their primary areas of social media influence extend to Snapchat, Instagram, and most recently Tik Tok. Forbes shows that 60% of people skip native Snapchat advertisements. Fanbytes boasts a 90% completion rate when they are involved with Snapchat ads. Timothy Armoo said in an interview with Forbes that many companies are giving up on advertising in Snapchat while he sees opportunity in that area, simply stating “their mistake.” Fanbytes hopes to take on AR (Augmented Reality) in the future by aiding companies with advertising on the platform. Armoo finished his interview with Forbes by saying “we are a group of 19-22 year olds who are reversing the code of Snapchat and are building a large underbelly business on it.”

Sources:

https://fanbytes.co.uk/about-us/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/montymunford/2018/01/31/fanbytes-cracks-the-code-for-snapchat-ads-and-augmented-reality/#2c7c5c895f63

https://www.forbes.com/sites/edmundingham/2015/10/02/meet-the-millennials-at-fanbytes-redefining-how-brands-market-to-other-millennials/#1acefee172de

 

 

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Categories : App, Millennial Enrepreneuers, Online Companies, Snapchat, Social Media, Technology