Mia Monzidelis thought outside the box when it came to innovation and design. She always wanted her own horse as a child, but growing up in a highly suburbanized area she never had the ability to experience the joy of riding and having a horse of her own. She also knew that she was not the only girl her age who had this dream. Thus, she created Power Pony, which is a mechanical pony or unicorn made up of fury material and mechanisms that allow one to interact with the toy through an iOS app.  This little pony can travel around a house with a child riding in the saddle. It creates an unreal experience similar to that of riding an actual pony. Mia’s idea once put into the making, took off and literally rode into the sunset. During the Christmas of 2021 she sold 5000 units! Now her company has expanded to multiple employees and a couple volunteers. Starting with

only a determined and persistent desire, Mia created a business that has happily impacted thousands around the US.

Do you hate spilling your cup of coffee, or cleaning up a spill from someone else? Well Lily Born made a cup that allows you to no longer worry about spillage. Her incredible cup design has three legs and is near impossible to tip over. She invented this when she too realized her hatred of cleaning up constantly. At the age of 12 she invented this cup for her grandfather who had Parkinson’s disease. He always had a hard time not tipping over the cup he was drinking out of. However, this design did not just help her grandpa and others who suffered from Parkinsons, but this cup exceeded in the children’s market as well. The Kangaroo cup provided a way for parents and care providers to finally not have to worry about silly stains and spills. Lily originally drew this design and then had her dad make a model which they then used to manufacture ceramic cups to sell worldwide. Now Lily travels the world to speak and empower those of her generation to not limit their potential but seek to be the new business leaders of today.

Lily Born of Imagiroo with her Kangaroo Cups

Eric Finman became a millionaire at just 18 years old. This came to fruition because of Eric’s bold decision to drop out of high school and make a bet with his parents. He told them that if he was able to make 100 dollars into 1 million dollars by the time he turned 18, he would not have to finish high school and go to college. Eric did just that. He invested almost all of his 1000 dollars in Bitcoin at an early stage which is now worth over 4.8 million. Eric saw this opportunity when a man came up to him on the street with a shirt that said Bitcoin on it. Wondering what that was Eric asked him what the meaning of his shirt was and the man said, “It’s going to end wall street!”, so naturally Eric decided to research this currency more and later invest into it. After Bitcoins first big rise in value, Eric used this money to start a company called Botangle. This is an online education site to students to be taught through video chats. This allowed for example, someone more qualified to the teach the course from home globally, instead of using random high school teachers from around the area. Then with this new money and the second rise of Bitcoin Eric moved to Silicon Valley and has picked up new cryptocurrency to delve into. Recently he has been looking into Metal pay and Yellow Card which are cryptocurrencies that are seen to be launched in Africa soon.

Aline Morse at age of seven came up with a unique idea that has continued to heavily shape her life as well as many others. Aline had been taught all her life that lollipops were bad for teeth causing cavities, decay, and bad breath. Yet, Aline loved lollipops and wondered why there had to be so many consequences for eating and enjoying the sweet taste of a lollipop. Thus, this sparked and idea for her to make a lollipop that tastes just as sweet but no longer has the disadvantages of eating so much sugar. She then worked with a food scientist along with her dad to develop a lollipop using a formula that used natural sweeteners such as xylitol and erythritol instead of sugar. Also not only are he candies sugar-free, but they are also gluten-free, dairy-free, vegan, and non-GMO. By the age of ten Aline had founded and started selling Zolli Candy. Not surprisingly these candies quickly gained popularity and her Zolli Drops, Zolli Toffy, and Zollipops are now sold in over 25,000 stores across the United States.

In addition to running a thriving business, being the CEO, she also launched the Million Smiles Initiative which donates Zollipops to school nationwide and promotes dental health education.

Aline has truly been a fantastic role model for those around the globe. Because of all the good she has contributed through her entrepreneurial efforts she was featured on the cover of Entrepreneur Magazine and invited to the White House by President Obama.

Kenan Pala created a huge impact in the community of San Diego at only 11 years of age. He saw that people under the age of 18 often could not serve their communities through non-profits and charities. This bothered Kenan so he decided to do something about it. He created his own charity to support the homeless community and allowed children of ages 5 and above to come and help serve the community. Kenan’s charity raised over a million dollars in its two years and has been growing ever since. Kenan shows that children at his age and younger not only have the capacity but the ability to make a change for the better in their environment. One can no longer give the excuse of being too young!

Cory Nieves was just six when he started dreaming up an idea. He was tired of riding the bus to school everyday so he wanted to start saving up for a car. So, he started selling hot cocoa and lemonade to gain some money. However, this was just a shoe in for hi later idea that gave him the money he needed for a car. With his mother and aunts help, he created a cookie that had all natural ingredients. Over a couple months they perfected this recipe and soon the cookies took off. At age seventeen Mr. Cory was running a full blown business. They were selling to Whole Foods, Williams Sonoma, and J. Crew and Pottery Barn. Now, Cory wishes to go college and hopefully invests in his upcoming future with all the money that he has made during his now childhood endeavors.