When I first moved into my college dorm I filled the small rectangular space full of furniture and different housing items, most of my friends were moving furniture into their rooms as well. When Sean Belnick was 14 he wasn’t moving furniture into his dorm not only because he wasn’t going to college at the time but also because he was moving furniture out of his room. As a young teenager he had created a company named bizchair.com, it was a company that supplied furniture of all different types. He started out by putting an initial investment of $500 down to buy some inventory and just like that Sean was literally running his business out of his bedroom! In 2004, he moved into his first warehouse and by 2009, he had more than 702,000 square feet of warehouse space from the initial 40,00 square feet. The company continued to grow and grow and recorded an astounding 58 million dollars net worth in 2010. Today, Sean Belnick is worth 42 million dollars and it all began in his childhood bedroom.

Have you ever heard of services such as Wix or WordPress? Well, for those who haven’t, thy are platforms of software on which a user can build a fully customizable and interactive website. The end result is a beautiful and simple made website, but whats the catch? How can this appeal to millions? Well, it is so simple because it removes the coding from the website building process, the users simply have to design the website with all the code already pre-written. This is huge nowadays but back in the 90’s they didn’t have this technology. Instead, if you wanted a website, you had to hire someone to build it for you in pure code. This is where a 16 year old named John Magennis came into play, building websites for a business. He started out building websites for only $15 but he was then recognized for his work and he soon pumped those numbers up to be around $30,000 for a single site! He was doing very well for himself and was named entrepreneur of the year. Today, 32 years old, he is a reality T.V producer and a professional speaker on entrepreneurship. This just goes to show, you never quite know where you will end up in entrepreneurship.

We can all agree that technology in the past decade has evolved by spontaneous amounts. One of the areas of technology that has especially seen these effects is the gaming industry. Graphics in gaming has come so far in the past few years and is now at a point where it looks very realistic. Well, 22 year-old entrepreneur Palmer Lucky was working on a technology in a trailer in front of his parents house in California and developed something called the Oculus Rift. The Oculus is a set glasses that one can put on an escape the reality of the world. While this technology can help architects build buildings, help surgeons practice surgery, or help soldiers manage their PTSD, Lucky is most excited about applying it to the area of virtual reality video gaming. Just imagine entering into your own world after a long day at work. Of course, there will be a good amount of controversy on the health affects of the Oculus but it is indeed a very cool concept and once that is worth noting.

The story of a young entrepreneur, Robert Nay, is one to look back on in awe. At the age of 14  he released an app called bubble ball. The app is a logic based game that requires ingenuity and creative thinking to get a ball from one end of the level to a goal on the other end. He developed it himself and it has been download over 16 million times. When I hear stories such as this I am very impressed by the motivation and talent that this child must have. I have personally looked into coding and programming and it not something that is easily mastered, especially for your average 14 year old. Bubble ball isn’t the only game this kid has developed, he has created numerous apps that can be found on his website. I took a look at the game and it seemed to be very entertaining. This whole of idea of youngsters programming at such a young age is inspiring to me. I have looked into learning several different computer languages and it takes a large amount of motivation and hard work. The idea that this kid had to innovate and create an app is also surprising because most kids at his age are playing in the woods or playing xbox. Overall I am very surprised to see such success at such a young age, it is inspiring.