Cameron Johnson started his business venture at the age of nine. While his piers were playing and being kids, Johnson had his mind on something else.
Young Venture
When Cameron Johnson was just nine years old he started making cards for his family on special occasions. Friends and neighbors started showing an interest and he was soon taking orders on to make cards for them. His first business was called, Cheers and Tears Printing Co.
After making $300 he started another business called Cheers and Tears Beanie Wholesale. With his second business he bought Beanie Babies whole sale and sold them making 10x more than he invested. He made $50,000 at the age of just 12.
A year later he started working on something else, but this time it was online. He created a service that forwarded emails to a specific account without showing any information about who sent it. He was unable to do the coding himself, so using his resources, he hired a coder to make it for him. This online service is called My EZ mail. This business made him $3,000 a month at the age of 13.
During his teenage years he decided to partner up with another teenager to make a online advertising company, called Surfingprizes.com; they would show advertisements on top web browsers for $.2 an hour. They started partnering with some big names making $300,000 a month. Before graduating high school he successfully led 15 start up businesses. He also wrote his own book about being a 15 year old entrepreneur.
Looking at what Cameron Johnson was involved in just before graduation can inspire anyone at any age. It is impressive how young and successive he was going through his business ventures as a kid. At this point in his life all of his assets added up to a over a million dollars, not too bad for a teenager. I also think its impressive to see what he started with and compare it to what he has now. He just started with a $300 dollar card making company and in 9 years he makes that into over a million dollars. Then it makes you ask the question, what can I do with the resources that I have?
I loved reading about Cameron! It is so impressive what such a young kid can do with their ideas. It makes me wonder if there are creative ideas from all kids that could be profitable business ventures but they never formed into anything concrete. Having 15 startups before you graduate is quite an accomplishment! Very interesting read!
Cameron is truly one of a kind being able to see into what he wanted to do with his future at such a young age. Although I have not heard of him before it shows someone to young can change their future for the better. He also pivoted multiple times, creating such different business ventures and was still able to be successful at them shows his determination to stick to what be believed in.
This guy is going places…wow. I love how he keeps hopping from idea to idea and using the resources and lessons he learned from the last venture to help with the new one. The creativity he displays is incredible and truly inspiring…and it all started with his friends wanting cards and him recognizing the need.
I wonder what he is doing now. I couldn’t find anything on his current placement. Maybe he just decided to retire and stop working. I wouldn’t do that but good for him. Incredibly smart person who started slow and learned over time to make bigger money. Even though he didn’t make much at first, no experience is bad experience. (Well sorta, exceptions allowed.)