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Jordan Karcher, founder and CEO of Grounds & Hounds Coffee

Posted by EthanWitmer 
· Monday, September 26th, 2022 
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Jordan Karcher is a 32 year old entrepreneur who founded the company known as Grounds & Hounds Coffee. Through their sales of coffee, they also donate 20% of their proceeds to  animal rescue initiatives. Karcher firmly believes in second chances for pups at animal shelters, and saw the gap in the social impact of businesses. He wanted his work to connect with issues he cared about personally, but investors also need to be sure that the business will be profitable. He started his e-commerce site as a way to more effectively sell his product, and he has had great success with it as the company celebrates its 5th anniversary with a 300% growth in revenue. Karcher says that “While it is important to always follow your passion, remember that your product and the customer experience must meet or exceed that of industry competitors.”

7 Entrepreneurs Shaking Up The Food Industry (forbes.com)

 

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Categories : Charity, Entrepreneurship

Alina Morse And The Healthy Lollipop

Posted by nuzumrk22 
· Monday, September 26th, 2022 
· 3 Comments

Alina Morse is just an ordinary high schooler with an extraordinary passion for clean teeth. The 17-year-old is the CEO of a company called Zolli Candy. Zolli Candy creates lollipops, hard candy, and taffy all vegan, natural, KETO, gluten-free, and sugar-free. As a child, after having been offered a lollipop from a bank teller, she pondered over a major problem. Candy is terrible for your health and especially, your teeth. At the age of seven, she decided to act and spent two years over her home stove, endlessly researching, and questioning dentists and food scientists. The result was a lollipop sweetened by xylitol and erythritol, natural sweeteners that, due to their ability to neutralize the mouth’s pH, actually prevent cavities and tooth decay by lowering plaque and bacteria. 

By the age of nine, Morse’s lollipop was finally ready and launched when Whole Foods Market picked it up. The new Zollipops became a bestseller on Amazon and were quickly adopted by Kroger in 2016 while Morse became an inspiring new face to the rest of the entrepreneurship and oral health world. 

With her passion for healthy teeth and gums, Morse has waged a war against the tooth decay epidemic, specifically in children. In an act to save kids’ teeth, she began a “100,000 Smiles” campaign and in doing so, has donated thousands of Zollipops to schools and dentists and has donated her profits to oral health education. It is inspiring to see someone so young be so passionate about one area of pain, a passion she has nurtured since the age of seven and successfully weaved into her million-dollar idea. Morse is a surprising entrepreneur due to how she flipped the problem. She not only made candy harmless. She made it healthy. 

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Categories : Candy, Charity, Food, Health, Social Impact, Uncategorized, vegan speciality food, Young Entrepreneur

Jahkil Jackson – The Project I Am

Posted by petschkeRA22 
· Monday, September 26th, 2022 
· 1 Comment

Jahkil Jackson was only eight when he started his non profit organization– The Project I Am– but the idea stuck him when he was five. Jahkil and his aunt passed out food to the homeless, and something about that experience caused Jahkil to pester his parents about doing something. When Jahkil was eight, his parents put together an event for friends and family to come together and make toiletry bags for the homeless. They made 88 bags, and even since then, Jahkil hasn’t looked back.

Project I Am is a non profit organization which gives out toiletry bags (often containing items such as hand sanitizer, socks, deodorant, granola bars, water, and toothbrushes) to the homeless. This organization is funded by 1000+ volunteers, who have raised over $275,000 in donations. These volunteers and donations have touched the lives of over 70,000 people. Most of the time, these toiletry bags are made in packing parties, but over the pandemic, hosting packing parties wasn’t a great option. During this time, Jahkil and his immediate family initially put together the bags by themselves, and grandma would drop them off at the shelter. However, after four months of this, Jahkil got bored. He then came up with the idea of virtual packaging parties, which allowed kids from all over the country to make these toiletry bags together while staying safe. The largest number of kids attending a virtual packaging party at one time ended up being almost 250 kids from 55 cities. With Project I Am’s great success, it continues to grow in the impact it makes.

Now at age 14, Jahkil has won over a dozen awards for his work, including as Children’s Museum Power of Children Award and BET’s 15 under 15. He has also published his own book called I Am, which empowers people of all ages to stand up to bullying. In the future, Jahkil would love for Project I Am to expand from Chicago and make an impact world wide. For the time being, he plans on achieving this by having volunteers from all over the globe order toiletry kits to be sent to their area.

What makes the idea of Project I Am so great is that it serves a group of people who are often overlooked, and has a positive social impact. Project I Am is also a sustainable non profit with a great business model. Jahkil’s story of becoming an entrepreneur at age eight is inspirational because it shows you that you are never to young or inexperienced to make an impact, and if you are persistent enough, you can make a huge difference right where you are.

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Categories : Charity, Homelessness, Nonprofit, Social Impact, Teen Entrepreneurs, Volunteer, Youngest Entrepreneurs

Kenan Pala- Kids4Community

Posted by williamslg21 
· Sunday, September 25th, 2022 
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Kenan Pala is an 18-year-old entrepreneur who started the nonprofit Kids4Community. Kenan’s idea first began when he was on a run, and he saw the many needs of the homeless people in his city. He said that he felt like there should be a way for him and other children to volunteer their time and help with different service projects in the community. This initial idea became Kids4Community, an organization that focuses on including children in community related projects so that families could find more opportunities to invest in others. In its mission statement, the company says that “We want to help children and their families give back to their communities in a meaningful way…When kids are taught from an early age about the benefits of charitable work, they will carry that forward into their teen and adult lives. Not only does it benefit the charities they work with, it benefits the children themselves as they transition into young adults.” One of Kids4Community’s larger projects was a world-record-setting mural of cereal boxes, all of which were donated to a local food bank. Kenan’s organization is truly innovative because it meets multiple needs through benefiting the people it is serving, the people who are serving, and the city as a whole.

 

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Categories : Charity, Volunteer

Curly Tail Coffee

Posted by Sophia Whiteman 
· Wednesday, November 24th, 2021 
· 4 Comments

Curly Tail Coffee is a very cool coffee company started by a young woman named Nicole Waltenbaugh.  This business started out as a coffee roasting business alone, but Nicole soon added two food trailers to the business to capitalize on the demand for coffee on the go.  These little trailers sell her bags of roasted coffee, pastries and muffins, hot tea, hot chocolate, and their specially roasted hot coffee.  Part of the inspiration behind starting this business was the founder’s love for animals and her passion for rescue pugs specifically.  One dollar of each bag of coffee that she sells is donated to an animal rescue.  Because of this, Curly Tail Coffee has been able to donate over 30,000 dollars!  Nicole’s love of pugs is also where the name came from, curly tail for the curly tails of the pugs that Nicole loves so much!  It also applies to the curly tails of pigs which she has two of.

Curly Tail Coffee is the perfect example of a business built out of the combination of two passions.  She started with the two passions of roasting coffee and the support of rescue pugs.

This business is  especially cool to me because this is in our home town of Kittanning! I love Nicole and her coffee.  She often has one of her pugs or one of her pigs at the trailers when you go to visit to buy coffee.

http://www.curlytailcoffee.com/

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Categories : Baking, Beverages, Business, Business::Entrepreneurs, Charity, Coffee, Cookies, Dogs, Food, Food Trucks, Pets

Smells Like a ManCan

Posted by blanktc21 
· Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021 
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Hart Main, age 13

When Hart Main was 13 years old, his little sister Camryn was selling candles for a school fundraiser. He remembers teasing her for the “girly scents” and saying that only women would buy her candles. This jovial teasing turned into a business idea later on when Hart was saving for a $1500 bicycle. In order to reach a larger crowd Hart created ManCans, candles scented to appeal to men as well. Instead of flowery, sweet scents, ManCans candles smell like a “fresh new baseball glove.”

Hart’s business idea was like no other, it was unique, and appealed to a new genre of people; for this reason, ManCans rapidly took off selling more than 300 candles a week.  “It started as a Joke; it really wasn’t meant to turn into anything serious” says Hart. Thanks to his mother’s encouragement, his jokes became reality. “Even if it sounds like they’re joking, if their idea sounds like something they can do, by all means, I tell them to go for it,” Amy, Hart’s mom, says. Hart’s little sister also has a dog-walking business of her own, which was sparked by a simple conversation in the car.

Starting off, Hart had high ambitions, a little too high for a startup business; however, he was encouraged by his mom to stick to his main scents and branch out as expenses allow. Right now, ManCans offers eight unique scents such as: NY Style Pizza, Grandpa’s Pipe, Sawdust, Campfire, New Mit, Fresh Cut Grass, Coffee, and even Bacon. Along the way ManCans featured the scent “Money to Burn” but because of low sales has since been discontinued.

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Variety of ManCan Scents created by Hart Main

Hart makes all his candles in soup-cans, and although it is a for-profit business, he donates soup to local soup kitchens with a portion of the proceeds. This is a prime example of how you can make a positive influence in the world, without necessarily donating all of your earnings to charity.

ManCans has been a business of trial and error. Hart took something laughable and made it sellable. ManCans serves as a perfect example that products don’t have to serve just one audience, and there is always a way to make things marketable to different groups. Young entrepreneurs should be encouraged by Hart’s story to not reject a product, until they attempt see it from a different angle; in Hart’s case, this meant making masculine scented candles.

ManCans — Beaver Creek Candle Company (bccandle.com)

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Categories : Business, Candles, Charity, Great Ideas, Millennial Enrepreneuers, Millennial Entrepreneurs

Mikaila Ulmer: Founder of “Me & the Bees” Lemonade

Posted by campagnama21 
· Thursday, October 21st, 2021 
· 2 Comments

Mikaila Ulmer is a 17-year-old girl who started her own lemonade business at a very young age. The business idea started after young Mikaila got stung by a bee and wanted to learn more about bees to overcome her fear of them.  At age 4, she started a business by creating a very small lemonade stand. Very quickly, this turned into the business “Me & the Bees” as a result.

Mikaila is widely successful, at just age 9, she struck an $11 million distribution deal with US supermarket giants Whole Foods Market. Mikaila has also been invited to the White House twice, featured on Good Morning America, NBC News, Forbes Magazine, and Time Magazine for her entrepreneurial success. Mikaila is very busy; she juggles school, her business, and public speaking. The unique thing about her business is that 10% of her brand’s proceeds are donated to bee conservation charities. It is amazing how she used a challenge of hers (getting stung by a bee) to learn more about it and start up a profitable and charitable business.

Mikaila’s lemonade recipe is unique because it comes from her great Grandmother Helen’s flaxseed lemonade. It is fresh-squeezed, and each bottle is made with care. Her family has a huge part in helping her business thrive. As an extension to her business, Mikaila has created a “Bee-to-Z guide” for young entrepreneurs. Here, young entrepreneurs can find inspiration, business tips, and more to make their big ideas come to life. A very inspirational quote from Mikaila reads, “My generation—we’re the future,” Mikaila says. “When we grow up, we’re going to be the people who are the presidents and the leaders of the world. […]  If we start at a young age making a difference, donating back, giving back, when we grow up we can do that on a larger scale.” Mikaila’s business proves that, just like the bees, you are never too small to make a difference.

The 9 Most Successful Teen Entrepreneurs in the World (careeraddict.com)

Mikaila Ulmer of Me & the Bees Lemonade | Microsoft In Culture

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Categories : Bees, Beverages, Blog, Business, Charity, Creating, Entrepreneurship, Female Empowerment, grocery store, Handmade, Helping Hands, Investing, Lemonade, Positivity, Power, Shopping, Social Media, Startups, Strong, woman, Women Entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneur
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Mark Sotomayor – Buy a Tea, Plant a Tree

Posted by dawsoncm21 
· Wednesday, October 13th, 2021 
· 1 Comment

Mark is a recent 2020 graduate from Grove City College where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Entrepreneurship. He started his business, Treecup Tea, during his sophomore year at Grove City College. Through a development process of his product, he learned a lot about branding and what it takes to start a business. He began selling samples of his grandmother’s chai tea recipe at local events and pop-up shops out of Dixie cups. He now has 4 different flavors of tea packaged in sleek glass bottles, and he sells it in large stores such as Whole Foods and local farmers markets. His success took time and hard work. Although Mark experienced setbacks and help along the way, that is what grew into the success he has today.

Mark’s tea business is especially unique due to his passion behind the cause he helps with. For each tea that is bought, a tree in Haiti is planted. This serves to combat deforestation in one of the most poverty-stricken places in the world. Mark accomplishes this through partnering with a foundation called Haiti Friends. Mark values transparency in marketing, so he feels strongly about sticking to this purpose behind the business.

Mark is driven by the commitment to “Jesus Christ and follows the leading of the Holy Spirit. He wants to manifest God’s will on earth as it is in Heaven.” Mark is led by the Lord in everything he does and does not focus on the money. His purpose is bigger than the profit he makes, and this is apparent in his business. I believe this is what makes Treecup Tea unique and a great idea. It can be hard to find businesses that truly stick to their cause and do not drift from their true mission when they are blinded by success as their sole purpose and fall into the trap of greed.

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I find Mark’s story truly inspiring because even through setbacks, he found a way to work through them and dig deeper. I can apply this to my own life and future business career because it is important to keep in mind that setbacks are what help us learn and grow. I aim to have a Christ-centered focus in everything I do just as Mark does. As Mark puts it, “if your business isn’t about God then what is it all for?”

 

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Categories : Business, Charity, Entrepreneurship, Enviornmental, Haiti, Handmade, Redemptive Entrepreneurship, Social Entrepreneur, Social Impact, Startups, Uncategorized

Project “I am” -Jahkil Jackson

Posted by krausdavid 
· Monday, October 4th, 2021 
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Project “I am “was started by a nine year old Jahkil Jackson in Chicago. Jackson helped his aunt distribute cans of food to the homeless in Chicago which sparked his own idea. The I Am project is a non-profit and shares a goal to help to the homeless in the world that are in need to his coined terms as ‘Blessing Bags.’ These consisted of deodorant, wipes, toothbrushes, toothpaste, bottled water, granola bars and more. Jackson’s small business quickly grew, and he has impacted more than 50,o00 lives of the homeless around the world. Atlanta, Virginia, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., and Idaho and many more states in the U.S. have been greatly impacted by his generosity and care. There has also been a worldly impact where the blessing bags have been sent to many countries in Africa, and South America for special relief packages after natural disasters.

Jackson is really emphasizing the need for donations that go towards project I Am, so they can continue to make an impact around the world. He encourages everyone to be able to see the importance of helping out can make in your community. I AM thankful for my many blessings 🙏🏽 including @walmart for believing in my mission. This donation will help make over 500 blessong bags for those in need. #walmart #endhomelessness #BeTheChange #YouthDoItBetter #JahkilJackson #DontWaitToBeGreat

While Jackson had a lot of help from his family in the idea of helping others, he took that idea and pivoted to make a bigger idea. This is very inspiring, because Jackson saw that there was a need for the homeless that was unfulfilled. Instead of just handing out money, Jackson knew he wanted to make a real life impact by giving them the opportunity for staying healthy and clean as they go through difficult times. Jackson was acknowledged by former president, Barack Obama as well for his efforts in 2017 and featured on Cartoon-Network and many other platforms. This helped a lot with networking and getting his message out there for the public to understand the mission.

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Categories : Charity, Elderly Care, Entrepreneurship, Food, Great Ideas, Health, Homelessness, Kids, Uncategorized
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Jam Boy

Posted by kirkse21 
· Friday, October 1st, 2021 
· 5 Comments

Fraser Doherty:

At age 14 Fraser Doherty started his business by making jam with his grandma’s jam recipe with her in Scotland. He made a twist on jam. Most jams are made with artificial flavor and other bad ingredients, so he wanted to make jam 100% out of fresh fruit. He named His product SuperJam. At age 16, he took his product of jams to big supply stores, and he pitched his product to them for them to sell his product in their stores. He is one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the UK. This website provides Fraser’s story, and the blog says, “Fraser has been commended by the Prime Minister at Downing Street, by HRH Prince Charles and was recently awarded a medal (MBE) “for services to business” by The Queen.” https://www.fraserdoherty.com/pages/about-usHe has also written a book called, “SuperBusiness” and “48 Hour Startup”, and it is published in multiple counties. Additionally, he is the Co-founder of “Beer52”. This man is a success, and he is creative and diverse in his focuses. He has created Jam, written books, and co-founded a beer company. On top of all of this, his company provides funds to charitable initiatives. For example, they run over 100 tea parties for people who are elderly.  The Scottish charity called The SuperJam Tea Parties is run by Mr. Doherty. We can learn from Mr. Doherty’s innovative spirit and creative drive. 

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Categories : Charity, Cooking, Food, Handmade, Health
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