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TJ Hunt – Monetizing Your Hobby

Posted by coyac22 
· Monday, September 26th, 2022 
· 2 Comments

Many YouTubers today can be considered entrepreneurs with the way they use their channel. One of these YouTubers was TJ Hunt. TJ started his channel when he was in high school. He wanted to document his time modifying his first car, a BMW 328i. Modifying his car was just a hobby, but it did not take long for him to realize that he could monetize what he loved. He began making more videos and soon bought a Subaru BRZ, the car that marked TJ’s rise onto the car scene. The more he modified that car, the more his channel grew. As his platform has grown, primarily on YouTube, his car collection has grown. He has owned a lot of cars and sold plenty, but today he still has that BRZ along with 15 more. He has been able to monetize his hobby of cars through YouTube’s monetization and brand partnerships.

TJ has also used his presence on YouTube to start his own clothing brand called Hunt & Company in 2016. As time has progressed, the quality of his products have only improved. I own quite a few products of his myself and you might catch me wearing some. TJ has been able to use content on his channel and a great design team to create quality products that his fans relate to and appreciate. As a result, the Hunt & Company has seen tremendous success and has proven very profitable for TJ. He has been able to hire full-time staff for the company and frequently releases drops for customers to sell out in minutes. TJ has been able to use his influence and platform to create more and make money in the process.

What TJ has shown me is that it is possible to make money doing something you love that most likely would not make money. In fact, his hobby typically spends more than it makes! He has inspired many others to create as well and do what they love. TJ also spreads awareness to mental health. During his journey making YouTube videos, he experienced a rough patch that really put a halt to his plans he had for life. As he worked through it, he told himself to always keep moving forward, and that is the slogan he carries with him from his clothing to the outro of every video. TJ has been able to spread a positive influence on many others and has shown his entrepreneurship spirit through all that he does.

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Categories : Cars, Clothing, eCommerce, Entrepreneurship, Influencer, YouTube

Apolla Performance Compression Socks

Posted by grassonj19 
· Monday, September 26th, 2022 
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This product was created by Kaycee Jones, a dancer who struggled with pain in her legs and feet throughout her dance career. She created a compression sock that supports vulnerable leg and foot muscles. Apolla is unique because the company founders used a nonprofit called MSC, based out of North Carolina and connected with Catawba Community College. Company owners were passionate about dancing and making sure that dancers didn’t suffer from foot and leg pain that could hamper their careers. Their product is interesting because the socks are specially crafted for dancers, but can be used in non-dance ways as well. Their socks have made life easier for hikers, runners, and more. They demonstrate entrepreneurial traits by obtaining patens for their product, utilizing a 14 day money back guarantee, and by improving their product consistently. Their most recent model is moisture wicking, antimicrobial, and have the American Podiatric Medical Association Seal of Acceptance. Apolla Socks are innovating as they continue to up their sales and develop as a company. They now come in 6 different sizes including no-show, crew, and midcalf, as well as others. This company inspires me in my thinking about creating a product through their use of a nonprofit. I generally connotate nonprofit with making less money, and while money isn’t everything, it is important when creating a product. Apolla, though, is doing very well with sales, has the backing from Shark Tank, has a very cool website, and is on selling platforms such as Amazon. This just goes to show that partnering with a nonprofit can be a great way to not only make a difference, but also make a profit. A principle I’ve picked up from this product is the recruiting of partners in a business situation. Kaycee came up with the product, but she enlisted the help of her business-oriented friend as well as a dancer, who together made the company what it is today.

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Categories : Apparel/Accessories, Clothing

Sofi Overton – Wise Pocket

Posted by dewingmb22 
· Monday, September 26th, 2022 
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Have you ever found yourself wearing socks or leggings and wishing there were pockets? Sofi Overton, who founded the company Wise Pocket at the age of 11 saw this problem and the need for a solution. Sofi’s inspiration came when she saw her cousin put her phone in her boot because her leggings had no pockets. She got to work and created a sock with a pocket capable of securely holding a phone. Some of Sofi’s inspiration was that “There are lots of active kids like me that need a safe and stylish way to not only store phones but other important items like epi-pens or inhalers!”

I personally think this is a great product because I often find myself wearing clothes without pockets and in need of somewhere to put my phone/wallet. I think that Sofi’s idea is very innovative in a market where you may think there are very limited possibilities for new ideas. The wise sock is the perfect sock for active kids and any demographic with storage needs, because there is always always a safe and secure place to hold your phone, wallet, keys, or whatever else you need close. I would definitely invest in this product!

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Categories : Clothing, Kids, Socks

Mo’s Bowes

Posted by stiererrv22 
· Saturday, September 24th, 2022 
· 1 Comment

Moziah Bridges is the founder, president and creative director of his company Mo’s Bows. They are a family business that is based out of Memphis. Mo was nine years old when he founded his company. He was looking for an accessory to match his personality but could not come across anything that suited him. So with the help of his grandmother, he was able to make the first model of his company. From there on, the rest was history. He did around $55,000 in sales before being featured on the television show Shark tank. After seven months his company made close to $200,000 and about two years later made close to $600,000. He was very successful due to two traits he has, being ambitious and wise. He was very ambitious by creating a company from scratch with his grandma at a young age. He was able to get into the very competitive market of men’s clothes and continue to succeed. I would also describe him as wise by not taking a deal with the sharks or being discouraged by this. After not making a deal, he took mentorship under Daymond John and the business continued to improve. He eventually went on to give former president Barack Obama a custom-made tie in “Obama Blue,” as well as produced bow ties and neckties for all 30 National Basketball Association teams.

Throughout reading articles about Moziah, I realized how there are so many possibilities to start up a successful company. There are so many businesses that have opportunities to create a new niche where a new company could be created. This has helped me to begin thinking of new creative ways to improve current problems.

 

Mo's Bows NBA Deal and Growth

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Categories : Clothing, Uncategorized

Trey Brown’s Spergo

Posted by flynnac21 
· Friday, November 26th, 2021 
· 3 Comments

At just 12 years old, Trey Brown started his entrepreneurial journey. Trey started by using $178 to buy shirts that he customized and sold. This purchase was the start of something much bigger for Trey.

Spergo, Trey’s company, sells customized socks, t-shirts, hoodies, and sweatpants. The company was started with the help of Sherell Peterson, Trey’s mother, who is a seamstress. She now helps run the business with Trey.

Like many businesses, the name Spergo has a meaning to Trey. He says it is a combination of sports, heroes, and go-getters. This name was crafted after Trey decided he wanted to help the kids in his community escape the violence and drugs they were surrounded with. With Spergo, Trey hopes to serve as an inspiration to the kids around him which makes his business have a great value to his community.

Trey got a $25,000 grant that helped kickstart his business to a larger scale. He was able to move from selling shirts door-to-door to a brick-and-mortar store. He then expanded to a total of three stores. Trey’s most recent endeavor was going on Shark Tank where he received $300,000 for 20% stake in his company. He hopes to expand more with this money.

Trey is an impressive young entrepreneur. He has the charisma to sell his product and get people to financially support his business endeavors. This charm will allow him to keep growing and become more successful in the future. He is also ambitious. By starting so young, he is setting himself up for a life of success in whatever adventure he chooses next. His goals are also impressive. He wants to change the future for the kids around him which makes him inspiring. At such a young age, he realizes that changes need to be made in order to provide a better future for those around him. Trey possess many key qualities that an entrepreneur needs to have to succeed and his plans for the future show he is ready to keep going.

Ultimately, Trey Brown is a great example of a young entrepreneur because he is not afraid to go out there and do the work to succeed.

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Categories : Clothing, Shark Tank, Young Entrepreneur

Hoop Swagg

Posted by gallagherjr21 
· Friday, October 29th, 2021 
· 8 Comments

Socks. When I think of socks, many images come to mind: high socks, low socks, quality socks, cheap socks, thick socks, thin socks, plain socks, and fun socks. Having a pair of fun socks can sometimes just brighten up the day. Many people have their fun socks, but do you have any socks as unique as Hoop Swagg? Young entrepreneur, Brennan Agranoff, created a business that makes socks with incredibly unique designs.

During his junior year in high school, Brennan started searching for socks but not the plain athletic socks. He wanted something with a unique design but still an athletic sock. When he could not find what he was looking for in the market, he decided to create the socks himself. After long hardGoat Farm research, Brennan taught himself the process of code and graphic design and slowly started forming his business. With the help of his dad as his investor, the young entrepreneur opened shop in his garage where he could print the designs on the socks. His ideas for his designs can come from anywhere— some are random while others are pictures from around him, like the goats which are one of the most popular designs that he sells. His business, Hoop Swagg, originally started just as a sock business but then it expanded into the arm sleeves, face coverings, shoe lacings, and apparel. And surprising fact is that he is colorblind and can still create designs that are completely amazing. After five years in the sock business, Hoop Swagg generates over one million dollars annually.

Brennan enjoys his business even though he has a busy life with school, chores, and soccer. He also donates to See the source imagecharitable causes and has a page on his website where you can participate in fundraising. Brennan was able to find solution to dull athletic socks and created a business where he can have fun and make money.

You can find his website here.

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Categories : Apparel/Accessories, athletic wear, Clothing, Design, Male Entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneur, young entrepreneurs

Eve Kekeh, founder of Bundlee

Posted by hallerer20 
· Monday, September 27th, 2021 
· 4 Comments

If you have kids, you know how quickly they grow out of clothes in their first two years. Eve Kekeh recognized this problem and started her own company to help parents seeking a more sustainable and convenient way to access baby clothes. Her company, Bundlee, is the UK’s first sustainable baby clothing rental subscription.

Having two younger siblings, Eve Kekeh experienced first hand just how quickly babies will grow out of their clothing. She says, “Babies outgrow 7 clothing sizes in their first 2 years, and seeing the amount of waste this led to made me think there had to be a better way.” While spending a year studying abroad in the US, Kekeh discovered a designer womenswear rental service. She fell in love with this idea and soon realized that this same concept could be applied to baby clothing. Through careful research and receiving useful feedback from hundreds of parents, Kekeh developed Bundlee.

Bundlee is unique as it is tailored to fit the parents’ (and babies’) specific clothing needs. You simply choose a subscription plan that works best for your family, wear the clothes with no worries (thanks to the included rental insurance), and then conveniently swap clothing as your little one grows. All returned clothes are then thoroughly cleaned through their eco-friendly Ozone sanitization method and sent on to be loved by the next family.

In order to provide the very best quality, Eve Kekeh designs all collections that Bundlee offers herself. In addition, all pieces are made in the UK in a women run and owned factory, where Kekeh frequently visits to ensure that it meets her ethical standards. While designing pieces, it’s important to Kekeh that all fabrics used are suitable for babies’ sensitive skin. That is why all clothes are made with breathable cotton and free of any harmful chemicals.

Bundlee has continued to grow and flourish over the past few years. Eve Kekeh shows true innovation as she has built a company that helps so many, while helping the planet as well.

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Categories : Business::Entrepreneurs, Clothing, Entrepreneurship, Millennial Enrepreneuers, Sustainable, Women Entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneur

Spoiled Milk Waste Into Loveable Fashion? Meet Mi Terro!

Posted by millerah21 
· Monday, September 27th, 2021 
· 2 Comments

Who ever thought that spoiled milk could work as a shirt? Well co-founder and CEO, Robert Lou, of Mi Terro Sure did!

Mi Terro’s creator: Robert Lou

When visiting an uncle’s dairy farm in China, Robert Lou barred witness to the gallons and gallons of milk spoiled waste his uncle was having a hard time getting rid of. When asked by said uncle to find a possible solution, Robert wasn’t exactly sure how to get around such a problem. After doing a bit of research back at his LA home and consulting a friend in chemistry, he was able to come up with a solution. When milk sours and spoils for a certain amount of time you can produce a polymer fiber from the milk that is soft enough to use in clothes, packaging, medical appliances, and even bed lining. So in 2018, Mi Terro was born!

 

“Our goal is to replace petroleum materials with protein-based materials, especially made from food waste. So we’re not just talking about solving food waste, but also helping other industries with the technology that we have.”

-Robert Lou

By aiding more than one market with one innovation is amazing for such a young entrepreneur!

Mi Terro has been trying to grow little by little. One example, is their exchanges with famous fashion brands like H&M and Nike to get them to invest in their milk solution and replace the not-so ecofriendly petroleum waste with spoiled milk.

Roughly 128 billion tons of milk waste is disposed of yearly. That is a good amount of materials just going to the wayside! Hopefully, in the future, some of the larger clothing brands will accept this new form of producing clothes. Thus joining the markets of dairy and clothing together! Wouldn’t that be a crazy future to live in?

Find out more at:

Replace Plastic With Biomaterials Made From Agricultural Waste – Mi Terro

Got Milk? Mi Terro Turns Spoiled Milk into Sustainable Fibers for Fashion – YouTube

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Categories : Clothing, Food

Jacob Zander, Spreading Positivity and Inspiration Through Footsouls.

Posted by methenyem21 
· Tuesday, September 21st, 2021 
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Jacob Zander, a 23 year old from Santa Barbara, became a young entrepreneur after taking a college business class. He wrote in an article last year about how he developed an idea that he had been pondering through this class. At the end of the semester, Jacob had a product and a vision that he was ready and able to pitch to an investor.

Jacob’s idea of Footsouls, insoles for Converse, started when he was an employee at Trader Joe’s. With his friends, he frequently discussed that, although they wanted to wear their Converse to work, they always opted not to as they were too uncomfortable to wear for extended periods of time. To gauge initial interest for his product and idea, he asked his co-workers about it and sought their opinions. After this, because of his teacher, friends, traveling, and TikTok, Jacob’s insoles went viral.

Through his company and with his product, Jacob wants to inspire people and spread positivity. The product itself, a cream insole with the lettering “Feel Your Soul” written on it, was created to remind people every time they put their shoes on, to go out and truly live their lives. In addition to the insoles for Converse, Jacob’s company has expanded to creating insoles for Vans, clothing, and roller skates! Along with this, the company has a “Smile Fund” that takes a designated amount of every Footsouls purchase and uses it to give back to others.

What makes Jacob particularly creative, is his use of social media to help his company reach so many people. Before Footsouls was even born, Jacob filmed his entire creative and business process. Transparency was a huge goal of Jacob’s.  He wanted to show others his success hoping that they would gain the confidence they needed to succeed. Then, once he was able to manufacture the insoles, he began creating and posting TikToks. He used this as a way to advertise but also to give people a behind-the-scenes view of packaging and shipping process.

Since 2017, when Jacob was just beginning his journey with Footsouls, he has come a long way. With the help of mentors, friends, and social media, Jacob is inspiring others to follow their dreams and live every day to the fullest!

 

Jacob’s Website: https://feelyoursoul.com/

Sources

The Story of How Feel Your Soul Footsouls Started– FEEL YOUR SOUL

How Jacob Zander Spreads Positivity with Footsouls — Comeback Magazine

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Categories : Apparel/Accessories, Blog, Clothing, Fashion, Millennial Enrepreneuers, shoes, TikTok

Three Nails Clothing-Derek Dahl

Posted by Wilsongr19 
· Saturday, December 5th, 2020 
· 3 Comments

Three Nails Clothing is a clothing company designed for athletes who want to represent God’s kingdom. Derek was a college basketball player that wanted something more. He wanted to become a professional basketball player, but after college, he became a financial advisor. Derek knew he wanted to do something more than a 9 to 5 job. Finally, he used an idea that he had been thinking about for a long time, and after a lot of brainstorming and prayer, he finally decided to start his own company. Derek wanted comfortable, athletic wear that he could wear to the gym, but he also wanted something that represented his beliefs and values. In turn, he created Three Nails Clothing. Dahl wanted to create a sleek and minimal design that represented something meaningful to the Christian religion, so he decided to use the cross. The Cross represents God’s sacrifice to the world and seems like a perfect fit for Dahl’s company. He used clever designs to complete his logo by creating the cross with three nails, the three nails that nailed Jesus to the cross. Derek stated that “It is our hope that our brand’s subtle designs will allow you to cultivate conversations to share your faith in Christ with others.” This mission is beyond entrepreneurship and a clothing brand; what Derek has created is a brand focused on an eternal goal. The goal that brings others to Christ.

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Categories : Apparel/Accessories, Business, Christian, Clothing, Millennial Enrepreneuers
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