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Zollipops – Enjoy Candy Without the Cavity

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· Sunday, December 13th, 2020

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We all love candy, there is no denying that, but one thing we could live without is the cavities that candy brings. Alina Morse saw this problem and faced it head-on. About 30 miles away from Detriot lies Morse’s company headquarters. The multi-million dollar company is called Zolli Candy. The sugar-free candy is sold online and in 7,500 stores. Young Morse is working on other types of sugar-free candy as well. Zollipops, her main type of candy, can be found in multiple well-known chains such as Target, Krogers, and Whole Foods. Morse’s ability to solve this very common problem has made her a wildly successful young entrepreneur.

Follow the link to learn more about Zolli Candy:https://zollipops.com/?gclid=CjwKCAiAlNf-BRB_EiwA2osbxYbyWUvxNPnqZgFevK76jfiIozI3HkX9TwxBlu5HGY3oLJAcgaLBvBoCkkYQAvD_BwE

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Categories : Business, Candy, Candy, Detroit, Healthy Lifestyle, Youngest Entrepreneurs

Asia Newson – Super Business Girl

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· Monday, November 16th, 2020

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When Asia Newson was just 5 years old, she watched her dad go door to door selling candles in the Detroit area. She decided she wanted to learn to make and sell candles for herself. From a very young age, Asia had an impressive understanding of different business concepts including developing her own sales pitch.

“Hi, I’m Asia Newson, and I’m known as Detroit’s youngest entrepreneur.” This simple pitch caught the attention of many.

Now, eight years later, Asia makes and sells her own candles, and she has expanded her business into one that trains other young entrepreneurs about the basics to owning and running a business. It is called Super Business Girl. On her online store, Asia also sells t-shirts, mugs, jewelry, and bags. The proceeds from both the online store and her training program go to help buy clothes and food for children in need.

Although Asia is a teenager now, she has easily adapted her sales pitch to focus on her training program. Super Business Girl targets middle school and high school students while encouraging entrepreneurial thinking to those who may not have thought about running their own business before.

Asia runs her workshop business under Bamboo Detroit, which is a business incubator for start-ups. One of the owners, Dave Anderson, met Asia while she was selling candles and took her under his wing. He gave her tips to improve her packaging and helped her with business techniques. Asia learned a lot about saving and investing money for her business.

In 2015, Asia made an appearance on Ellen where she talked all about her ambitions and goals as a young entrepreneur and woman in America. This ambition has given her lots of recognition and ultimately has played a huge role in her entrepreneurial success.

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Categories : Candles, Detroit, Handmade, Kids, Social Entrepreneur, Youngest Entrepreneurs

Vincent Charles Salon – run by an 11 year old

Posted by Hannah Sedam

· Friday, November 8th, 2019

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Vince Weishaus is a 11-year-old hair stylist in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Vince has his own salon in his parent’s basement. He started doing hair when he was 2 years old with braiding his mother’s hair and playing with his sister’s dolls. His favorite hairstyle to do was braiding. He gave his first haircut to his grandmother at the age of 5 under the careful supervision and assistance of his Aunt.

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From there, Vince’s love for hair grew, so much so that his parents gave him his own salon for his 9^th birthday. The supplies were donated from his old neighbor who moved to a different house. Vincent Charles Salon was open for appointments, all free of charge.

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His Instagram has only around 2500 follower, but highlights a smiley, happy young boy living out his dream. Vince Weishaus enjoys being a stylist because he enjoys making people feel happy. While Vince is still young, he wants to become a celebrity hair colorist. The sky is the limit when you work hard and do what you love and continue to work hard. Vince figured out that is you love your work, you won’t “work” a day in your life.

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Categories : Beauty, Celebrities, Charity, Detroit, Fashion, Makeup, News, Youngest Entrepreneurs

A “Seven Nation Army” Could not Hold Jack White Back

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· Sunday, September 16th, 2018

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Jack White, famous for being the lead singer of the White Stripes, still impacts the world with his music and brilliant mind. Despite the early 2000’s band breaking up, Jack White continues to crank out his own solo albums, one of which he released this year and climbed to the top of the US 200 Billboard.With deep, often strange lyrics, and screeching, distorted guitar melodies, Jack White tops his performances off with color coordinated clothes, instruments, and lights. Along with producing his own albums, he opened up Third Man Records in 2009, a combination of a record store, studio, and concert venue. After opening up another branch of Third Man in Detroit in 2015, White felt inspired to extend it into a large vinyl-pressing factory in 2017 called Third Man Pressing, making it the only place where records can be made-to-order. Ben Blackwell, co-founder of Third Man Pressing and nephew of Jack White, says that “For Detroit to continue moving forward, you need to have different ideas. [Manufacturing] is a field that’s driven by creativity. That’s something this city has always been flush with.”

Jack White, while often considered an acquired taste, is one of the most creative and innovative musicians of this decade. Not only does he have a creative mind, but also a business-like one. Throughout White’s career, he has faced many struggles and criticisms, but he still held his head up high and worked his way to fame. “There are many people out there who will tell you that you can’t,” White says,”What you’ve got to do is turn around and say, ‘Watch me.'” Jack White’s passion is to turn music back into the raw, emotion-filled expression that it used to be, and no one can get in-between an inspired man and his dream. White not only revolutionized the rock n’ roll industry, but he also demonstrated the flexibility of the title of ‘entrepreneur’. Jack White is a living example of where creativity, hard work, and talent can take a person.

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