Benjamin Pasternak was born September 6, 1999 in Sydney, New South Wales, AU. What made Ben famous was a smartphone game that he created in class when he was 14, it was called Impossible Rush and he sold it later for $200. This game became a huge hit which led to him creating a second smartphone game, Impossible Dial, which also was a huge success and was sold for $85,000. After these two games Ben came up with Flogg, a social media specifically for teens that allowed them to sell and buy things on. Flogg was for a short time the no. 1 trending app in the United States, Germany, and Australia. After the success of Flogg Ben dropped out of high school and moved to Manhattan. In 2016 Monkey, an App that Ben co-founded, was launched; it was an app for teenagers to meet people through a short video chat. Monkey hit no.1 on the US Apple App Store. In 2017 Monkey was sold to Holla for an unknown amount. In 2018 Ben started a new company called NUGGS which engineered a vegan “chicken nugget”; This company is aimed at ending factory farming. Now Ben is still working on NUGGS and we have yet to see if it will be a success but from what he has accomplished in his past I believe he has a high chance of creating another successful product. If Ben Pasternak does not inspire you, I don’t know who will, he created three new apps and is the CEO of his own business at age 20. That is inspiring.
Archive for Food – Page 9
In 2004, fourteen-year-old Fraser Doherty of Scotland began a remarkable career. It all started when his grandmother taught him her jam recipe, which contained 100% fruit. In 2007 (using his grandmother’s recipe), Doherty took his jam company, SuperJam, to Waitrose – a UK supermarket company. Doherty went on to become the youngest person to ever supply a large supermarket chain.
By the time Fraser was seventeen, he had generated over $750,000 in sales. Furthermore, he has sold millions of cans of jam since the company’s inception. In addition to this, Doherty went on to invest in many charitable projects and organizations. He has hosted hundreds of free “SuperJam Tea Parties” for the elderly and has invested much of his time into community beekeeping projects.
Fraser has also written many books, from business how-to guides to cookbooks. He has also received many awards, such as the “Enterprising Young Brit of the Year” award in 2004 and the “Global Student Entrepreneur of the Year” award in 2007.
In 2013, Doherty co-founded Beer52, the world’s largest beer club. It has become one of the must successful startups in Scotland, with more than 200,000 customers. Beer52 also produces the UK’s top craft beer magazine, Ferment.
What started as a fun experience with his grandmother has radically transformed Fraser’s life. All it took was acting upon a unique idea: a jam made with 100% fruit.
Mikaila Ulmer brainstormed an idea for the Acton Children’s Business Fair and Austin’s Lemonade Day at the age of four. Her family encouraged her to enter the competition, but it wasn’t until a couple strange events occurred before an idea sprung into her mind. While brainstorming an id
ea, Mikaila was stung by a bee twice, and then her grandma sent a 1940’s cookbook with a special flax-seed lemonade recipe hidden amongst the abundant amount of recipes. It was at this moment that Mikaila decided to sell her grandmother’s lemonade recipe and donate a portion of the proceeds towards saving the honeybees. Mikaila sweetens her lemonade with local honey, which helps promote her efforts to protect honeybees. Mikaila has worked hard to understand the importance of honeybees, and now she works hard to make others aware of how the environment depends on the honeybees’ pollination process. When Mikaila isn’t selling her lemonade, she is leading workshops on how to save the honeybees. She is only fourteen, but she is determined to protect something she loves.
I am impressed by how Mikaila created something important to her at such a young age. Mikaila stumbled across the idea, but research and further thought helped shape the two occurrences that presented themselves into a successful innovative product. On her website, it shares the Mikaila is still developing and adapting her product, which is an example of the material learned in class. Even though one has a good idea, it may need adjusted in order to maintain success. Also, Mikaila used the support around her throughout this process. We learned that bouncing ideas off of other people can generate great success, and that is exactly what Mikaila did with her family. It was the help of those around her that helped create a successful business idea. Mikaila is a great example of a young entrepreneur, and it was cool to see how she created a product from two random events. All it takes is some creative thinking to combine everyday occurrences.
Lauren Bush, granddaughter of former President George W. Bush, was born in Denver, Colorado but was raised in Houston, Texas. She grew up in the spotlight, earning an internship with the NBC sitcom, Friends, and modeling. After graduating from Princeton University with a B.A. in anthropology and a certificate in photography, she signed with Elite Model Management. Although she loves modeling and fashion, her heart was pulling her in a different direction.
At the age of 26, Lauren Bush launched FEED Projects, which is a social enterprise. Emerging after Lauren traveled the world with World Food Programme, FEED believes what people choose to buy has the power to change the world. FEED offers everything from accessories to home goods, while working directly with artisans to provide sustainable lives for the partnership and families.
As of October of 2017, FEED Projects has donated over 100 million meals through their sales and fundraisers. Through her work with FEED, Lauren Bush was the first National Lady Godiva Honoree and in 2013, she accepted the Advocacy Award from the World of Children Awards. She was also named Fortune‘s 2009 Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs, the 2010 Accessories Council Humanitarian Award, 2011 Stevie Award for Best Non-Profit Executive, and named Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneurs.
Lauren Bush has impacted lives worldwide; she understood not only how to directly help feed hungry children worldwide, but how to create jobs for artisan individuals to provide an income for them and their families. She took two causes that she felt passionate about and figured out how to provide for both of them within one business.
Many young women looking to make a difference in this world can look to Lauren Bush. While incorporating her passion for fashion and feeding the hungry, she has helped to change the lives of many while being an inspiration for young, loving entrepreneurs everywhere.
Andrew Rea is a film school grad, turned self-taught chef, turned YouTube sensation. Currently with over 3.5 million subscribers on YouTube, Andrew and his channel Binging with Babish has taken the site by storm through his artful and accurate recreations of some of the most famous culinary creations throughout film, TV, and video games. The name Binging with Babish comes from the character Oliver Babish from the TV series, The West Wing, one of Rea’s favorite TV series. The channel’s first viral hit that rocketed the series’ popularity and growth was a video in which he recreated The Moistmaker Thanksgiving sandwich from the TV series, Friends.
Rea started in his own humble home, moved to a New York City apartment, and has now recently acquired a studio kitchen/apartment combo in which he and his business partner, Sawyer, work out of. Rea and his series are the perfect embodiment of taking an unsuccessful situation, in this case Rea’s film-making career, and adding a new element, his passion for the food and film worlds, and turning it all into a more than successful career and bright future.
Fahad is an entrepreneur from Tanzania. He is making jobs and boosting income within his community. He is a co-founder of a cashew processing company called YYTZ Agro-Processing. His goal by creating this company was to bring international standards and traceability to the cashew nut. The company has a warehouse and distribution center in Toronto, Canada. The company recently raised a $500,000 investment which came from the Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund. This serves to establish another facility in south east Tanzania.
Fahad has an idea and has stuck to it. He has brought several jobs to the local farmers and the community which is beneficial for the people and the local economy. Fahad seems like a true entrepreneur and hefa wants his ideas to benefit the area he lives in. This company seems very promising in its efforts to connect internationally and as it continues to expand should continue to broaden to new lands.
The options for sweet deserts, such as ice cream, have always been off limits for those who are dairy-free; until now. Meet Matthew Billington, the CEO of OLelei’s. At the young age of 18, Matt is in charge of OLelei’s which is a dairy-free option company. OLelei currently offers dairy-free milk, yogurt, and ice cream. These products are all made with almond milk which doesn’t contain any trace of dairy.
Matt started this business back in 2015 through the Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) program. YES is a program based solely out of New Zealand that offers 12-13 year students an opportunity to create a business venture and run it. Matt, along with his some of his classmates, participated in this program and created OLelei’s. They saw an opportunity in market for lactose intolerant people who were limited to a certain amount of dairy-free products. Matt emphasis the fact that OLelei’s main mission is to include everyone saying, “Inclusion is one of our core values. It doesn’t matter who you are, what you eat, where you’re from, what nationality you are, what race you are, what you’re allergic to, our products cater for everyone. We want to make sure everybody feels included” (You Unlimited).
YES allowed them to learn things that were unteachable in the classroom such as networking and managing. In 2017, Matt along with his team had won the Lion Foundation YES national award. OLelei is now currently stocked everywhere in New Zealand. Not only has Matt created a brand that offers a different type of tasty food, but has also helped solve problem for those who are live a dairy-free lifestyle.
Most of us think back to when we were six and we remember playing outside and just goofing around. Not Cory Nieves also known as “Mr. Cory”. At six he was dreaming of making the world better for everyone he knows. In 2010 he told his mother, Lisa, that he wanted to buy himself a car because he was sick of taking the bus to school. He said to raise money to buy the car he would sell hot cocoa in his neighborhood in the town of Englewood, New Jersey. After realizing that her son had extreme his dedication to his new business, Lisa encouraged him to continue his business and try to save enough money for college. So that’s what he did
.
He expanded to selling lemonade and cookies alongside the hot cocoa per request from loyal customers. After trying to find the perfect recipe Cory and Lisa found it and took that recipe and made a whole variety of exciting flavors. There cookies are made with all-natural flavors for his health-conscious customers and include flavors like: Double Dark, Oatmeal Raisin, and Sugar. He has worked with companies like Aetna, Barney’s, Bloomingdales, Citibank, J. Crew, Macy’s, Mercedes-Benz, Pottery Barn, Ralph Lauren, TOMS, Viacom, Whole Foods, Williams-Sonoma and now our partner, Mr. Marcus Lemonis. Cory has a born intuition for entrepreneurial things. He plans to continue his business to save up for college and much more. I for one cannot wait to see where he goes!
In a face paced world, the need for sustained energy is only growing. Many people look to energy drinks to provide this energy. Unfortunately, the most common problem with most energy drinks happens to be the presence of chemicals and artificial ingredients. As people become more health conscious there becomes a market for a healthy alternative energy drink. 27 year-old Tatiana Birgisson recognized this need and has created the first healthy energy drink that actually provides the sustained energy consumers are looking for. With her creation of MATI Energy she has seen great success and even received over 5 million dollars in funding. With MATI Energy there is now a healthy way to feel awake and ready to seize the day!
https://www.drinkmati.com/
Brandless is an online retailer started by Ido Leffler and Tina Sharkey. The company sells household products from toothpaste to ketchup. The main idea is to just give people the products they want without any additional costs that come with buying from brand names. Each product simply states what it is, and its ingredients. For example, you may buy a bottle of just mustard, and you’ll get a yellow bottle of mustard, no brand name, and just it’s ingredients list.
The other reason why they are doing this online is so that they can cut out supermarkets and such so that its easier and cheaper for people. They also only sell hundreds of items, as opposed to the thousands or millions on Amazon or Walmart. They want to keep things simple and clean. With every item bought, they donate a percentage of that to Feeding America.
Some information on Brandless.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brandless-new-online-retailer-household-product-3-dollars/
https://brandless.com/
https://nrf.com/blog/how-brandless-reimagining-modern-consumption