Archive for Millennial Enrepreneuers – Page 7

TeaCakes by Chloe

Posted by blanktc21 
· Thursday, November 18th, 2021 
· 4 Comments

 

At a certain age, parents decide it’s time to start teaching their children how to be responsible with their money, and learn how to value costly items. The best way to teach a child to value money, is to make them work for it. I’m sure most of us remember our first big purchase, for me it was the iPod touch, a whopping $200. In the eyes of a 7-year-old, this may as well be $1,000. Chloe Smith, a 7-year-old girl from Louisana, desperately begged her parents for an electric scooter; her parents, wanting to turn this into a learning experience, told her that she would need to earn the money herself. This meant that she has to come up with $249 herself. Unlike many her age, this was no big feat for Chloe and her entrepreneurial mind.

With the help of her nana, Kathy Phelps, the two started baking family recipes and selling them to the locals. Chloe’s business rapidly grew, and her teacakes could be found in small shops around town.  She networked through family members; specifically her Uncle Larry in Australia, who’s coworkers wanted Chloe’s TeaCakes. Eventually, TeaCakes by Chloe was an international business. Not only were her cakes delicious, but each package had a personalized hand-drawn label. Without realizing it, Chloe became a marketer, entrepreneur, and successful business woman in a little less than a month.

Chloe’s grandma believes that this business not only got her the electric scooter, but also showed her that “you have to work for money” and be patient. This experience also helped Chloe in her academics, as she read all the recipes herself and measured the ingredients. Chloe’s business was no ‘one-hit-wonder’ as she plans on continuing baking even after college. “When I get about 20-years-old,” Chloe she says that she wants to open up her own TeaCake Shop.

TeaCake’s by Chloe serves as an inspiration to many other young entrepreneurs. All it takes is dedication and follow through. If Chloe decided that $249 was impossible to raise, then it would be impossible. Having faith in yourself and your work is the first big step in becoming a successful business. Sometimes older entrepreneurs get too obsessed with the fine details, and they overthink things to the point where the passion is no longer there. Chloe’s business goes to show that we all could benefit from doing a little less thinking, and a lot more doing.

Made in LA: 7-year-old entrepreneur starts baking business (kplctv.com)

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Categories : Business, Cakes, Cookies, Cookies, Cooking, Food, Kids, Millennial Enrepreneuers, Youngest Entrepreneurs

Erin Zaikis and Sundara

Posted by blendermannkj20 
· Monday, November 15th, 2021 
· 2 Comments

We don’t think much about soap. It’s just a simple necessity for us to wash our hands and keep ourselves clean. But would you be surprised that there are people in the world that have never seen a bar of soap before? Probably not, but in many impoverished countries today, over 800 children under the age of 5 die from diseases as a result of compromised hygiene and sanitation. Erin Zaikis hopes to change all that with her company, Sandara.

Erin’s company Sandara recycles used hotel soap to redistribute across Uganda, India, and Myanmar in an effort to increase hygiene and education as well. She knew that children around the world were dying without access to sanitation products, while big corporations like hotels were throwing out old soap after just one use. Erin saw what a big problem this was and founded Sundara in 2013 to combat this current issue. Sundara first started as a non-profit business recycling used hotel soap, but it evolved into a bigger company that now works across different countries and provides education and work opportunities to single mothers, domestic abuse victims, and widows. Their main values include fostering dignity, building sustainability, agility, and female empowerment. This is shown through Sundara’s two different programs, Rise Fellowship and Emergency Aid. Rise Fellowship provides “mentorship, seed funding, and resources to female entrepreneurs living in low to middle class income countries.” In addition, Emergency Aid is a program dedicated to providing urgent, short-term relief to those who need it immediately. Erin’s company has impacted thousands of women and children around the world and over the past 8 years, has recycled over a million bars of soap and reaches 200,000 people with serious hygiene education every year.

Erin has worked with Sundara for the past several years to help fight the rampant issue of sanitation and hygiene for women and children in poor countries around the world. Her company has changed the lives of many, giving dignity and respect back to those who need it. Erin Zaikis is a true entrepreneur with her company and let’s hope she continues to change the world with her innovative ideas.

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Categories : Business, Great Ideas, Millennial Enrepreneuers, Millennial Entrepreneurs, Social Entrepreneur, Women Entrepreneurs

Italian Graphic Design Entrepreneur

Posted by warburgle21 
· Sunday, November 14th, 2021 
· 1 Comment

Do you ever wonder how you can make your social media look appealing? 

    Antia D’Alisera is not merely a successful YouTuber. Born in Rome Italy, and now a freshman at Kings College in London, she was raised by her father who is a movie producer and her mother who is an interior designer in Rome. Her older sister recently graduated from Parsons School of Design for fashion. Anita is surrounded by excellent taste and a beautiful eye for aesthetics. While on vacation, Anita and her family frequently travel to their house on an island off of Greece called Patmos. From growing up surrounded by her parents and sister’s excellent taste in style, art, and design, Anita has found a passion and deep interest for graphic designs, film, beauty and exquisite aesthetics. She is gifted with ideaphoria and can easily put her ideas into practice, since she currently has her own YouTube channel and her own graphic design business.   

    Anita D’Alisera, known as AniDali on Youtube (and for all her social media platforms), is currently a content creator for more than 6 years reaching 26.4 thousand subscribers. She is a young entrepreneur since she gets paid by YouTube, and also started her own graphic design business in 2020. The purpose of her business is to help Youtubers create aesthetic intro, outro, and banner templates for their Youtube channel. She customizes people’s needs based on what their YouTube channel is about and her prices are very affordable. There is a demand for having YouTube channels be pleasing, since the more the effort in regards to how one’s presentation looks the more people will subscribe to it. This is understandable and what a person says in their videos matters as well. 

   On the Fiverr website, an online marketplace for freelancers, Anita mentions that in addition to helping YouTubers create graphic designs, she customizes beautiful templates for clients’ social media as well. Anita has an entrepreneurial mindset because she realizes that not everyone is a YouTuber so she has branched out to help people make their other social media platforms look attractive and beautiful. Anita’s talent for design at her young age promises a lifetime of inspiration to create beauty and make it known.

Here is additional information on Anita D’Alisera: 

https://www.fiverr.com/anidali/create-graphics-for-your-social-medias 

https://www.instagram.com/anidali/?hl=it 

https://www.youtube.com/c/AniDali/featured 

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Categories : Beauty, better version of yourself, Business::Entrepreneurs, Business::Home Based Business, Content Entrepreneurs, Creating, Decor, Design, Entrepreneurship, Great Ideas, Millennial Enrepreneuers, Social Media, Video Production, Women Entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneur, YouTube
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Bella Weems: Origami Owl

Posted by campagnama21 
· Saturday, November 13th, 2021 
· 3 Comments

Bella Weems is a 28-year-old who is the founder of the jewelry company Origami Owl. At just 14 years old, she turned her passion into a business after her parents told her she would have to earn her first car. Her passion for handcrafting jewelry turned into a multi-million-dollar business.See the source image

Origami Owls main product is called the “Living Locket” which is a locket which you can add in your own, personalized charms to. This is unique because each charm can represent the persons hobbies and interests and showcase them when they wear the necklace. Bella also sells bracelets, earrings, and other accessories.

Bella is a busy kid entrepreneur, but she still allots time to give back. She started the “Owlettes Initiative” in which she personally mentors young aspiring entrepreneurs ages 12-17. Bella shares tips with these kids and any advice from her success story. I think this part of her business is truly inspiring because she found a way to help others as well as keep up a successful business.

Bella says the best part of being a kid entrepreneur is, “…being able to encourage kids of all ages to not be afraid to reach for their dreams and never let anyone tell them they’re not good enough or their idea isn’t good enough.” Bella’s business Origami Owl not only lets people express themselves through their jewelry but inspires young entrepreneurs to take the risk to start making something they are passionate about become big.

11 Successful Kid Entrepreneurs Keeping Their Eyes on the Prize

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Categories : Art, Beauty, Business::Entrepreneurs, Creating, Design, Entrepreneurship, Fashion, Jewelry, Jewelry, Mentorship, Millennial Enrepreneuers, Startups, Uncategorized, Women Entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneur
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City Bonfires-A Mini Mobile Bonfire

Posted by Sophia Whiteman 
· Friday, November 5th, 2021 
· 6 Comments

City Bonfires was created and is still produced in Maryland.  It was created by Chris McCasland and Michael Opalski when both of their jobs were impacted because of the Covid-19 pandemic.  Because of this, they were both at home a lot more than they were used to and started looking for something to do with all of this time they had recently acquired.  I think that it is really great that they make everything right in Maryland and with American made materials.

City Bonfires sells several different product packages on their website.  They sell just the “portable firepit”, three different smore packs (which include smore ingredients since these are safe to cook over, and scented ones which interestingly you can also still cook over.  I think this is a very interesting concept and something that has been missing on the market.  Yes there have been other little fire makers out there, but none that are made out of food grade wax and plant based materials that makes them perfectly safe to cook things like smores over.

I really like the idea and execution of City Bonfires.  I believe that with innovation cool niche products like this can really make a go of it.  There is nothing quite as perfect and well thought out as this product on the market.  I think it is very fun that this whole company came from the pandemic.

Shop Page – City Bonfires

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Categories : Baking, Business, Business::Entrepreneurs, Candles, Convenience, Cooking, Creating, Entrepreneurship, Experience, Handmade, Millennial Enrepreneuers, Millennial Entrepreneurs, Online Companies, Recycling

Catherine Cook and Her Yearbook

Posted by methenyem21 
· Thursday, November 4th, 2021 
· 2 Comments

In 2005, Catherine Cook and her brother Dave were just two normal high school students without any kind of technology or business experience. One day, the two of them sat down to go through their Yearbook, as many students do, when they had the idea of combining their yearbook with the current technology boom. They proposed doing this by digitalizing yearbooks and putting them on the internet to create an interactive experience.

The pair decided to approach their older brother who was already a very successful entrepreneur and was interested enough in their idea to invest money into it and help them get the idea off the ground. I think looking back on this story, and their brother’s belief in this idea, you can see the foresight that these young entrepreneurs had to recognize that the digital age was coming and if they could harness that, it would take them very far.

The business began to grow significantly, and in 2008 it was the fastest growing social media site in the U.S. and had 11 million members. Over the years Catherine has been a huge innovator through MyYearbook and has been constantly brainstorming features to keep it popular and current. The most recent innovation the company has done is a huge rebrand with a new name, MeetMe. A huge takeaway that Catherine has mentioned from this experience is staying true to your vision, if you do this, no one will be able to knock you down all the way, and the growth of your business can be limitless.

Sources

https://vanitystardom.com/founder-of-myyearbook-catherine-cook/

Catherine Cook – How MyYearbook.com Was Founded (businessideaslab.com)

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Categories : Great Ideas, Millennial Enrepreneuers, Technology, Websites

Creating Temporary Housing from Origami

Posted by blendermannkj20 
· Monday, October 25th, 2021 
· 4 Comments

It’s amazing how the simple practice of folding paper has managed to find itself as the hobbies of many nowadays. Origami came from the ancient Japanese practice of folding paper into different shapes and figures. This seemingly simple idea of folding paper was the exact inspiration for Tina Hovsepian and her company.

Cardborigami is a combination of origami and cardboard. Tina’s idea for the company came to her during a senior design project when she was asked to rethink the idea of ‘temporary shelter.’ That’s when she made her first prototype of a temporary, foldable, and cardboard shelter for the homeless. It was immediately a hit, and she started her company in 2010 and it has been successfully running for the past 11 years. The Cardborigami website says, “Our centerpiece product provides immediate emergency shelter to homeless and/or disaster-impacted populations, allowing us to support the work of established partner organizations that offer transitional pathways into permanent housing and other long-term services.” This statement sums up Cardborigami very well and establishes what their goal is. Cardborigami even offers other programs like social enterprise, disaster preparedness, and pop-up homeless shelter sites in addition to their main product.

Carborigami’s mission supports the homeless, which is a big social issue nowadays, and their main product is very clever. Cardboard is biodegradable, so it’s healthy for the environment after it breaks down, and it’s foldable and easy to transport, so anyone can bring it with them for an easy and temporary roof over their heads. Tina even comments on design by saying, “Design fundamentally impacts the daily life of people. Architects are armed with aggressively creative ideas and innovative solutions to complex problems. With more designers taking leadership and focusing their talent on socially responsible design, the world would be a better place.” It is absolutely true that designers bring a lot to the table when it comes to coming up with new ideas and changing the world for the better. “Socially responsible design” could be this company’s mantra, and they are truly succeeding in their mission. It is a wonderful idea to address this issue in the world and I hope to see more Cardborigami products giving shelter to those in need.

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Categories : Business, Great Ideas, Millennial Enrepreneuers, Millennial Entrepreneurs, Social Entrepreneur, Youngest Entrepreneurs

ZUCC

Posted by richardsonlg20 
· Sunday, October 24th, 2021 
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Mark Zuckerberg is one of the most famous company founders in American history, but his story is more than just that of a successful businessman.  Zuckerberg was also very young when he started Facebook.  Amazingly, Zuckerberg was just 19 years old when his idea came to life, which has become one of the largest companies in the world.  In 2004, Zuckerberg, along with Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes, who were also students, made Facebook a reality.  The idea for Facebook came in 2003, when Zuckerberg created a short lived website called Facemash.  Facemash ultimately fizzled out quickly, but its successor, known as The Facebook is a different story.  The site allowed college students (specifically at Harvard) to create public profiles with pictures and personal information, allowing for online connections between students.

The Facebook Movie Told Us What We Needed to Know About Mark Zuckerberg - The New York Times

The site quickly took off.  Soon, students from Yale and Stanford joined, and Facebook spread from there, initially to only students.  In June of 2004, there were more than 250,000 profiles on The Facebook.  Off of this foundation, Zuckerberg grew his company and his website exponentially.  From 2004 to 2006, Zuckerberg’s website, now known simply as Facebook, gained features such as the Wall and the ability to tag people in photos.  Additionally, in 2006, Facebook moved beyond being a service exclusively for students, and added the ability for anyone 13 or older to join.  Facebook went public in 2012, when Zuckerberg was just 28, and soon had a market value of $102.4 billion.  After it’s Facebook’s first day on the market, Zuckerberg was worth over $19 billion.  Today Zuckerberg is 37, and is the 5th richest person in the world.

9 Facts That Show How Wealthy Mark Zuckerberg Really Is

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Categories : Millennial Enrepreneuers, Technology
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Timothy Armoo Co-founder and CEO of Fanbytes

Posted by schwarzop21 
· Saturday, October 23rd, 2021 
· 1 Comment

Timothy Armoo is the co-founder and CEO of the social media marketing company Fanbytes. Fanbytes helps brands market on social media platforms used by 13-25 year-olds. Because of the company’s expertise on social media platforms used by Gen Z, Fanbytes advertisements typically outperform traditional ads by 4:1.

Timothy started and sold his own media company at 17 years old, he then used his experience to co-found Fanbytes his second year of college. Timothy has noted that Gen Z has grown up with social media and has a buying power of 150 billion dollars, and so is an unavoidable marketing segment. Timothy Armoo gives this advice:

“Focus on serving the smallest possible market and delight them. It can be easy to think everyone is your customer, but focusing on being incredibly valuable to a small subset of your audience is critical to making you stand out in the market”.

Fanbytes has worked with many companies and organizations including Apple, McDonald’s, and the UK Government. The company has won Timothy Armoo many awards and accolades including:

“Most Influential Person in Marketing and Advertising” – Evening Standard.
“Leading the new school of marketing” – Forbes Magazine.
“Creating the WPP of Gen Z” – Huffington Post.

 

I think Timothy’s advice is very helpful. It’s great to see a company that is so specialized, successful, and has a clear focus on doing what it’s good at.

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Categories : Business, Millennial Enrepreneuers, Millennial Entrepreneurs

Erik Zamudio: Re-imagining How Brands Connect With Their Customers

Posted by marstonew20 
· Saturday, October 23rd, 2021 
· 1 Comment

One day in May of 2015, Erik Zamudio and Gregg Morton came up with the idea of their company Fooji during lunchtime. They were debating what to get to satisfy their hunger when they came up with a solution of using emojis to randomly select popular meals from local restaurants. This duo wasted no time and filed for a patent the very next day. Fooji started working with large brands such as Verizon, and with their growing success then pivoted to working only with other businesses. Erik and Greg came to the realization that Fooji could be used to reinvent social media marketing. The way Fooji does this is through hashtags paired with emojis on social media platforms to trigger the delivery of products, which creates an interaction that effectively connects brands and their customers. Fooji has worked with many famous clients such as Disney, Amazon, Adidas, Kohl’s, and Lay’s.

One example of how Fooji has implemented their innovative solution is their Silicon Valley project. They partnered with HBO to help promote season five of the show Silicon Valley. Fans who tweeted #Sliceline and a pizza emoji would via drone be delivered a pizza in a box designed to resemble one of the companies in the show, Sliceline. Fooji targeted fans of the show, relevant influencers, venture capitalists, journalists, and actors form the show. This movement reached #1 trending on Twitter in the U.S., and Fooji was praised for it’s distinctive deliveries and innovation.

Fooji started out with a purpose to solve a specific problem (indecisiveness in choosing what to have for lunch), but later pivoted when they recognized an opportunity that they could take advantage of. This is an example of entrepreneurial thinking, which includes constant evolution and the liquid nature of ideas. Erik Zamudio and Gregg Morton did not have this grand vision of revolutionizing social media marketing from the start, but their original idea lead to what Fooji is now.

Erik Zamudio said in an interview, “Reinvention is really breaking something down and completely revisiting what it meant originally.” Fooji took a look a the current state of social media marketing and questioned if things have to be the way they are. This is evidence that the solution Fooji struck upon is truly innovative. The story of Fooji is a reminder of the vast opportunities for innovation everywhere you look.

 

https://www.forbes.com/profile/erik-zamudio/?list=30under30-marketing-advertising&sh=3ab589c22cce

https://fooji.com/about

https://blog.fooji.com/the-story-of-fooji-%EF%B8%8F-1937df3159c4

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