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From Dogs to Diamonds: Adelle Archer and Eterneva

Posted by Michael Crowley

· Monday, September 20th, 2021

· 1 Comment

Adelle Archer wanted to change the way people remember their loved ones and pets. The funeral industry has been trending toward cremation for years now, an often cheaper alternative to burial. However, Archer felt that this process could be improved: instead of loved ones’ and pets’ ashes going in an urn on the mantle, they could be made into wearable diamond jewelry. She thought this would be a sustainable business idea and she was right. In 2019, Eterneva was featured on SharkTank, with Mark Cuban investing in it. Since, Everneva has grown into a successful company helping people remember their pets and loved ones.

This idea is great for several reasons. For one, it is unique and original. I have never heard of making diamonds from ashes before. It appears that since this company has launched there is considerable interest in the topic. The funeral industry is highly profitable and to be an innovator in it can be extremely lucrative. Eterneva seems to be an early player to the table with this idea. Additionally, this is a neat idea because it allows people to have a more interactive experience with their loved ones after their passing. Instead of sitting on a mantlepiece in an urn, a person’s loved ones can be taken with them in the form of a diamond. Their remains can be made into a bracelet or a necklace. They can even be made into a ring. These jewelry pieces can be worn to special events or even every day. No matter where you go you can have a piece of mom or dad on your finger or around your neck. This is a far more interactive way to remember loved ones than a burial plot or an urn on a mantlepiece. In the minimalistic culture in which we find ourselves, this is a fabulous way to remember loved ones without them taking up much space – something often valued highly by Millennials and Gen Z.

In conclusion, Adelle Archer has a great idea and has been building a company with a unique idea that will likely appeal to many young people today.

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Categories : Business, Business::Entrepreneurs, Jewelry, Millennial Entrepreneurs

Sarah Anderson- A 19 year old small Business owner

Posted by ivoryee21

· Monday, September 20th, 2021

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Sarah, is a young entrepreneur who decided to also go onto college to study Entrepreneurial studies as well. Sarah is a freshman in college and decided to start her own Etsy business her junior year of High School into her senior year. Sarah is a very sweet girl, who devotes her business to creating inspiring, creative bracelets for young girls. She named her shop Amour Toujour Design, also known as “love always” in French. She was pleasantly surprised at how popular her business quickly became over time.

Sarah is very good at also keeping up with the trends, which keeps her target market customers coming back to her site. Especially these last few years, people are more and more interested with the current trends as well as online/small business shopping. With new trends every month, Sarah updates her colors, bead sizes/shapes, and creative sayings that fit in with what younger girls want at the moment. Along with bracelets, Sarah also has some rings she offers on her site as well. The smiley face, which has become more popular, is one of her featured rings.

Sarah’s Etsy shop, which she created at a young age, also shows kids of all ages that they are capable of doing whatever they put their mind to. Sarah had also found, that she is capable of creating something special as well. Sarah continues to continue her shop into college and hopefully further her designs with a few more entrepreneurial tactics up her sleeve after college. Etsy is a great platform for any young entrepreneur who wants to put their designs/products out to the public eye. Sarah is a great example of how you can take a product or design and make a little profit on the side. Her products are fun, creative, and trendy, and definitely worth checking out!

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Categories : Business::Entrepreneurs, Design, Jewelry

Hart Main and the ManCan

Posted by loschdl21

· Saturday, September 18th, 2021

· 1 Comment

Hart Main went from a 13 year old with some soup cans to an entrepreneur making six figures annually. It all started when Hart wanted a $1,200 bike, and in lieu of mowing lawns and shoveling driveways like every other kid, he decided to pursue a business instead. His idea arose when a confrontation with his sister lead to his discovery of a hole in the scented candle market. He discovered this hole could be filled with a more masculine take on scented candles, and thus he created the company ManCan. After some R&D, Hart nearly perfected his product and began selling in his community. Soon, his story got so big that he got picked up by the Associated Press and thus sales boomed.

Hart Main’s product always had a philanthropic angle. When just starting out, the soup cans needed to make the candles were consumed by his family and friends, however production increased and thus the soup followed suit. He eventually had enough soup to donate 200 units to a soup kitchen with the stipulation that the empty cans were to be returned. Later, instead of soup, ManCan began donating 75 cents from the proceeds of every candle sale to soup kitchens in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Michigan, thus continuing Hart’s philanthropic venture. As of July 21st, 2015, ManCan has donated $35,000 to soup kitchens in the United States, and thus that number is likely significantly larger now that it’s 2021 and ManCan is still in business.

After years of hard work and creativity, Hart Main has contributed to the economy as well as communities beyond his own. In four years, he went from packaging cans in his kitchen to a rented warehouse space with five employees. In his time as a teenager, Hart managed to create a product that is currently in stores in all 50 states as well as online as a part of Beaver Creek Candle Company.

Hart Main

Much of the information regarding Hart Main, as well as this photo, can be found here and here, and you can check out his candles for sale here.

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Categories : Candles, Male Entrepreneurs, Manufacturing, Millennial Entrepreneurs

Marlo Vernon’s CarePenguin

Posted by blanktc21

· Saturday, September 18th, 2021

· 3 Comments

CU Boulder Graduate finds an Innovative Way to Care for the Elderly

Marlo Vernon, CEO & Founder

Marlo Vernon, a Colorado University Boulder alumnus, discovered a common thread of concern for senior citizens during the Covid-19 pandemic. She recognized a need for a peace of mind from families who could not necessarily see their elderly family members as often as they would have liked to. Marlo relates an all too real scenario where loved ones would make daily phone calls to the elderly simply to see if they were still alive; this was a terrifying situation that she found a simple solution to, because “that’s not a conversation anyone wants to have.” Driven by her own concern for her grandparents while she was away at college and during the pandemic, Marlo, together with her father Todd Vernon, created CarePenguin (Home – CarePenguin).

CarePenguin is a noninvasive hot water sensor. No one wants a camera on in their house watching their every move; this hot water sensor shows activity in a house without that feeling of invasion of privacy. This mechanism detects every day procedures such as washing hands, brushing teeth, doing the dishes, watering the garden, etc.. By knowing that their loved ones are up and moving, families can go throughout their day with peace of mind. Marlo demonstrates an eye for a need in the community along with a solution to the problem. The CarePenguin app is simple and easy to use. By looking at an app on their phone, family members can see the last time a faucet was turned on. The app also senses lack of movement that alerts the user that it may be time to check in on their elderly.

Marlo’s mission to provide security within the home is inspiring to up and rising entrepreneurs like myself. She exemplifies the idea that you can help others and make money at the same time. At first thought, CarePenguin, didn’t make sense to me; but after further research, I saw how helpful the device really is. This shows me ideas that may seem “silly” or unhelpful at first, may have a different angle. Marlo and her father inspire me to reconsider ideas that I have downplayed in the past, and take a look at them from a different perspective.

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Categories : App, Business, Elderly Care, Great Ideas, Millennial Entrepreneurs

Lani Boo Bath

Posted by simmonsbw19

· Monday, December 14th, 2020

· 4 Comments

Jelani Jones once was a 9 near old girl with a dream, she wanted to use her creativity in a bigger way. This is the reason she started Lani Boo Bath making bath products. Jelani utilized her connections in the local farmers market to get her feet on the ground in the industry. With the help of a mentor that she grew close with she grew her creative bath products into a lucrative business. She also takes advantage of her unique situation being so young. She has many supporters locally as well as across the world. She sells her products at markets, trade shows, and on her website. Her products are variations of scented bath bombs and soaps. They are all homemade by Jelani herself, with natural ingredients. She is a great example of using her creative abilities and connections to build her story in the community so that she can become successful!

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Categories : Beauty, Mentorship, Millennial Enrepreneuers, Millennial Entrepreneurs

Hey it’s WordPress!

Posted by hasseea20

· Monday, November 30th, 2020

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Matthew Mullenweg grew up with hobbies like coding, art and economics. A fun mix. One of the main founders of WordPress, his hobbies and skills throughout his life led to many amazing web related ideas. In 2005 Matt left school at Houston and a consulting job to start his overhead business, Automattic. This later led to a slew of other companies that used Automattic as a launch pad, including WordPress. He was just nineteen when he decided to change the way people use the internet to publish.

Automattic and all of its resulting companies has turned into a completely virtual company of over 1,100 employees in more than 62 countries.

WordPress, which is used by many authors and writers to publish blogs, was started because of the closure of b2, the only other open source platform option at the time. Having used b2 throughout his life, its end was a pain for Matt. The idea and plan for WordPress started when Matt was approached online by a fellow coder after he had talked about the lack of a publishing space.

Using b2 as a starting base and template, the two entrepreneurs proceeded to build upon the main idea while improving any faults. A classic mash up of ideas and innovation, WordPress is now used by over 31 percent of the web. It is only one of many successes Matt made for himself, but it very much added to the open source world of the web.

He works on it constantly and takes joy from the benefit people receive.

From educational to professional, WordPress has added levels of simplicity, convenience, and efficiency to the way people work. Matt has an entrepreneur’s spirit, and from his career history so far, it is easy to see he looks for problems to solve and thrives in finding solutions.

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Categories : Blog, Business, Challenge, College, Communication, Convenience, Great Ideas, Male Entrepreneurs, Millennial Enrepreneuers, Millennial Entrepreneurs, Uncategorized

Drones: From the Public to the Government

Posted by WarrickCB20

· Friday, November 13th, 2020

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When most people consider starting their first business, most think of the simpler methods of drop shipping, Amazon selling, or some hands-on job like landscaping among other things. This is largely due to the simplicity and minimum risk associated with these ventures. However, George Matus was no ordinary 15 year old kid. From a very young age, George Matus was intrigued with the world of drones and UAVs or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. At the age of 14, Matus was a drone test flyer for a company.

Through this experience, George Matus says he soon compiled a list of things that would make the perfect drone. Using this knowledge, George started his own drone business: Teal Drones. Matus’ goal was to create a simple yet functional drone that could be easily operated by the general public. The support began pouring in and before George was 21, he had accumulated $15 million of venture funding for his idea. This is a major breakthrough and a significant step in the right direction for Matus and Teal Drones. They came out with several drone models that features the simplicity and performance that George had originally envisioned. Drone One was their most popular original product and its incredible popularity attracted much attention within the drone community.

While this is an accomplishment in it of itself, the real attention would come in the form of a government contract. This caused a dramatic shift in teals product line. While they still remained focused on the ideology of simplicity, functionality and the consumer, they now had enough traction to expand into the elite drone world. Their latest project is called the Golden Eagle and is a high tech, secure and highly functional drone. The description on their website states, “Golden Eagle is an American-made sUAS designed to be applied in a variety of use cases within the Department of Defense and other Government agencies. The Golden Eagle’s primary application is short-range ISR capabilities in government operations, but has been adopted by industry for managing wildlife and land, as well as infrastructure and security.” While this new product has commercial and public-friendly capabilities, it can be applied in a plethora of situations from search and rescue to surveillance to wildlife management. From an infrared camera to autonomous flight, George Matus and his team at Teal Drones has created an innovative drone and they have greatly impacted the arena of unmanned aerial vehicles.

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Categories : Military, Millennial Entrepreneurs, Technology, Uncategorized

25 year old Woman turns Fun Candle Side-Hustle into £10m Business.

Posted by Odonnellbg17

· Friday, November 13th, 2020

· 3 Comments

Think you are too busy to start a side-hustle? It is not worth it right? It could be rewarding but it will never pay off may be the answer to that. What if I told you the side0hustler could turn into a £10million business. Oh the sticker shock may not be in pounds, so how about 13,115,500.00 in US Dollars! All this from a side-hustle that started in a family kitchen 2 years ago.

Hannah Chapman, 25, worked a job dealing with social media two years ago, started melting wax at the age of 23 and it just took off. She started advertising on Instagram her candles and before she knew it she quit her day job to focus solely on making these candles. Chapman credits social media for her success, as without it she would not have the customer base she has today. She says, “That’s the beauty of social media – there are ways of leveraging it that don’t necessarily require money and I think that’s what makes it so exciting for budding companies and young entrepreneurs, it really levels the playing field.”

On top of all that, she is able to employ her dad as a worker in her supply chain. The business itself does not just rely on candle sales, also having wax melts, bath bombs, room sprays and other handmade items. What an accomplishment by Hannah!all information was found at https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/woman-starts-10m-candle-making-22993723

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Categories : Bath, Candles, Creating, Instagram, Millennial Entrepreneurs, Social Media, Women Entrepreneurs, Youngest Entrepreneurs

How do you Search?

Posted by morrownx18

· Monday, November 2nd, 2020

· 1 Comment

With so much information out there in the world, and everything turning digital, getting the information was hard. And at the start of the World Wide Web, search engines were few and far between; very hard to come by. That did not stop Blake Ross. Many do not know him for his name however, but for what he created: Mozilla FireFox, the search engine.

When people were first starting out the idea of gathering information from the internet was very cool, however, getting the information was a challenge. When the Web first came out, many people stuck to the original base search engine that came with the computer. It was hard to manage and navigate on, and allowed many people to not want to search information online. This gave Ross a great idea, create an easy to use search engine that could be interchanged on many devices – from Apple, to Microsoft, and even Sony – FireFox is a staple when it comes to search engines. It is very easy to use and has eliminated headaches of users.

The Mozilla FireFox search engine was released when Ross was only 19. He goes to show that you do not have to be from money, or even out of your teenage years to make a major life impact on the world. He took an idea, matched it to a problem and got to work. He establish, what today is considered a leading search engine, for computers all over the world, and released it at only 19. He is the definition of entrepreneur. He took an every day problem and created a solution.

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Categories : Millennial Entrepreneurs, Social Entrepreneur, Technology

myYearbook

Posted by osmonder19

· Friday, October 9th, 2020

· 3 Comments

A yearbook is a great way for students to reflect and look back on memories from the school year. It’s also a good opportunity for students to sign each other’s yearbooks and wish each other a great summer, otherwise known as H.A.G.S. However, these yearbooks can only connect students so much – after all it’s just a physical book. Seeing this problem, siblings Dave Cook and Catherine Cook decided to invent myYearbook – an online social networking site based on the concept of the yearbook. The siblings were fairly typical 15 and 16 year olds in high school at the time, but within a few years they had launched a successful company that made them millions of dollars.

In 2005, Dave and Catherine talked about the frustration of seeing people in the yearbook but not really being able to meet them. myYearbook solved this problem by allowing students to digitally connect with each other while also sharing memories from the school year. Dave and Catherine also wanted myYearbook to go beyond just high school. Their hope was that students could continue talking and connecting with each other after graduation as well as network with potential employers.

By 2008, myYearbook was the fastest-growing social network in the U.S – it had about 11 million members at the time. In addition to social networking and sharing, the Cooks came up with some unique features to add to the site. Users could play games, contribute to charitable projects, take quizzes, or even use a dating service on the site. Another unique feature of myYearbook is that it allows individuals to connect to those with similar interests, whether it’s the same school, hometown, or favorite activities.

myYearbook continued to innovate with mobile apps, partnerships, and more features. In 2012, myYearbook combined with Quepasa to become “MeetMe.” Although other social networks have somewhat “replaced” myYearbook and MeetMe, Dave and Catherine continue to be a testament of hard work and young entrepreneurial minds.

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Categories : Millennial Entrepreneurs, Social Media