Olivia Dunne is a 20 year old gymnast from Louisiana State University(LSU). She joined TikTok in 2020 and quickly gained a big following. With over 6 million followers on TikTok and another 1 million on Instagram, Livvy is the most followed NCAA athlete on social media. In July of 2021, NCAA allowed athletes to make money using their name, image, and likeness. With her already huge following, Livvy was in a prime spot to make a lot of money. To help spread her entrepreneurship, she signed with the major talent agency, WME Sports(now Endeavor Group). With the agency, Olivia is able to post sponsored content and promote many different brands. She signed her first exclusive brand partnership with the athletic clothing brand, Vuori. Livvy’s net worth is roughly $2.3 million, mainly from her partnership with Vuori. Although she isn’t the traditional entrepreneur, Olivia uses her platform in a unique way in order to create an income. In fact, per post, Livvy makes around $10k for sponsored videos. Olivia’s older sister, who is also at LSU, handles a lot of Livvy’s NIL deals and sponsorships. She tries to post on TikTok everyday to keep up with her fans. She has been quoted as saying that she wants to focus more on her brand a become an entrepreneur.

Jake Guidas is a recent graduate of Grove City College. Jake was an entrepreneurship major and has just recently got a prestigious job in Silicon Valley. Jake is working as an SDR, selling technology software for a company called Skyflow. This type of position at that kind of company does not come to just anyone. Jake is an extremely motivated individual with a clear vision of what he wants for his future. He is an example of young entrepreneur in the early stages of developing his idea.

At the age of 10, Jake was diagnosed with Lyme Disease. This restricted his ability to play the sports and do the activities that he loved. Although his life completely changed, Jake still persevered and did not let his health drag him down. Jake has done countless trial and error research for 12 years, with little success. He came to realize he found most of his improvement in dieting and doing various holistic, health-conscious activities on a daily basis and staying consistent.

So many people in the world have health issues, especially Lyme Disease. Jake has begun his Entrepreneurial journey on the side, while he continues to build success in the sales world. Jake has recently started a TikTok page called limitlesstitan. His mission of the page is to help young people live healthier lives, with a niche audience of young individuals trying to overcome Lyme Disease. He began this past summer and has continued to produce quality content on TikTok. Like all great things, it is a process. Jake has already seen growth in the short amount of time he has been producing content. He plans to expand upon his brand and eventually form it into something huge in the future.

Jake Guidas is also an avid student of self-development. Jake has completed the 75 Hard Challege (a mental toughness challenge that I discussed in detail in my last blog) and Phase 1 of the Live Hard program. If you asked Jake, he would tell you that doing these self-development challenges really pushed him to be the best form of himself and not worry about the opinion of others.

Jake is a prime example of a young entrepreneur going out and taking action on what he wants. He could easily hold in all of his knowledge on health and living a healthy lifestyle, but he decided to share it with the world. Our world needs more people like Jake who are willing to take risks and improve our world with the knowledge they hold.