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Emma Chamberlain

Posted by brakmg22 
· Sunday, November 20th, 2022 
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Emma Chamberlain is a name that most people are familiar with if they’ve watched videos on the platform of Youtube. She’s an influencer who began her career on Youtube at only 16 years old. An easily relatable high school student, her quirky editing and honest documentation of her life took off in a way that I’m sure she never imagined it would. The fact that she was so honest and open with her life drew a lot of people to her videos, and she proceeded to gain many subscribers. Currently, Emma’s channel boasts 11.9 million subscribers. She used to post frequently, but since her evolution from an influencer to the fashion world’s darling (plus other pursuits), she’s taken to posting perhaps once or twice a month. Of course, she participates on other channels for their content. For example, she recently gave a house tour on Architectural Digest which racked up 7.2 million views. 

Today, she is an ambassador of Louis Vuitton and has attended Paris Fashion Week three times. She was also invited to the Met Gala as a host for Vogue. If some people don’t recognize Emma’s name attached to fashion, they may recognize it attached to coffee. She began her own coffee brand, Chamberlain Coffee, which is committed to giving customers organic, delicious, sustainable coffee in 2019. Her podcast, Anything Goes, began in 2019 as well, in which Emma discusses anything and everything on her mind as the name might suggest. 

There has been backlash about Emma and other influencers being invited to what used to be considered “elite events”. In an interview with V magazine, Emma said this about the changing definition of celebrity and what that could mean for the fashion world: “In a sense, the fashion world itself has been around forever and influencers and digital celebrities are very new and haven’t necessarily earned their stripes yet … I understand that kind of discomfort from people who have been into fashion since they were younger (where) maybe it was before this was all a thing and seeing digital influencers come in feels wrong. At the same time, the world of fashion and fame has to evolve in order for it to grow, so this is a natural part of that and it only makes sense.”

Again, this age of media and her soaring success proves that pretty much anyone is capable of doing great things and achieving unthinkable accomplishments if they just put themselves out there. It may seem difficult to think of influencers as typical entrepreneurs, but they are really just investing in themselves as a business. Some do go on to start more normal types of businesses with the platform of followers that they have built. 

From a normal high school teenager to walking red carpets, Emma has broken past the typical influencer timeline. Many influencers peak in their careers and face a steady decline. They get invited to less events, make less money, and go viral less often as the viewers move on to the next big thing. Emma chose to go big or go home, branching out as far as she can. It took her far, and as she begins to become more comfortable in the elite fashion world, I can see her carving out a unique niche for herself as a self-made influencer to celebrity.

 

articles:

https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/b-side/why-is-emma-chamberlain-the-new-face-of-fashion/

https://www.businessoffashion.com/community/people/emma-chamberlain#:~:text=Emma%20Chamberlain%20is%20a%20content,and%2011.8%20million%20Youtube%20subscribers.

https://thehowler.org/16265/category-5/the-evolution-of-emma-chamberlains-success/

 

chamberlain coffee:

https://chamberlaincoffee.com/pages/about

 

Emma’s Youtube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@emmachamberlain

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Categories : Content Entrepreneurs, Fashion, Teen Entrepreneurs, YouTube

Zandra Cunningham – Zandra Beauty

Posted by petschkeRA22 
· Monday, October 31st, 2022 
· 2 Comments

When Zandra Cunningham nine, her father wouldn’t let her buy more lip balm because of the harmful skin-damaging chemicals found in it. So Zandra made her own. Almost a year later, in 2010, Zandra launched a brand called Azariah’s Innocence, and at age 10, sold her own lip balm and body shea butter at the local farmer’s market.

As business grew and the brand expanded, Zandra renamed her brand to Zandra Beauty. Her brand still would sell lip balm made with natural ingrediants, but now she would sell more things than lip balm and shea butter, such as make up remover and face washes. As Zandra puts it, the brand motto is “No icky stuff!”

Now at age 21, Zandra has a net worth of $500,000. Her brand has expanded to making over 40 natural skincare products, all of which are not tested on animals. Not only did Zandra win awards such as the Etsy Open Call Golden PO, BE Teenpreneur of the year nominee (2016), and Small Business Administration Youth Entrepreneur of the year (2017), but she has also been featured on talk shows and other channels such as Nickelodeon.

A few words of advice Zandra has given are “be confident” and “networking is key.” The reason why Zandra’s story is inspirational is because of how young she was when she started her business, yet she wasn’t afraid of conquering the world with her skincare products. Zandra’s attitude is part of why she is such a successful entrepreneur. You can’t be afraid to change the world.

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Categories : Beauty, Costmetics, Environment, Makeup, Teen Entrepreneurs, Women Entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneur

Shamari Walker – AscuniaTechLLC

Posted by ngng22 
· Tuesday, October 25th, 2022 
· 1 Comment

Shamari Walker founded his company at age 15. Originally intended to showcase his development skills and make peoples lives easier, Walker’s company began as a small, local company that has since grown into AscuniaTech LLC, nationally organization. AscuniaTech LLC is a launchpad for prospective developers, the company works to help them through the software development, hardware development, website development, tech support, customer satisfaction, promotional processes. He has also founded a separate organization focused on teaching Computer Science to highschoolers in his city for free.

Not only did Walker found AscuniaTech LLC while in highschool, he was a particularly involved and accomplished student. His titles included varsity chess player, football and baseball technician, and trumpet and baritone player. Balancing such a busy schedule in addition to running a company and attending conferences likely was not easy, making his academic achievements that much more impressive. Somehow, Walker maintained a 4.01 GPA average and received funding to cover a full ride to Purdue University where he is now a senior.

Walker’s story is particularly impactful as the journey of someone overcoming their circumstances, finding their talents, and utilizing them to help others not just themselves. Each of his products seems to encourage connection and fostering encouragement between people, something that is often overlooked in a hyperactive, modern society.

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Categories : Teen Entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneur

Gus Schoenbucher – Gus’s Eats & Treats

Posted by petschkeRA22 
· Monday, October 24th, 2022 
· 3 Comments

Gus Schoenbucher was 14 when his father gave him the idea to sell ice cream out of a boat. It was aluminum, and Gus’s father did the exact same thing 40 years prior. The reason Gus’s business took off but his father’s never did was because of a complaint about Gus not having a food service license. As Gus puts it:

” ‘You know what? I’ll go ahead and get a license,’ and now it’s an official business, and it’s all registered in my name.”

Since then, Gus expanded to selling hot dogs, red hot dogs (for visitors from Maine), chips, and soda. At some point, the manager of Krispy Kreme contacted Gus, so he sells donuts out of his boat too!

Considering that Gus’s business operates out of a single boat on Merrymeeting lake in New Durham, New Hampshire, business is pretty good. Gus drives the boat around the lake and delivers food to hungry customers, as well as transactions on the water. In no time, he upgraded from a dinghy boat to pontoon.

Gus operates his business on a seasonal basis because of school. Even though his business is a summer side hustle, it’s remarkable what cool things can be done with a good idea. Gus’s business is a fine example of kids rising to a challenge without being afraid of failure. Gus could have quit when someone complained about him not having a food service license. He could have chosen to be too lazy to go out and get a permit. He could have been afraid to get the license because he was just a kid and nobody was going to let a kid register a business. But Gus did not take no for an answer. He persevered when most kids his age would have given up, and how has a successful business. Making a successful business doesn’t drop into your lap; you can’t back down because of criticism or fear.

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Categories : Boats, Cooking, delivery, Ice Cream, Male Entrepreneurs, Teen Entrepreneurs, Water, Young Entrepreneur

SAFETRIP

Posted by abi.renee 
· Tuesday, October 18th, 2022 
· 2 Comments

SAFETRIP is a wonderful app designed to book non-emergency and emergency medical transport for the elderly, veterans, homeless, and anyone else in need. Surprisingly, this revolutionary idea was co-founded by young engineer Langston Whitlock. 

At 12 years-old,  Langston was learning to code and fell in love with it. Eventually, Langston used his newfound knowledge to make an app to contact his absent father. With these skills, Langston was later brought on to the SAFETRIP team by Ja’Nese Jean. 

Ja’Nese Jean, a co-founder of SAFETRIP, birthed the idea when witnessing a homeless veteran not having access to healthcare or transportation. Knowing Langston’s skillset, she invited him to the developing team to collaborate together and make the revolutionary app come to life. 

This app allows its users to book emergency or non-emergency transportation. Vehicles include premium cars, vans, wheelchair accessible vehicles, and ambulances as needed. 

Since its creation, SAFETRIP has raised over 2 million dollars in funding because of Langston’s technology. Although it’s currently based in Georgia, the company hopes to soon expand into other parts of the country and make an even bigger impact. 

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Categories : App, App development, Health, Programming, Teen Entrepreneurs, Transportation

Kenan Pala – Kids4Community

Posted by petschkeRA22 
· Monday, October 17th, 2022 
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Kenan Pala is the child of two Turkish immigrants (as of 1998) and was only 11 when he got an idea for a business. On a run at the beach with his father, Kenan saw passerbys trying to help a stranded seal. When he was being driven home, Kenan saw a poverty-stricken person asking for help. No one stopped to help. Struck by the comparison, Kenan researched homelessness in his home city San Diego and found it was #4 in the nation for highest homelessness rates. Kenan wanted to do something.

His opportunity arose in 2016 when he and his friends broke the Guiness World Record for the largest cardboard mosaic to raise awareness for local homelessness. Empowered by his success, Kenan created his charity Kids4Community in 2017.

Kids4Community is a charity that seeks to aid the homeless. Volunteers do things such as make meals for shelters and create programs which educate people of all ages about homelessness and the dangers of substance abuse. Kids4Community also aided hurricane and natural disaster victims with hygiene kids, as well as sending 400 low-income elementary school kids backpacks with school supplies. The charity is also responsible for organizing the cleaning of Mission Bay and supplying a local homeless shelter with 2,000 stockings in December 2017.

Due to this, Kenan was named one of the top 10 youth volunteers in the country in 2017 by the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards. Additionally, in 2018, the mayor of San Diego named January 23rd “Kenan Pala day.”

On top of his charity and accolades, Kenan is a fantastic runner who is not easily fazed by success. In 2018, he ran in the San Diego Rock ’n’ Roll Half Marathon, winning the boys 15-17 age division with a mile average of 5:57. Kenan runs a shocking 40-70 miles a week, often waking up at 4:30 AM to get started. Since he loves running, it’s no surprise he would use it to fundraise for his charity. Kenan hosted a 5k event to raise money to a housing program. He hopes to raise money for Kids4Community by running in the future, as well as run for Stanford University. Kenan even hopes that one day he might run in the Olympics in the 5,000 meters.

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Categories : Athletics, Charity, Education, Health, Homelessness, Housing, Kids, Male Entrepreneurs, Running, Social Entrepreneur, Social Impact, Sports, Teen Entrepreneurs, Youngest Entrepreneurs

Jack Bonneau – Jack’s Stands and Marketplaces

Posted by petschkeRA22 
· Sunday, October 2nd, 2022 
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Jack Bonneau was eight, he asked his father for a lego deathstar. Jack’s father told him to raise the money himself. It may have seemed crazy for someone to ask an eight year old to raise $400 all by himself, but Jack’s father knew what he was doing, and suggested Jack might start with a lemonade stand. At the Denver farmer’s market, Jack set up his first stand. Within 12 weeks, Jack had raised $900. With his father’s help, Jack set up a website that gave other kids the option to set up their own lemonade stands. But this was just the beginning.

It was sheerly on accident that Jack ended up on the Shark Tank. He was in New York City to see the Tonight Show, and coincidently heard that Shark Tank auditions would take place in Manhattan the next day. Excited about the prospect, Jack showed up bright and early and gave his pitch when it was his turn. He got accepted a few weeks later. His pitch highlighted marketplace building and how other kids would get entrepreneurial experience, and asked for $50,000 for 10% equity. However, the sharks felt that his business needed to grow more, and instead offered $50,000 with 2% interest. Jack accepted.

Jack’s business now offers kids a marketplace where they can sell their products online or through one of his physical locations. As for the lemonade stands, kids and their parents can work shifts to earn money while not having to deal with the hassles and challenges of setting up their own market places.

In addition to his business, Jack had donated to charities and spoke in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C. for the annual board of directors meeting event.

Now in his early teens, Jack had taken what he learned about raising and managing funds, and turned it into a thriving business. What makes Jack so inspiring is how he accepted what seemed like a daunting challenge of raising $400. It takes a special mentality to get up and do that instead of just whining about how hard it would be and giving up. Jack story teaches us how facing our giants instead of turning away and refusing to give up is vital to being successful. Hopefully this inspires you to not give in when the challenge before you seems too big to overcome.

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Categories : Beverages, Lemonade, Marketplace, Teen Entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneur

Jahkil Jackson – The Project I Am

Posted by petschkeRA22 
· Monday, September 26th, 2022 
· 1 Comment

Jahkil Jackson was only eight when he started his non profit organization– The Project I Am– but the idea stuck him when he was five. Jahkil and his aunt passed out food to the homeless, and something about that experience caused Jahkil to pester his parents about doing something. When Jahkil was eight, his parents put together an event for friends and family to come together and make toiletry bags for the homeless. They made 88 bags, and even since then, Jahkil hasn’t looked back.

Project I Am is a non profit organization which gives out toiletry bags (often containing items such as hand sanitizer, socks, deodorant, granola bars, water, and toothbrushes) to the homeless. This organization is funded by 1000+ volunteers, who have raised over $275,000 in donations. These volunteers and donations have touched the lives of over 70,000 people. Most of the time, these toiletry bags are made in packing parties, but over the pandemic, hosting packing parties wasn’t a great option. During this time, Jahkil and his immediate family initially put together the bags by themselves, and grandma would drop them off at the shelter. However, after four months of this, Jahkil got bored. He then came up with the idea of virtual packaging parties, which allowed kids from all over the country to make these toiletry bags together while staying safe. The largest number of kids attending a virtual packaging party at one time ended up being almost 250 kids from 55 cities. With Project I Am’s great success, it continues to grow in the impact it makes.

Now at age 14, Jahkil has won over a dozen awards for his work, including as Children’s Museum Power of Children Award and BET’s 15 under 15. He has also published his own book called I Am, which empowers people of all ages to stand up to bullying. In the future, Jahkil would love for Project I Am to expand from Chicago and make an impact world wide. For the time being, he plans on achieving this by having volunteers from all over the globe order toiletry kits to be sent to their area.

What makes the idea of Project I Am so great is that it serves a group of people who are often overlooked, and has a positive social impact. Project I Am is also a sustainable non profit with a great business model. Jahkil’s story of becoming an entrepreneur at age eight is inspirational because it shows you that you are never to young or inexperienced to make an impact, and if you are persistent enough, you can make a huge difference right where you are.

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Categories : Charity, Homelessness, Nonprofit, Social Impact, Teen Entrepreneurs, Volunteer, Youngest Entrepreneurs

Vinusha MK – Four Seasons Pastry

Posted by petschkeRA22 
· Sunday, September 25th, 2022 
· 2 Comments

Vinusha MK may be only twelve, but she already owns of her own baking company– Four Seasons Pastry. Vinusha’s discovery of her love of baking began when she was only nine years old. She wanted to surprise her mother for her birthday, and with the help of a friend, managed to successfully make a cake. Vinusha realized she had a knack for baking, and with her parents help, managed to sell over six hundred cupcakes from her kitchen, starting in 2019. Each cupcake is themed to represent a season– orange for summer, green (with a fondant leaf) for spring, white (with a fondant snowflake) for winter, and pink (with scattered fondant leaves) for fall. Vinusha also has sold vanilla and black forest cakes, though the cupcakes were more successful. Before the pandemic, Vinusha launched baking kits complete with ingredients, and during the time at home, she also launched blondies, chicken and vegetarian sandwiches, and homemade chocolates.

Vinusha is coached by several seasoned pastry chefs, and dreams of going to a European culinary institute. She plans on creating healthy cupcakes and a website once the pandemic ends. Some of her inspirations for the future are to make her brand number one in desserts, to open a culinary school for those who can’t afford to study abroad.

What makes Vinusha different from the rest is her passion for baking. She has no limits to her ambition, and though she is excited about her craft, Vinusha is less childish than you might expect. She refuses to give up, even if it takes twenty attempts to get making macaroons right. When mistakes are made, Vinusha gets back up and tried again. She’s willing to try new things to get the recipe just right. Vinusha is very open to feedback, and believes that you should let your passions should choose what you do with your life, and not try to force an interest on yourself.

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Categories : Baking, Food, Teen Entrepreneurs, Youngest Entrepreneurs
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