Thomas Simons, also known as TommyInnit is a 17 year old boy with 10.9 million subscribers and is growing in popularity on YouTube at an incredible rate. This, however, was not always the case. Tommy has been doing YouTube since he was 9 years old and for multiple years he was just another drop of water in the ocean of YouTubers but what made Tommy different is the fact that he would not quit. Tommy found that the amount of YouTube channels was continually increasing and he wasn’t seeing much attention drawn to his channel amongst the vast amount of competition and decided to move from his first channel to streaming on Twitch at the age of 14 to try and get the attention of the gaming audience and developed over two thousand followers in the process. The next year Tommy decided to take his audience back to YouTube and finally started the infamous channel, “TommyInnit”. But his channel didn’t just grow by him leaving it out to dry, Tommy has heavily invested in his videos over the past three years and it has recently payed off as he seemed to discover the “algorithm” to YouTube and has also made some very famous friends on the web and thus has blown up from an extremely well earned one million subscribers in september of 2020 to now having a whopping 22.4 million subscribers over his seven YouTube channels. Tommy makes approximately $11,000 a DAY! Clearly, the hard work, pivoting, and idea changing that makes up the TommyInnit that we know today was deeply poured into over the past eight years of Tommy’s career have payed off abundantly!
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As a sophomore in high school, Jason Li became a CEO. He cared about the planet and wanted to take action. He wanted to make people’s shift to sustainability rewarding. He came up with iReTon which allows people to sell their old technology for cash. He even went on Shark Tank, as a hi
gh school senior, and got a $100,000 investment from Mark Cuban and Barbara Corcoran. He has also started another social enterprise, UProspie. He was able to capitalize on his ideas at a young age which is really inspirational.
He targeted the problem of people not knowing what to do with their old devices and disposing of them in landfills. iReTron allows people to sell, upgrade, or recycle their old device which is ultimately better for the environment. People just have to find the device they have, ship it in, and get paid for their product. iReTron then refurbishes the old devices and sells them to people at a reduced cost benefitting the buyer and seller. He streamlined the electronic recycling process making it easy for customers and more appealing.
Jason Li is an exemplary young entrepreneur. He is driven by his passion for the environment, and he acts on this by making sure the recycling process is constantly being monitored for quality. Since he created a business off of what he is passionate about, customers are drawn to him and his product. Li does not allow the business to create money off of the recycling process which shows he truly cares about what he is doing. He also values customer’s time which makes the process quick and easy for customers. His imagination and follow through make him a good entrepreneur.
Although he did not innovate recycling, he innovated the process for electronic recycling. He enforced the idea that you do not have to create a whole new thing in order to be an entrepreneur. An entrepreneur can stream line a process and create a new business cycle not just create new products. He showed that passion really does make a difference in a business. Ultimately, Jason Li is a star young entrepreneur, because he was able to create a change that benefitted the environment and is helpful to people.
Raelynn Heath is an 8-year-old girl from Missouri who started her own jewelry business at the age of 4. She specializes at making bracelets which she sells on Facebook and Etsy. Raelynn was recently featured in the “1 Million Cups Black Entrepreneurship Showcase” on Feb. 2
8, 2018, at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
Raelynn started making her bracelets out of plastic but upgraded to using acrylic and bubblegum beads when she was 5, and even uses materials like polymer clay. Raelynn also enjoys upcycling items such as chip bags, duct tape rolls, and old clothes. Raelynn’s business is unique because she has a generous purpose in creating most of her work. She gives bracelets to community members who have experienced recent trauma. Her big heart is a motivating factor of her business. Rae’s Materials is also unique because Raelynn has created this business at such a young age. Being able to create these bracelets at the age of four is a special talent, and it is amazing that she is using her talent to help those in need.
Raelynn hopes to increase her business to other areas of fashion as well but knows that school is her first priority at the moment. She hopes to study in Paris someday and get a degree in fashion. It is impressive that Raelynn has such a clear idea of how she wants her future business to expand at such a young age. Raelynn’s mom is in the process of helping her get a business license for Rae’s Materials, and her mom suspects that she could be on her way to a millionaire at age 16. Raelynn’s hopeful outlook and creativity has gotten her far in her entrepreneurial journey, and she will continue to grow her jewelry business using her great skill.
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After teaching at orphanages in India, two brothers, Rohit and Sidharth Srinivasan, noticed that the lack of educational resources available prevented children from learning the
latest skills in technology.
Their solution? Trashbots, a company that takes an innovative approach to providing low-cost, effective tools to teach 21st-century computer science, robotics, math, and science to underprivileged children.
The Srinivasans designed Trashbots to work with open-source platforms, thus making the kits accessible to kids in rural and remote areas. Another advantage of the Trashbots platform is the scalability for children of all ages; kindergarteners can learn the basics of building without electronics, or older children can begin coding with “block programming” (synced with the Trashbots app) to program the robot to do anything (like dancing to music!)
A typical kit includes gears, pucks, axels, and starting “trash” (often rubber bands and popsicle sticks) as well as the Trashbots engine and USB cable. From there, Trashbots encourages young inventors to use anything from their local environment to add to the robot.
What further differentiates Trashbots’ kits is their ability to meet the needs of school districts, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. During the pandemic, Trashbots began working with school districts to ship the kits directly to students’ homes.
The Srinivasans are revolutionizing the world of STEM, making coding and engineering available to children of all ages, regardless of background. With each kit, Trashbots takes one man’s trash and makes it another child’s treasure.
Picture a beautiful, clear, sunny, summer day at Merrymeeting Lake in New Hampshire. You are relaxing on a rock and soaking up the sun by a dock and can see the lush green trees in the distance on the other side of the lake. There is a slight breeze that make the tree leaves quiver. The birds are cheerfully chirping. What could be better? Well, Gus Schoenbucher knew how to perfect the scene. As you are enjoying yourself by the dock, you realize that you are hungry. Thankfully, Gus pulls up in his boat with a variety of food products to sell. Your day is topped with a hot dog and ice cream from Gus’s Eats & Treats.
Gus Schoenbucher is a fourteen-year-old boy from a small town in New Hampshire. His brilliant idea of an ice cream truck in boat form, came from his dad bringing back memories from his childhood when he used to sell ice cream on the lake where he grew up. The business has even deeper ties than that: the same boat is used to deliver the ice cream. The initial product of his business was selling ice cream, but as time continued, someone complained that he did not have a license. The complaint did not stop Gus, he was determined to continue his business, so he obtained his license, became official, and expanded his business to hot dogs, soda, and chips. The expansion created Gus’s Eats & Treats.
As the popularity of Gus’s Eats & Treats evolved, social media helped spread the word of the business to the point where Gus’s Eats & Treats received the notice from Krispy Kreme doughnuts. In addition to the
other products Gus serves, the business now sells Krispy Kreme doughnuts. Gus’s Eats & Treats had the opportunity to attend The Alton Winter Carnival and serve hot chocolate and doughnuts and experience the festivities of the carnival.
At just seven years of age, Morgan Hipworth from Melbourne, Australia, had developed a strong passion for cooking and baking. As a young boy, Morgan had a fascination with cooking shows and loved to bake three course meals for his family on the weekends. Morgan used his uncanny culinary talents from a young age to create a unique and successful donut and baked goods company, Bistro Morgan. Morgan’s story strongly exhibits fundamental characteristics of an entrepreneur.
Morgan’s weekend dinners for his family soon expanded into something larger. When Morgan was 13 years old, he was encouraged to bring his goods to a local café, and soon became their sole supplier of baked goods. Before long, Morgan supplied baked goods to up to 15 cafés each weekend. However, Morgan was not satisfied with staying where he was, but wanted to create a permanent business. His parents compromised with him, allowing him to create a pop-up business, which turned out to be an enormous success. In the first eight days alone, Morgan sold over 10,000 donuts. Finally, when Morgan was 15 years old, Morgan’s parents agreed to allow him to start a permanent store in Melbourne. Thus, Bistro Morgan was born.
Bistro Morgan specializes in donuts and other baked goods, but also branches out into other breakfast, brunch, and lunch foods. Known for their unique and reinvented flavors, such as Peppermint Crisp with chocolate and Coco Puffs, Bistro Morgan quickly became a bustling business. Morgan has received extensive press coverage for his business, appearing on Australian radio and TV, and competing in Shark Tank. In addition, Morgan was lauded by Instagram’s CEO as a “one-in-a-million star.” Morgan maintains a strong social media presence, having accumulated over 118 thousand Instagram followers, and many more on TikTok.
Morgan is an inspiring example of a successful young entrepreneur and his story exemplifies three key entrepreneurial qualities: he takes opportunities he is presented with and runs with them; he demonstrates a strong work ethic, devoting over 60 hours each week to his business in addition to his schooling; and he knows how to be adaptable. During Australia’s strict lockdowns, for example, he continued his business by offering lockdown deliveries. Perhaps most importantly, Morgan does what he loves and loves what he does. He is a perfect example of someone finding their “sweet spot” (pun intended) and running with it. When asked on Shark Tank when he has time for fun, Morgan responded, “This is fun! This is what I absolutely love.” Morgan Hipworth serves as a great role model to aspiring young entrepreneurs—find what you love to do and discover a way to make money doing it!
If you have kids, you know how quickly they grow out of clothes in their first two years. Eve Kekeh recognized this problem and started her own company to help parents seeking a more sustainable and convenient way to access baby clothes. Her company, Bundlee, is the UK’s first sustainable baby clothing rental subscription.
Having two younger siblings, Eve Kekeh experienced first hand just how quickly babies will grow out of their clothing. She says, “Babies outgrow 7 clothing sizes in their first 2 years, and seeing the amount of waste this led to made me think there had to be a better way.” While spending a year studying abroad in the US, Kekeh discovered a designer womenswear rental service. She fell in love with this idea and soon realized that this same concept could be applied to baby clothing. Through careful research and receiving useful feedback from hundreds of parents, Kekeh developed Bundlee.
Bundlee is unique as it is tailored to fit the parents’ (and babies’) specific clothing needs. You simply choose a subscription plan that works best for your family, wear the clothes with no worries (thanks to the included rental insurance), and then conveniently swap clothing as your little one grows. All returned clothes are then thoroughly cleaned through their eco-friendly Ozone sanitization method and sent on to be loved by the next family.
In order to provide the very best quality, Eve Kekeh designs all collections that Bundlee offers herself. In addition, all pieces are made in the UK in a women run and owned factory, where Kekeh frequently visits to ensure that it meets her ethical standards. While designing pieces, it’s important to Kekeh that all fabrics used are suitable for babies’ sensitive skin. That is why all clothes are made with breathable cotton and free of any harmful chemicals.
Bundlee has continued to grow and flourish over the past few years. Eve Kekeh shows true innovation as she has built a company that helps so many, while helping the planet as well.
Social media has been building bridges to new ways of innovation and entrepreneurship ever since it began. Those who have capitalized on it when it began, however, are the ones making all the money and gaining the most fame. Felix Kjellberg, or better known to some as “Pewdiepie,” created his youtube account only one year after the website was released. It wasn’t until 2011, though, that he began to post on what would become the largest account on the platform ever (owned by one person). He began by posting quite short and relatively boring videos on his account purely for the entertainment of his friends and himself. As time went on, more people began to find his account, subscribing to it, and Felix’s fanbase grew. Less than a year later he had surpassed the 1 million subscriber mark. He began to post more and more and only a year after that was at 10 million. It was safe to say that he was on the right track.
Pewdiepie began to create merch such as shirts, chairs, headsets, and eventually his own game on the app store. He was rapidly gaining fans and in the spring of 2019, the creator finally reached an astonishing 100 million followers, which meant that 1 in 15 people who used youtube was subscribed to his account. This may not seem like much, however, almost half of the country uses this platform. He is still creating to this day and after selling many products and featuring in other videos and ads, he has accumulated roughly a cool $45,000,000 from online interactions alone. Felix will forever be remembered in the industry of videomaking and for revolutionizing the world by his assistance in bridging the gap between the real and digital worlds of entrepreneurship.
“You’re never too old or too young to start a business… you can be 7 or 70.”
– Sebastian Martinez, the 13 year old CEO.
“If we’re not learning to give back then what are we really doing for the world.”
– Brandon Martinez, the 15 year old Director of Sales
#KIDSHELPINGKIDS
These young entrepreneurs have been able to live out their passion of designing and selling their own line of fun and funky sock that are able to benefit others throughout the world with the proceeds. Brandon and Sebastian have a “Kids Helping Kids” initiative that they are very passionate because they are able to give back to their community and give other kids a chance at enjoying their lives too.
They have a wide variety of socks for you to choose from, you could choose one of the design that is non-specific to a charity or they also have designs that they have made to reflect a multitude of their charity collections. Also, they have created a way for you to make a custom pair of socks for your own charity or foundation, all you have to do is email them to start the consultation phase. This a fun way of giving to different foundations because you aren’t just giving them a donation, you are also promoting their foundation and spreading what they do by just buying and wearing a pair of socks. In my own personal experience with this company, you feel a sense of connection with them because you both share a passion of helping others in a fun way.
Are you kidding has a wide variety of local and national charities such as Stand Up To Cancer, Make-a-Wish, Amigos for Kids, Autism Speaks and many others. The boys wanted to have a fun and unique way to give back to their community that someone would remember, and I think they have done a great job at that. 
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Nick D’Aloisio, a computer programmer, decided that he had enough of scrolling through large articles trying to look for simple summaries at the age of 16. Nicholas decided to use his passion for programming to fulfill the need he saw by creating Summly. Summly is an app that takes news articles and summarizes them concisely and quickly. Little did D’Aloisio know, Yahoo loved his idea. Yahoo loved it so much that they offered him approximately thirty million dollars for it! Nick happily took this offer and quickly became a millionaire at the young age of 16. He now owns a new startup called Sphere and is attending Oxford University to pursue his PhD in Philosophy. Clearly, Nicholas D’Aloisio has a rich future ahead of him.