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Ryan Kelly: 10-year-old Founder of Ry’s Ruffery

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· Sunday, November 28th, 2021

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Ever since Ryan was a young boy, he had an interest in selling products. He was known for setting up lemonade stands in his neighborhood and selling Halloween candy on the school bus. It was no surprise to his family that he was the one of the youngest kids to ever appear on Shark Tank.

Ryan started his dog treat business when he got his first dog named Barkley. He had this idea after he purchased a bag of regular dog treats that were not up to his (or Barkley’s) standards. Ryan couldn’t stand the smell and Barkley wasn’t all that interested in them either. Ryan began testing combinations of flavors to make Barkley happier.

Once Ryan found the perfect combination, he took it to Shark Tank to gain some support. He got Barbara Corcoran to invest $25,000 into his business!

Ryan is the perfect example of taking the jump on your ideas even if you don’t have all of the details worked out- just start!

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Categories : Dogs, Young Entrepreneur

Alina Morse Creates Zollipops: Lollipops Minus the Sugar

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· Sunday, November 28th, 2021

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As a 7-year-old, Alina loved candy but knew that excess sugar was bad for her. She turned her love for candy into the driving force for creating a healthier alternative. She used the $7,500 in savings from her grandparents and chased her dream.

She created a fruit-flavored lollipop sweetened without sugar and began selling them in Whole Foods, SuperValu, and Amazon. She was so successful that First Lady Michelle Obama invited her to the White House as an official guest on two separate occasions!

Alina took a passion of hers and ran with it. She knew that if she wanted a healthier alternative to candy, chances are other people do too.

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Categories : Candy, Health, Young Entrepreneur

Lily Born Innovates to Help Grandfather with Parkinson’s Disease

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· Sunday, November 28th, 2021

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Ever since Lily Born was 8 years old, she saw her grandfather struggle with Parkinson’s disease. Her grandfather had trouble completing daily tasks, most notably drinking water. She set out to design a new cup that wouldn’t tip. She used moldable plastic to make a model and a year later, she made a ceramic version. She called the final version the “Kangaroo Cup”.

This story emphasizes the problem-solving nature of entrepreneurs. She even followed through past the point of helping her grandfather but helped many others who struggle to hold a drinking cup still.

Lily wants other entrepreneurs to know that innovation doesn’t have to be groundbreaking, it can be as simple as a plastic cup.

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Categories : Cups, Parkinson's Disease, Water, Young Entrepreneur

Alexander Kulitski – The Teenage Software Entrepreneur

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· Friday, November 26th, 2021

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As a college student, Alexander Kulitski recognized the opportunity to innovate the software and web application industry, specifically in smaller businesses and international enterprises. This is how he developed Smart IT which had quick success and profit. One of the projects Alexander and his team worked on was the first online ticket sales service, which is still the most popular service in the country.

Alexander got the idea for the business through the knowledge he gained from participating in an IT club which lead him to freelance work. As a freshman in college, Alexander was earning good income and had a great reputation as a freelancer. He ran a blog and would get multiple work offers a day. Realizing he had some savings to spend, he decided to hire some of his friends to help him keep up with his growing work and rent an office space. This was the beginning of Smart IT.

The entrepreneurial spirit Alexander possesses drives his business on a day to day basis and he is excited to be engaged in how automation is changing our world. He has found purpose in his desire to be part of technology that is changing the world at rapid paces. Alexander values many different methods to help him stay focused and productive day in and day out such as sports, yoga, vacations, and meditation. Curiosity goes hand in hand with these productivity methods due to the industry of technology having such a rapidly changing nature. Alexander is dedicated to being diligent even if something doesn’t work at first. He values quality over quantity, giving your all into everything, and facing the tough decisions head on.

I very much admire Alexander’s entrepreneurial traits that demonstrate his passion for business and technology. He is not afraid to take on a project that is difficult, as long as he follows through and gives it his all no matter what. Even from a young age, Alexander pondered how he could transform his passions into a business that could make a difference, and now he has found great success in doing so.

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Categories : Computers, Software, Young Entrepreneur

Trey Brown’s Spergo

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· Friday, November 26th, 2021

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At just 12 years old, Trey Brown started his entrepreneurial journey. Trey started by using $178 to buy shirts that he customized and sold. This purchase was the start of something much bigger for Trey.

Spergo, Trey’s company, sells customized socks, t-shirts, hoodies, and sweatpants. The company was started with the help of Sherell Peterson, Trey’s mother, who is a seamstress. She now helps run the business with Trey.

Like many businesses, the name Spergo has a meaning to Trey. He says it is a combination of sports, heroes, and go-getters. This name was crafted after Trey decided he wanted to help the kids in his community escape the violence and drugs they were surrounded with. With Spergo, Trey hopes to serve as an inspiration to the kids around him which makes his business have a great value to his community.

Trey got a $25,000 grant that helped kickstart his business to a larger scale. He was able to move from selling shirts door-to-door to a brick-and-mortar store. He then expanded to a total of three stores. Trey’s most recent endeavor was going on Shark Tank where he received $300,000 for 20% stake in his company. He hopes to expand more with this money.

Trey is an impressive young entrepreneur. He has the charisma to sell his product and get people to financially support his business endeavors. This charm will allow him to keep growing and become more successful in the future. He is also ambitious. By starting so young, he is setting himself up for a life of success in whatever adventure he chooses next. His goals are also impressive. He wants to change the future for the kids around him which makes him inspiring. At such a young age, he realizes that changes need to be made in order to provide a better future for those around him. Trey possess many key qualities that an entrepreneur needs to have to succeed and his plans for the future show he is ready to keep going.

Ultimately, Trey Brown is a great example of a young entrepreneur because he is not afraid to go out there and do the work to succeed.

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Categories : Clothing, Shark Tank, Young Entrepreneur

Eli Zied Spreads a Positive Message

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· Thursday, November 18th, 2021

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Eli Zied is the founder of the clothing brand Habits 365. Eli has the mind of an entrepreneur from a very young age. When he was 12, he started buying and reselling sneakers which then eventually lead him into the clothing industry. At the age of 15 Eli started a few different streetwear lines that eventually formed his brand Habits 365. Eli said that one way he learned was following and watching what other companies were doing. He would watch what other companies would do on social media and started developing ideas of his own by taking what he saw other brands doing and adding his own ideas into the mix.

Eli’s motivation for Habits 365 came from his passion to create a lifestyle brand. Meaning a brand that had more of a social impact that promoted a positive way of life. He wanted to draw people’s attention to their habits and remind them how important it is to have good habits. Since these are things, you do every single day he wanted to remind people that bad ones can have a huge negative effect in their lives, and they should try to change bad habits into good ones.

Eli started designing the brand logo, clothing designs, and took to social media to start building his brand presence. Eli really took a leading role in the startup of his business, and I think this shows great entrepreneur characteristics. He tackled each piece of the puzzle that came up and successfully created a brand with a positive reputation that represents his original message well. Habits 365 started to spread by word of mouth and social media and any other ways Eli could get the name of his brand out there. Today Habits 365 is still doing well and Eli has not stopped developing and improving his brand into something unique and special. I think it is cool to see a young entrepreneur doing his best to spread such a positive message.

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Categories : Social Entrepreneur, Young Entrepreneur

Anthony Casalena, Founder of Squarespace

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· Monday, November 15th, 2021

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Squarespace Founder Is A Billionaire Ahead Of Direct Listing Anthony Casalena founded Squarespace after noticing the difficulties of building a website. He was a web designer himself, having a familiarity with technologies such as HTML, Java, and CSS. He thought he could make the process more accessible, enabling anyone to make their own website. While being a student at the University of Maryland, Casalena started building Squarespace. It started as and still is, a drag-and-drop website builder.

Casalena’s beginnings as an entrepreneur are similar to that of Mark Zuckerburg. Both started technology startups in college and gained considerable success. Like Facebook, Casalena has led Squarespace to gain a large following and even a place on the stock market. Squarespace has allowed thousands of businesses to build their own website, eCommerce stores, and blogs. To date, Squarespace is hosting over a million websites. This makes it one of the largest website platforms in its industry.

A unique feature of Squarespace is its pre-built designs and all-in-one solutions. Although there are competitors that operate similarly, Squarespace websites are distinctive. Animations and colors are minimalistic. They can also be implemented rather quickly. Previously, building your own website led to a poorly poor product. Squarespace has enhanced this process, allowing users to more beautiful and complete designs. Casalena has mentioned this, stating:

I believe that minimalism is a process. It’s not an aesthetic. It’s not black and white. It’s the thoughtfulness that goes into creating these things.

More recently, Casalena is working on expanding Squarespace by acquiring other startups. The most notable acquisitions by Squarespace have been Tock, a reservation application, and Acuity, a scheduling utility. This shows Squarespace’s goal of making an all-in-all tool for business owners and their online presence.

Overall, Casalena shows how a business can take on multiple markets, have humble beginnings, and be known for its design.

Sources

https://tracxn.com/d/acquisitions/acquisitionsbySquarespace

https://www.forbes.com/sites/denizcam/2021/04/20/squarespace-founder-is-a-billionaire-ahead-of-direct-listing/

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Categories : Technology, Websites, Young Entrepreneur

Garrett Gee – The Scanning Millionaire

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· Monday, November 15th, 2021

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Garrett Gee is one of the founders of Scan Inc., a company focused on the QR code industry from a new and innovative angle. The company began out of an idea Garrett and his classmates came up with for a project in his entrepreneurship course at BYU. They decided to put their idea into action, which ended up making them millionaires. Scan is a downloadable app that allows people to make their own QR codes that can link to more than just a website. It also allows you to scan a barcode to check a price on an item. With a wider variety of codes you can scan, this company was immediately very popular to multiple large investors. The app blew up as soon as Garrett and his team launched it, and he went on Shark Tank to pitch his idea. Although he did not secure a deal with a shark, the additional publicity for his business only made it that much more popular. Garrett ended up selling Scan Inc. to Snapchat for $54 million.

These young and successful entrepreneurs are perfect examples of true innovators. They saw that the QR code system had more potential than it was being used for, so they decided to do something about it. Although they very well could have moved on from this idea, especially since it was an idea for their class, I am inspired by their follow through with the project. I am especially inspired by Garrett because he demonstrated his determination throughout the building of the company through his passion and drive to “connect the real world with the digital universe”.

I have learned that we have the power to “change the world from our college dorm rooms”, as Garrett said. With technology advancing, it could be any second that a million dollar idea comes to us. When approaching innovation, it is important not to limit yourself by self doubt because the world truly is at our fingertips.

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Categories : App, Shark Tank, Snapchat, Young Entrepreneur

Trisha Prabhu: ReThink-ing Online Hate

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· Sunday, November 14th, 2021

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Trisha Prabhu is a 21-year-old social entrepreneur and the founder of ReThink, a patented technology that detects and stops online hate. In the fall of 2013, Trisha, then only 13 years old, read the shocking story of Rebecca Sedwick’s suicide. Rebecca, after being cyberbullied for over a year and a half, took her own life at only 12 years old. As a victim of bullying herself, Trisha felt heartbroken and horrified. In that moment, she decided to no longer be a bystander and created ReThink, which detects online hate at the source before bullying occurs.

Trisha has received worldwide acclaim for her endeavors. In 2016, former President Barack Obama invited to Trisha to the Global Entrepreneurship Summit to share her story with other entrepreneurs. ReThink also made an appearance on Shark Tank, and not long after, Trisha received the prestigious Elevate Prize, as well as an Adrian Cheng Fellowship at Harvard. Trisha is the youngest honoree named to this year’s Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Social Impact list.

To date, Trisha has spread the message of ReThink to over 30 cities in 3 languages. Trisha is also an avid supporter of empowering women in the entrepreneurial community. Whether volunteering her time to teach young women how to code or finding ways to bridge the diversity gap in entrepreneurship, Trisha is inspiring a generation of fierce young women to tackle the world’s most important issues.

Check out Trisha’s TED Talk below!

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Categories : Entrepreneurship, Female Empowerment, Social Entrepreneur, Social Impact, Women Entrepreneurs, Young Entrepreneur

Italian Graphic Design Entrepreneur

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· Sunday, November 14th, 2021

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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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