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Josh Feinsilber Founder of Gimkit

Posted by schwarzop21

· Tuesday, October 5th, 2021

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Josh Feinsilber was in high school when he first had the idea for Gimkit. He was brainstorming for a new high school project when he came across the quiz game Kahoot. He realized the concept had potential to be a powerful teaching tool, and with much work and the help of a few other students in his high school, he created Gimkit. Gimkit is a fun quiz learning application that lets teachers create different “kits” that they can use to help students learn and memorize information. Gimkit has proven to be a useful learning tool for many teachers, and it can raise student test scores by as much as 14 percent. Gimkit now has about three million users across 100 countries and in the year of 2019, Josh Feinsilber had a projected net worth of $400,000.

Josh graduated high school in 2019 but he still works as the founder of Gimkit as he is still passionate about helping students learn and teachers teach.

I find it very encouraging to see such entrepreneurial thinking at such a young age. I also love the idea of working to make high school more fun and interesting.

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Categories : Business, Great Ideas, Technology, Youngest Entrepreneurs

Young Entrepreneurs: Sanil Chawla

Posted by daviden19

· Tuesday, September 28th, 2021

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Sanil Chawla is the founder of Hack+, a nonprofit to help young entrepreneurs easily move through the barriers presented by all the legal hurdles when starting a business. Sanil, a young entrepreneur himself realized through personal experience that there are so many legal obstacles to maneuver that it makes it intimidating and frustrating to get started.

To solve this problem, Sanil developed software that would create an automated process for all the legal paperwork needed to begin a nonprofit venture. When Hack+ was launched, the primary purpose was to provide a fiscal sponsor to charitable organizations that are being developed by students. Large companies like Amazon and Google have come alongside Sanil to help provide resources for the company that is directed to students which include business to business assistance. Sanil has garnered over $1 million with his team of 12 and has helped almost 1,000 students with his company.

Sanil has created an amazing tool for young entrepreneurs, there are so many young entrepreneurs with wonderful ideas. However, not many students have the resources or knowledge to get through all the legal paperwork and processes needed to get started on sharing their mission with others. This is a wonderful example of innovation, Sanil saw a gap that needed to be filled. He developed a company that provided a service for students that wasn’t offered anywhere else and made it accessible.

An entrepreneurial trait seen in Sanil is that his motivation was not found in profit. He started a nonprofit venture to help students launch their own nonprofit ventures. We see that Sanil’s motivation is found in service to others and seeking to push others toward success. Sanil presents a model for entrepreneurs starting any venture, what is your motivation? Sanil created a service that truly served its purpose, opening the door for entrepreneurship in young students.

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Categories : Business, fiscal sponsorships, Great Ideas, Millennial Enrepreneuers, Nonprofit, Social Entrepreneur, Youngest Entrepreneurs

One Sweet Idea: Cory Nieves

Posted by mccommonsme21

· Sunday, September 26th, 2021

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Whereas most ten-year-old’s are playing video games and hanging out with friends, Cory Nieves found himself running his own million dollar business: Mr. Cory’s Cookies. At six years old, Cory decided that he wanted to help his mom buy a new car, so he started selling hot chocolate in his hometown of Englewood, New Jersey. Cory’s mom, realizing that he had an entrepreneurial spirit and a knack for business, encouraged him to continue selling hot chocolate to save money for college. Cory not only continued selling hot chocolate, but he also began selling chocolate chip cookies too.

Although Cory started off by “googling” cookie recipes, he’s since developed his own recipe that provides a sweet treat with a healthy component. Over 75% of the ingredients in Cory’s cookies are organic, and he’s even expanded his line to include more all-natural options for health-conscious customers, such as double dark chocolate and oatmeal raisin cookies.

Cory is not only a master in the kitchen but in fashion as well. A quick scroll through Cory’s Instagram reveals his collaborations with some of the nation’s leading corporations, such as J. Crew, Macy’s, Pottery Barn, TOMS, and Ralph Lauren. Cory has also been featured in articles from The Huffington Post and even made an appearance on “The Ellen Show”.

The defining quality of Mr. Cory’s Cookies, however, is their mission to give back to the community. A portion of the profits fund organizations of Cory’s choosing, such as Bergen’s Promise and Children’s Aid Society. With each cookie, Cory is changing the name of entrepreneurship— and that’s just the way the cookie crumbles.

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Categories : Baking, Cookies, Entrepreneurship, Kids, Young Entrepreneur

Comfort Eats -US Snacks Abroad

Posted by flynnac21

· Sunday, September 19th, 2021

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Brittany Canty is a co-founder of Comfort Eats. Reina, the other co-founder and Brittany’s best friend, moved to New Zealand. Brittany always took her snacks when visiting, but she had a hard time shipping them there. She tried to find a business in place but only one existed and it offered a preset package with snacks Reina did not like – which was a problem. The pair decided to start their own business that would allow people to send snacks to those away from home.

Brittany previously worked as a project manager and developer in Corporate America but left that behind to pursue her passion as an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs need to be able to plan and organize, both skills came to Brittany from her previous work. Ambition and passion are also keys to success as an entrepreneur. Luckily, Brittany was able to use her passion of friendship and snacks as the basis of her business while also being ambitious enough to go full time on the project. All of Brittany’s traits set her up to be a successful entrepreneur.

Not only does Brittany have the qualities of a successful entrepreneur, but Comfort Eats is designed as an interesting business plan. The idea of giving people a taste of home while away is a new twist on the snack market. Normally, you must find snacks wherever you are but Comfort Eats allows you to get the snacks you love anywhere. The business also adds new items every 7-10 days which makes it very versatile. The business is hoping to add a slight pivot by adding global snacks. This addition will allow different cultures to try each other’s snacks and learn more about them. Her ability to innovate on snack sharing was very interesting to me. Overall, the growth of the business makes it an interesting take on snack sending within the growing food market.

Overall, Comfort Eats inspired me because of the founder’s friendship and ability to innovate within a huge market. The passion and determination Brittany has to pursue the business while also focusing on self-care is inspirational. I often think of entrepreneurs as people who do not prioritize themselves, so it was refreshing to see that she made sure to make it a focus. Her business taught me that ideas do not have to be new things but can be ways of changing how things are done in her case snacks abroad. Ultimately, Brittany Canty showed me that sources of inspiration are everywhere and all you need to succeed is determination and motivation.

https://youtu.be/IKaqVDsLY6o

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Categories : Food, Uncategorized, Women Entrepreneurs, Youngest Entrepreneurs

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Maddie Rae: Slime Queen

Posted by gallagherjr21

· Saturday, September 18th, 2021

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There is certain types fun as children that you never grow out of…well at least that is true for me. I loved (and still love) mixing things together and creating some sort of ‘unique’ concoction which is probably why I enjoy baking because it is the grown-up way of mixing ingredients together to form beauty and deliciousness. But enough about sweet and treats, and let’s do full one eighty and talk about slime. Slime? Is it that disgusting looking thing that can turn up in who knows where or can it be that pretty sparkly thing that you can find in the store? Children’s slime is a simple way to have endless fun. Playing with it can be a blast and that is exactly what a young girl named Maddie Rae discovered.

Maddie started making her own slime but as time passed, the interest in slime increased and she found it difficult to find slime glue. But the shortage in glue did not stop Maddie. She decided to try and create her own original slime glue. Finally, after hard work and many experiments, the perfect glue emerged which became Maddie Rae’s Slime Glue. The slime glue was a success and the business decided to expand to an array of slime items that aid in the process of making of slime.

There was a problem when there was not enough slime glue, but Maddie took her twelve-year-old passion for slime glue to that problem and found a solution. Her solution turned into a business which produced Maddie Rae’s Slime Glue. Since then, Maddie had the honor in breaking the Guinness World Record for World’s Largest Slime in 2017 for thirteen thousand eight hundred and twenty pounds. (The record has been broken by someone else) The joy of making slime combined with solving a need caused a young girl to become an entrepreneur.

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Categories : Business, Handmade, Kids, Toys, Uncategorized, Women Entrepreneurs, young entrepreneurs, Youngest Entrepreneurs

Catherine Cooke: myYearbook

Posted by hasseea20

· Monday, December 14th, 2020

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Another relevant entrepreneur for students is Catherine Cook, creator of myYearbook, a free interactive online yearbook. At the age of fifteen Catherine and her seventeen-year-old brother Dave came up with the idea to be able to interact with more fellow students online. They quickly got their first investor from their web designer older brother and set to work. Soon after building their website, they combined with a user generated quiz site to garner many more interactions.

As they grew, Catherine’s business encountered some pivots as she tried to figure out what would work and what would not. At some points potential investors would want her to move headquarters or determine ad space. Ultimately, she stayed true to her business and vision and it paid off. MyYearbook.com was ranked one of the most popular sites for middle school and high school students in 2006. As her business grew, it attracted nicer advertisers like Disney and Neutrogena.

While she put time into growing it, as was a struggle for many school age entrepreneurs, school and grades started to suffer. Because being in the heart of her target market and being able to optimize her website with direct input and feedback made myYearbook more user friendly, it also became very overwhelming when trying to balance work and school. Later in her high school career Catherine found herself having to skip classes to work.

Yet through every obstacle and inconvenience, starting when she was just fifteen years old, Catherine Cook’s myYearbook has carved itself a niche for high schoolers and grown to 3 million members.

Cook kept up her business all throughout college, after which she sold myYearbook. She remains a partner however, working full time for the business. Catherine Cooke has become a very well-known entrepreneur, inspiring many young people to not let their age keep them from pursuing their big ideas.

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Categories : App, Blog, Business, Challenge, Content Entrepreneurs, Creating, Education, Female Empowerment, Kids, Millennial Enrepreneuers, Reselling, Startups, Women Entrepreneurs, Youngest Entrepreneurs

Zollipops – Enjoy Candy Without the Cavity

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· Sunday, December 13th, 2020

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Photo by Zolli® Candy (Alina Morse) in Detroit, Michigan. Image may contain: one or more people. Oh no! Did we miss #nationalsisterday?! It's okay, every day is National Sister Day in our books! Tag your sister below!

We all love candy, there is no denying that, but one thing we could live without is the cavities that candy brings. Alina Morse saw this problem and faced it head-on. About 30 miles away from Detriot lies Morse’s company headquarters. The multi-million dollar company is called Zolli Candy. The sugar-free candy is sold online and in 7,500 stores. Young Morse is working on other types of sugar-free candy as well. Zollipops, her main type of candy, can be found in multiple well-known chains such as Target, Krogers, and Whole Foods. Morse’s ability to solve this very common problem has made her a wildly successful young entrepreneur.

Follow the link to learn more about Zolli Candy:https://zollipops.com/?gclid=CjwKCAiAlNf-BRB_EiwA2osbxYbyWUvxNPnqZgFevK76jfiIozI3HkX9TwxBlu5HGY3oLJAcgaLBvBoCkkYQAvD_BwE

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Categories : Business, Candy, Candy, Detroit, Healthy Lifestyle, Youngest Entrepreneurs

Something New In Fashion

Posted by morrownx18

· Tuesday, December 1st, 2020

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Growing up, everyone is trying to fit in. From middle school up through adulthood, all everyone is trying to do is fit in and get on top of ever changing new styles. The fashion industry is never lacking with new inspiration. It is hard to stay on top of new trends, clothes, styles that different friends, family, athletes, and celebrities wear. However, as the designer it is difficult to create a style that someone hasn’t seen already. It has to be new, unique, and never seen before.

This young Entrepreneur does exactly that in the fashion industry, and has beenfor the better part of the last two years. Since graduating high school, Demetrius Mackey has started up working on his dream: designing new clothes, fashion, and style for people to wear. Traveling the world, from PA to California, to New York, and even Paris, he has had his product walk the runway in major fashion areas. It has even graced music videos by the likes of Lil Mosey, 6ix9ine, and many more.

Its a new style unique to him. He takes the time to ask people what they want to see on their clothes, rather than just give them something. He then incorporates new trends, and everyday things into his work. He paints, stencils, screen prints, and even draws all on the clothes he produces for people to wear. And they are taking the market by storm, and flying off the shelf.

Getting his product out was hard at first, but then came the word of mouth advertising and he was off and making products for anyone and everyone. He didn’t let the many challenges (bullying, being told no, saying its a women’s industry) to stop him. He kept his head down and worked. Published in many major magazines, in music videos, and gracing runways, this young Pittsburgh artist and stylist has being succeeding and opening new doors.

http://voyagela.com/interview/meet-demetrius-mackey-meech-mackey-east-hollywood/

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Categories : Apparel/Accessories, Millennial Enrepreneuers, Social Entrepreneur, Youngest Entrepreneurs

Jack Kim

Posted by matthewssm19

· Monday, November 30th, 2020

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Jack Kim is a 25 year old entrepreneur who used his skills to give back to his community. He is one of the co-founders of the search engine Benelab, which generates revenue through ads in order to donate to charitable causes. He has also aided in the creation of several other businesses and is currently the CEO of Ember Labs.

Jack Kim created Benelab while he was still in high school. He began the journey towards the creation of Benelab by gaining profit from websites he was making. He came to the realization that the ads generating revenue on his websites could go towards charitable causes. He then created Benelab, the search engine that donates one-hundred of its proceeds to charitable causes such as donating towards world hunger and medical needs.

Kim then went to study computer science at Stanford and learned even more about the world of technology. He used this knowledge to create Duo AI, which develops advanced Artificial Intelligence systems for households. Duo AI’s website describes the technology as “an AI-powered mirror that you can touch and talk to. Like JARVIS.”

Jack Kim has also started a handful of other businesses. In 2013 he helped to create a business called Visionary Systems which was an emerging intelligent parking solutions provider based in Seoul, Korea. He also was a co-founder of von Hughes, a creative agency and product studio located in New York City. Von Hughes serves to “create viral campaigns like Rumblr and build our own viral products.”

Kim is also the founder and CEO of Ember Labs. Ember Labs is a laboratory dedicated to building new software and hardware businesses. Ember Labs boasts the fact that their products have been featured in over three hundred publications around the world.

Jack Kim has been a very successful entrepreneur at a young age. Through his multiple businesses and successful entrepreneurial ventures, Jack Kim displays that age does not matter in the world of entrepreneurship.

Sources:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack7kim

https://www.huffpost.com/author/jack-kim

https://www.jackk.im/

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Categories : Millennial Enrepreneuers, Social Entrepreneur, Youngest Entrepreneurs

New Idea – New Oppurtunity

Posted by morrownx18

· Monday, November 23rd, 2020

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Everyday, someone somewhere has a new idea they want to share. However, very few make it to market, or even make money for you. Getting your idea out there is hard, so hard in fact it is what separates entrepreneurs from dreamers.

Gerard Adams, CEO and founder of FOWNders social-impact accelerator in Newark, NJ to speak at TEDx September 28, 2016. (PRNewsFoto/FOWNders, Inc.)

It is hard. Ask Gerard Adams, an entrepreneur himself and founder of Elite Daily, how hard it is. He logged many hours into coming up and laying the ground work. He thought this would be the hardest, most time consuming part; however he was wrong, way wrong. His hardest part was taking that idea and publishing it and getting it noticed. It took time, time that he wishes went faster. So after a lot of thought, time, and energy put into one idea, he did what every entrepreneur does: threw it away and started all over. He had another idea, bigger, better, and one that benefits more than just him – Fownders.

Elite Daily founder created a place that is a safe for young entrepreneurs to go and publish their ideas and share what they want to start up and create themselves. Fownders takes your OWN, orginal idea and gets it out into the world for you. It serves as a place to bounce ideas off each other, connect, and expand on new or old ideas. The website has connected many entrepreneurs, some of which combined ideas and made it big in half the time as others, say Gerard Adams. It even offers ways to help many young individuals create new ideas, and start ups that go on to make millions. So if you have a good idea that you are struggling to share, get out there with it, try Fownders.

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Categories : App, Great Ideas, Millennial Enrepreneuers, Social Entrepreneur, Youngest Entrepreneurs