Connor Blakely is a 17 year old entrepreneur. Throughout his childhood, Connor knew he had a different way of thinking. After being inspired by a TedTalk from Cameron Herald and a Skype call with him, he began working on his first business. At the age of 14, he founded Utpec. This was a social media management business that eventually partnered with 25 small businesses. It was also around this time that he began sharpening his public speaking skills
Connor observed something especially unique that started his next venture YouthLogic. This is a youth marketing consultancy for businesses trying to reach Generation Z. He observed that his generation was so difficult to reach because of the way they’ve grown up. The realization that businesses had no way of truly knowing how to reach young people. Connor now travels and speaks to businesses about how to do just that.
Very interesting that someone from gen Y is trying to help business connect with gen Z! Good use of demographic dimensions
Everyone has been trying to evolve social media with new platforms since the amazing success of Facebook. However, this kid was able to look at it from a different point of view: social media is necessitated in many aspects of modern life, how can I make it so that it is more useful and effective for people on the platforms which already exist?