Gerard Adams is a young millennial entrepreneur who is responsible for the creation of Elite Daily. Elite Daily is a news content platform geared towards informing millennials of what is going on around the world such as politics, social justice, and sports. The online news platform was founded in 2012 and has reached up to around eighty million readers. The company was later sold to the Daily Mail for fifty million dollars. Clearly, Gerard Adams has had great success with his product regarding the revenue generated as well as the vast number of users he accumulated over the years. Although what Adams has accomplished is amazing, he wasn’t always this young entrepreneurial superstar. Adams story started off in New Jersey as being a part of a hard-working, lower-middle-class family with his parents and two sisters. He first learned about the stock market and business from his dad who worked at Prudential while he was growing up. Adams dad had a very big and positive influence on his life, providing him with knowledge, wisdom, and encouragement throughout his childhood. One small thing that he often did that ended up having a lasting impact on Adams life is that he would leave notes in various places around his house with quotes from famous leaders of different experience. Despite all of this Gerard Adams still went down a bad path throughout most of his high school career, and even ended up dropping out of college. Would it have been better for him to have been more responsible and productive in his early years, yes, but his story shows us that no matter what a persons background is like or what choices they made in the past, anything can happen and anyone can achieve their dreams and goals if they truly choose to turn things around in their life and work hard. Adams provides a word of encouragement and motivation to all the young entrepreneurs in the world. “Discipline will take you to places where motivation can’t”
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This is a great post and such an inspiring story! I love how Adams had the discipline and drive necessary to create a successful business. The details about Adams’s life growing up and his hardships really help to encourage all young, aspiring entrepreneurs. I also love the quote you chose to end with as I find it really applicable in all areas of life, not just entrepreneurship and business startups.