Sean Belnik showed that he had what it took to be an entrepreneur at age 14. Inspired by his father who also created office furniture, Sean came up with a great business idea. Sean noticed that whenever retailers would call his father, the customers had to go out of their way to go to the store to pick up whatever piece of furniture they had ordered. Why not cut out the middle man and ship the furniture directly to the customer?
That’s exactly what his company Bizchair does. He started his business by just selling a few office chairs here and there. As time went on, his business expanded. In 2007, at age 22, he gained employees and figured out a specific business plan: a shipping based company, that took very little money to start. He also continued taking business classes at Emory University, constantly learning more about how he could improve his business. Today, he sells his office furniture to many big name companies, such as Google and Microsoft. His chairs are also used by the judges on American Idol. Today he is worth an estimated $50 million.
For more information about Sean or his business Bizchair, visit the websites below.
http://www.incomediary.com/top-young-entrepreneurs
http://www.bizchair.com/?utm_source=msn&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Brand%20-%20BizChair%20(BC)
Something so simple as a chair can even be made better!! This really shows me that something that may seem like a saturated market DOES in fact have room for innovation and new competition!
I love hearing these type of stories because it shows how small parts of the world are impacted by strong entrepreneurs. I mean, who would have known that Belnik’s chairs are the ones the judges of American Idol used to sit on? Belnik’s idea also works well with our world today; we want efficiency, and we want it made simple. Great idea for the type of world we live in today.