Henry Burner is an aspiring and inspiring entrepreneur who owns and runs his own business. Henry Burner’s company Buttonsmith Inc. which sells T-Shirts, bobby pin buttons, and other accessories like dog collars. Young Henry was only in fourth grade when he came with the idea to start a business. Henry was initially inspired by a fourth grade elementary school project but was driven by the desire to make his small project into something even bigger. With the help of his parents and friends Henry was able to make his dream to start of starting a business a very real reality. Henry displayed many entrepreneurial traits including creativity and ability to see a bigger picture for his products. Since then Henry’s business has grown drastically procuring dozens of products and accessories raking in millions dollars of revenue Henry is inspiring because his him and his business proves small and simple ideas can quickly turn into a major business the has a real impact on the world. After reading about Henry I have learned that no idea is too small and with enough effort and ability to adjust anything can be accomplished. Even an idea as small as one that involves a tiny shirt button.
It’s cool to see a small business take off.
It’s awesome to see someone take inspiration from something from their childhood and make something out of it. It is also great that it was a teaching point, that even though something may seem small, it can make huge impacts.