https://www.investopedia.com/10-successful-young-entrepreneurs-4773310

Everyone loves their grandmother’s cooking and yet none of us know the recipes because “it’s a family secrete”. Well, a young entrepreneur at the young age of 14, Fraser Doherty finally found the beloved recipes. His grandmother finally handed them off to him and he took advantage of the opportunity to share the great jam flavors with all his friends. He is different because he only imaged selling this jam to his family and close friends because it was his grandmother’s recipe. He took something and just shared with the rest of the world, he never even had to create it. After not being able to keep up with all the demand surrounding the jam he expanded and moved into a warehouse to continue to grow the business. His business is so interesting because he was just doing it for friends and instead got the response of a lifetime and had people from other countries asking for his homemade jam to use on their toast.

He exhibits, determination, problem solving, innovation, and creativity very well. He was only 14 at the time this all started so he had to eventually drop out of school and took this business to the max within a few years. He is now in more than 184 supermarkets around the world. He showed determination because he stepped up the plate and battled to make an impact on people’s lives. By 2007, he had over $750,000 in sales overall, this number for a young man is absolutely amazing.

Fraser inspires me because he is the perfect example of how easy it is to be successful in the world. He shows that no matter the situation as long as you the customer happy and continue to provide good products your business can grow into things that you never even imagined. It is all about the relationships you have with people. Something that has come up in my life lately is the saying “it’s who you know, not what you know”. That concept is the saying for this situation.