For today’s blog I will be talking about a young entrepreneur Kevin Smiley who started a tea packaging business which hires recently arrived Syrian refugees. His business is tea packaging, his objective/mission is to create high value jobs for refugees. At the same time, Kevin also wants to create a sustainable source of corporate donations from SuraiTea to the not-for-profits active in the refugees resettling effort. For me, Kevin Smiley is a entrepreneur that I would like to emulate one day when I try and become an entrepreneur because for me, this organization that he has created which is tea packaging and his objectives to help refugees is truly inspiring. I think from my perspective, entrepreneurship seems like a complicated task or career to try and take on, and the truth is that it really is, but after reading about Kevin and what he has done, I start to think maybe if I just simplify it down to a simple product or one simple step, then from there I can move forward. The fact that Kevin uses tea packaging as his active income to help support his mission which is to help recently arrived Syrian refugees get strong foundational jobs is to me just brilliant and well thought out. It proves two things that are important, entrepreneurship starts with a simple product, and two it is all about helping and impacting others, not just yourself.

https://www.oneyoungworld.com/news-item/11-young-entrepreneurs-changing-world