Moziah Bridges is a superstar on and off the court. Moziah is a 9 year old kid from the Memphis area. Moziah is best known for being on the hit TV show “Shark Tank”, and making bow ties for NBA stars like Willie-Caulie Stine. At only the age of nine years old Moziah Bridges began his entrepreneurship career when his grandma taught him how to tie a bowtie. Out of all epiphany moments, it was something as small as learning how to dress nice from his grandma.
Just a few years later, Moziah was on Shark Tank to show off his tie business, “Mo’s Bows”. Now a bowtie business might not be the most interesting thing on Earth, but NBA players seem to disagree. This eleven year old kid was creating personalized bowties and regular ties for NBA players during the 2015 draft which included NBA Superstars like Karl-Anthony Towns, Devin Booker and Kristaps Porzingis.
Moziah’s story teaches us the importance of the slow hunch and epiphany moments, and that they can come at anytime, for any reason. Mo’ took a small memory from his grandma doing something small, and made a business that reached professional athlete superstars on the biggest stage of their careers.
Moziah was able to create a massive product which is still growing today because of something small. I know that’s been said but think about it. Bowties. Something you wear to look nice, a nine year old kid saw and thought “monopoly and money”. It is something that I think lots of people could learn from and take to heart.
First of all, being a Memphis native, I love we have young entrepreneurs in the community who are making a difference at such a young age. NBA players are known for stylish pregame outfits before they play so Moziah definitely knew he could cater to this with making bowties. He tied in just knowing how to tie bowties from his grandma to export to a large group of NBA players who needed style from the community. Some simple nice things people will pay a lot for to have.