Noa Mintz started her first business in 2008, running art classes for kids during the summer for a small fee. Two years later, she founded a children’s party planning business. Today, the 16-year-old entrepreneur runs a full-service childcare agency in New York City called Nannies by Noa, that matches nannies with families in need of a caregiver. She vets candidates, handles customer service, and ensures background checks are conducted on each nanny.
When she started high school two years ago and needed more time for schoolwork, Mintz hired a full-time CEO with 25 years of industry experience. She has since hired two additional associates.
“The best part by far is the fact that I am a job creator and have been able to get so many people employed,” Mintz says. “It is rewarding and empowering.” Mintz says she has found nannies for hundreds of families in the New York area, and the primary referral source for her business is word of mouth.
New York is a great place for a business like this. There’s plenty of people to make connections with and lots of people looking for jobs. It would be easier to go through a service organization like this than spending a lot of time looking on your own for a nanny!
Even in the big cities like New York, these millenial entrepreneurs are innovating to no end. In a place like New York, good caretakers would be very difficult to find and she solves this problem. Like the greatest innovators of our time, she saw an issue and solved it.