YouTube is one of the fastest growing social media sites of the day. Leveraging ideas, advertising products, drawing attention to specific topics, and educating/entertaining the general public are just a few of its vast uses. There are those who know how to take full advantage of YouTube, and one of those people is Hank Green.

Now, I know what most of you are thinking, “Spencer, being YouTube famous does NOT make you an Millennial Entrepreneur.” To that I say, yes, you are probably right. However, YouTube is a cultural hub of knowledge, and people that can give birth to many great ideas.

Hank Green is an entrepreneur for many reasons. I say that not because he is a YouTube star, but rather because of how he uses the resources available to him, ie: The Internet. Hank shares a YouTube channel with his brother- bestselling author John Green (The Fault In Our Stars)- as well as 2 other educational YouTube channels. He also owns a record label for upstarting artists, a blog about ideas to help the planet, and a charity-oriented project that used to promote charities but now actually raises money for them. But there’s more.

Ever heard of VidCon? well, if you haven’t, VidCon is a multi-genre online video convention, held annually in southern California since 2010, all started by Hank Green and organized alongside a team, of course. VidCon is the biggest event of its kind and has since its conception grown from approximately one thousand to over 18 thousand attendees.

But what makes an entrepreneur an entrepreneur? Problem solving, right? Well, hank covered that too. In 2010 after seeing a 3-D movie with his wife, she complained that she had a headache due to the glasses. Knowing what he did about 3-D movies and how they work, Hank proceeded to create 2-D glasses; a product that “takes the headache out of 3-D.” he now sells the glasses on www.2d-glasses.com

Hank uses his intelligence, abilities, and resources to help people, solve problems, and provide for the audience that he has accumulated. At 33 years old, He’s right on the edge of the generational line dividing baby-boomers and millennials, but without a doubt prefers to be in the lives of the young, aiding their search for knowledge and showing how anyone can come up with great ideas.

-Spencer Smith