Before reading this, take a second to reflect and remember what you were doing in 2011. For most college students whenever they think back to 2011, they may think about school, their friends and family, maybe going on a memorable vacation or receiving an awesome gift. For Ben Towers, when he thinks back to 2011, the first thing that probably comes to mind is when he started his first company at just 13 years old.
In 2009, a family friend challenged him to build them a real website. Most 11 year old’s would take the challenge as a joke, thinking that that was well out of their skill set and capabilities for their age group. Not Ben Towers though. Ben didn’t have prior knowledge about website building before accepting this challenge but, with the help of several YouTube videos, he was able to successfully build a full blown professional website. After completing the first site, Towers continued building sites and in 2011 started his first business named Ben Towers Website Design (BTWD). Less than two years after starting his first company Towers re-branded his company as Towers Design, which is a digital marketing agency and in the same year started Social Marley, a social media management company. Two years later in 2015, Towers would officially launch the service. Towers Design continued to grow then in 2017, through a merger with Zest the Agency, became one of the larger digital marketing firms in Kent, England.
While Towers is certainly well known for his entrepreneurial successes, he is widely known as an advisor as well as promoter for entrepreneurship.
When asked for his advise for young entrepreneurs, Towers said
“1. Get out and give it a go, you don’t even have to wait until you finish school! I didn’t!
2. Be passionate about what you do and make sure your reasons are more than simply making money, you have to love what you do.
3. Make the most of being young, be bold and tell the world! Do not try to deny your age, embrace the advantages of it!”
Most people would be content with this position and continue to grow, but Ben Towers isn’t like most people. In 2017, the same year as his company’s merger, Ben decided to leave and venture out into new endeavors. This year Towers co-founded Tahora, a service that helps to foster and grow good mental health/well-being. While plenty of services already exist for good mental health, Tahora is different in that it targets the young millennial and Generation Z workforce. Ben Towers is towering over the competition and he is only getting started.
http://socialmarley.com/about-ben
https://richtopia.com/inspirational-people/top-young-entrepreneur-interview-ben-towers
It is definitely true that Ben Towers is towering over the competition. I like how he never is content with what he has done, he continues to work instead of sitting back and enjoying his success. This guy is going be a great inspiration to young entrepreneurs everywhere.