R.J. Duarte, GreenWorx Landscaping
R.J. Duarte was a young kid that had a common goal of a lot of other kids, to make some side hustle money. When R.J. was just 8 years old, he started doing lawncare around his neighborhood. Each summer his income would double and sometimes triple. Once he made it to high school, he hired…
Read MoreBobbi Althoff – The Really Good Podcast
Bobbi Althoff is a twenty-eight-year-old podcaster and social media personality. Bobbi started on TikTok, posting brand deals and growing her platform. She spent most of her time promoting items for fellow mothers, such as jewelry and children’s products. However, she shifted towards satirical “momtok” content, making comical videos about motherhood. This content was extremely successful,…
Read MoreLucy Guo: The Mind Behind Scale AI
Lucy Guo, the daughter of two Chinese immigrant parents, was born in California in 1994. Her parents were both electrical engineers, sparking her curiosity in technology and the science. In her early teenage years, she was already working on coding projects such as developing bots for her favorite mobile game, Neopet, so that she could…
Read MoreAidan Gomez
Aidan Gomez is a young entrepreneur in the AI field. He is the CEO and co-founder of Cohere. Cohere focuses on the enterprise side of AI. He first gained attention with a research paper he wrote in 2017 called “Attention Is All You Need.” His paper became the base for what he built. It was…
Read MoreElena Bonvicini – Founder of EB Denim
Since her time at USC, Elena Bonvicini has been selling denim. She turned her hobby into a worldwide direct-to-consumer business. EB Denim has landed deals with Revolve, Selfridges, Fred Segal, and Bergdorf Goodman. Bonvicini also has celebrity fans including Kylie Jenner, Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter, and Bella Hadid. Growing up, Bonvicini’s grandma took her to…
Read MoreVan Leeuwen Ice Cream – Ben Van Leeuwen
Van Leeuwen Ice Cream was started by Ben Van Leeuwen, his brother Pete, and his business partner Laura. After raising about $60,000 in family and friend funds, they started in an old used UPS truck that they personally fixed up and painted yellow. Even in reflection Ben says he would rather Bootstrap his business than…
Read MoreIsabella Rose Taylor
Isabella Rose Taylor was interested in painting at a young age. She had started painting when she was 3 and started selling her works at the age of 8. She sold her paintings in an eminent gallery in Dallas Texas. She had founded her clothing brand, IsabellaRoseTaylor, which is a young women’s contemporary line. Isabella…
Read MoreEmil Barr – Flashpass
Emil Barr is a 22 year old entrepreneur who started the company called Flashpass. He immigrated from Russia when he was about 3 years old. He went to Miami University and studied economics and international business. During his freshman year there he started a successful business called Step Up Social. This business helped businesses expand…
Read MoreDemi Guo
One young entrepreneur that has done something truly innovative in the area of the video industry is Demi Guo. Demi Guo is a co-founder and the CEO who helped develop the startup Pika which is an app that uses AI to help generate and aid in the making of short-form content. Demi is a Harvard…
Read MoreDanny Cole
Danny Cole is a young and rising artist who created the famous imaginative art world known as ‘Creature World’. Danny works in many different mediums in art, ranging from paint and installations to even fashion. Born in New Jersey, Danny began making and imagining his dreamlike world from a young age. He describes wrapping himself…
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