When I think of Gen Z entrepreneurs, I think of my good friend, Belay. We went to high school together in Illinois and are apart of the same friend group and played football together. He committed to play quarterback for Cal as a PWO and played there for three years before graduating early. As a…

The Auroma Brewing Company, also known as ABC Smart Coffee, is an innovation in the market of coffee makers that was founded by three young entrepreneurs in the 2010s. The three students, Pawin Wongtada, Rayan Al-Shaibani, and Ornicha Srimokla, became addicted to coffee and met during their time studying at the University of British Columbia,…

When I think of a Gen Z entrepreneur in the lifestyle space, one of the first people I think of is Alix Earl. She is a Miami-based content creator who grew a huge following on TikTok and Instagram by sharing her everyday life. She is best known for her “get ready with me” videos, where…

There is a gym in Fairless Hills, PA, with a regulation boxing ring, an MMA cage, basketball courts inside and out, a barber shop, a hair salon, and a restaurant. It’s 75,000 square feet. Membership is $69 a month and it works at every location, any hour you want. That price should not be possible.…

Erifili Gounari started her brand called “The Z Link” during Covid as a way to connect marketing firms to social media creators. Erifili saw that partnership opportunities were hard to facilitate so she wanted to ease that pain point for the brands and the influencers. She saw the problem when companies admitted to spending millions…

As I searched the web, I came across an article about a young 23-year-old man name Zechariah Thomas who noticed a small issue in hockey equipment and turned it into a million-dollar business. Thomas founded Swift Hockey, a business set up to deal with one of biggest issues in hockey which is the cost of…

When researching Gen Z entrepreneurs, I came across Brendan Foody. He’s the CEO of Mercor, an AI recruiting company, and he’s only 22. He started Mercor in 2023 with two friends from his high school debate team, Adarsh Hiremath and Surya Midha. They started small, trying to connect engineers in India with US companies that…

Deni Darenberg began dogAdvisor because he recognized a problem. After getting a German Shepard, Deni’s friend needed guidance on proper care for that specific breed but was overwhelmed by all the information online. Because of how easy it was to get lost in the excess and unorganized dog-care cites, at just 16, Deni came up…

Mikaila Ulmer founded Me & The Bees when she was 4 years old. She was stung a couple times when she was young and was really scared of bees after that. However, she pushed to overcome her fears and had her first lemonade stand at the Austin Lemonade Day and Acton Children’s Business Fair in…