Business
Deni Darenberg – dogAdvisor
At 16 years old, Deni Darenberg had a friend with a pet German shepherd who struggled to easily find information online about how to care for his dog. Deni recognized how difficult it is for pet owners to quickly find correct information about their animals without searching for hours. He started a blog entitled dogAdvisor…
Read MoreShai Eisenman – Bubble Skincare
The Bubble Skincare line is a brand that is run by Gen Z for Gen Z. The company started in 2020, when founder Shai Eisenman saw that young adults were begrudgingly buying the same chemical based, ineffective skincare products that their moms bought before them. Shai wanted to change that, so she set out to…
Read MoreSteven Wang – Aelfric Eden
Steven Wang is an Asian American fashion enthusiast and entrepreneur from Taiwan. Steven loved fashion at a young age. He started to learn that you can create any design and put it into fashion. The problem Steven saw was that a lot of the clothes were plain and didn’t have a lot of design. Another…
Read MoreZach Yadegari – Cal AI
Zach Yadegari has a story that should make everyone wonder, what more could I do if I put my mind to it? From the age of 7, Zach had an entrepreneurial and business mindset. He had developed an interest in computers at a young age which led to teaching himself how to code and experiment…
Read MoreAlina Morse – ZolliPops: Healthy Candy?
Alina Morse at the young age of seven had a spark of an idea as she was walking from the bank with her father. She had been told many a time by her parents that sugar was bad for her teeth so naturally after being offered a lollipop she declined it asking, “Why can’t we…
Read MorePlanet Pointe
Planet Pointe is a non-profit organization that up-cycles ballet dancers’ “dead” pointe shoes. Dancers donate their old shoes and Planet Pointe creates pouches and bags out of the satin materials. Planet Pointe has 15 drop-off locations at dance studios and stores around the United States. Dancers can donate their used pointe shoes at these locations,…
Read MoreAlexandra Debow – swsh
Alexandra Debow is a 25 year old who was born in Canada and raised in Hong Kong. Growing up she would move around a lot, which led her to say goodbye to many of her friends. She was inspired to start swsh (somewhere somehow) to connect people who are not in the same place anymore.…
Read MoreBrennan Agranoff – HoopSwagg
At just the age 13, Brennan Agranoff came up with an idea that would change his life. While he was watching a basketball game he noticed everyone had on the same boring basic socks. Brennan thought that athletes should be able to express themselves through what they wear, so he came up with the company…
Read MoreMikaila Ulmer: Me & the Bees Lemonade
Mikaila Ulmer, born in 2004 in Houston, Texas, was stung twice in the same week by bees and developed a terrible fear of them and anything else that buzzed. Also, around this time she was given a 1940s cookbook by her Granny Helen. Mikaila’s parents didn’t want her to live her life in fear, so…
Read MoreNoé Vandamme- Bruges Belgian Bistro
Noé Vandamme is a food entrepreneur from Belgium. Noé likes eating and making waffles. When Noé came to the United States, he realized that there wasn’t any breakfast place that sells unique mini waffles. When Noé was born in 2003, his dad started to make these mini waffles dipped in chocolate right in their kitchen…
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