Kid Entrepreneurs
Mikaila 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 MoreDrizzle – Persy Arcement
Jessica Monaco was working at Shore Gamers in New Jersey, when Persy Arcement, age 13, walked in, introduced herself and presented a box. The box was a board game she had invented, she asked if the store would like to stock it. Monaco had seen pitches like this before, the store was known for being supportive…
Read MoreAlina Morse – Zolli Candy
When Alina Morse was seven, she visited a bank with her father, where the bank teller offered her a lollipop. She wanted to accept it, but her parents had told her how bad candy was for her teeth growing up. This prompted her to ask her father—“Why can’t we make a lollipop that’s actually good…
Read MoreChelsea’s Charity
In 2019, at the age of ten, Chelsea Phaire founded Chelsea’s Charity, a non-profit organization dedicated to distributing art supplies to kids who might not otherwise have access to them. It all started when she decided to forgo having an average birthday party and instead, asked all her guests to donate art supplies so she…
Read MoreAlphonse Coleman-Bubbles and Blaze
Alphonse “Fonzi” Coleman is the founder of Bubbles and Blaze, a sustainable candle company. As a homeschool project his mom tasked him with finding a real-world problem and solving it with a business idea. Little did she know this project would lead to a successful entrepreneurial venture. Fonzi found that scent had a calming effect.…
Read MoreMo’s bows
Moziah Bridges is a 23-year-old entrepreneur from my hometown of Memphis, Tennessee, whose story has always inspired me. Growing up in Memphis, Moziah noticed that there weren’t many stylish or flattering bow ties available for young boys like him. Instead of settling for what was on the market, he decided to take matters into his…
Read MoreAlina Morse – Zollipops
Born in America in 2005, Alina Morse started Zollipops at just 10 years old in 2015. One time when she was 9 years old, she went on a bank errand with her father and was given a lollipop. This got her thinking about how sugary normal lollipops and other candy are, and how they are…
Read MoreBrandon and Sebastian Martinez – Are You Kidding Socks
In 2014, Are You Kidding Socks Company was founded by two brothers, Brandon and Sebatian Martinez. At the time, the boys were only 6 and 8 years old, so with the initial help of their mother, Rachel Martinez, their company was able to launch. The Martinez brothers started by manufacturing their socks professionally through a…
Read MoreDeni Darenberg-DogAdvisor
After one of his friends adopted a new dog, Deni Darenberg noticed him struggle to find helpful tips and sources to aid in raising this dog. There was so much misinformation on dog owning and so little helpful tips out on the web. The sources that were helpful were scattered all over the place and…
Read MoreClosing The Digital Divide
In 2019 Dylan Zajac, age 15, founded a groundbreaking non-profit called Computers For People. The theory behind Zajac’s non-profit originated from a side hustle he started early in high school where he would go to thrift stores with friends and buy used electronics for a significantly reduced, and often heavily bartered down, price and flip…
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