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Steven Schwartz and his two friends, Cameron Zoub and Jack Sharkey are perfect examples of Gen Z entrepreneurs. In 2021, Schwartz had the idea to create an online marketplace that sold digital products. People who use this platform are able to sell all sorts of things from fitness programs to coding tools. Schwartz used incredible…
anti-penuership
When most people think of entrepreneurship, they think of innovators who change the landscape and build something new. It’s easy to imagine the title entrepreneur as a badge of creativity and pride given to someone who had an idea and saw it through. But what happens when someone who calls themselves an entrepreneur builds a…
Neuflora – Young Entrepreneurs
Another online clothing boutique? Think again — Neuflora’s mission to create a calm and cohesive wardrobe for women quickly transformed into a successful business. The company was born upon the collaboration of two-family friendships experiencing a common pain — consumerism and essentially, a “keeping up with the Joneses.” The company started when Jess, one of…
Sweet Sisters Jam – Young Entrepreneurs
“Tea with jam and bread?!” The famous liner from Rodger and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music comes to life in the small-business run by three sisters, “Sweet Sisters Jam.” The idea for this business began when sisters Lillian, Isabella, and Elsie were tweens in middle school upon attending a youth conference on creating small businesses.…
Rachel Zeitz
Rachel Zeitz is a girl who has played lacrosse for most of her life, but there was a problem she noticed throughout her sport the equipment was low quality. At the age of 13, she decided to take matters into her own hands and founded Gladiator Lacrosse. She designs durable, high quality lacrosse equipment that…
Mo’s Bows
Introducing: Moziah Bridges. Launching Mo’s Bows from the age of nine, he has landed several large contract deals with major companies like the NBA, leading to his status as a leading Gen Z Entrepreneur. A budding entrepreneur since he was young, Bridges was born in Memphis Tennessee with an eye for style. Originally, it was…
Me and the Bees
Mikaila Ulmer is a young girl who had the idea of a very successful business after getting stung twice by a bee in one week when she was four years old. After being stung, Mikaila developed an increasing wonder of bees and the importance they play in our world. While she was learning all about…
Andrew Flair – Entrepreneurship Through Video
Andrew Flair began his career when he was 16. He started making YouTube videos focused around Fishing. This was in 2014 when YouTube became a hotspot for sharing creativity and ideas. He quickly found that people enjoyed watching him and found his personallity entertaining. This is when he began to have the realization that maybe…
Tiffany Zhong – Noplace
When iPods, YouTube, and music streaming services developed, society jumped for joy at the ease of portable, available music; the days of mixed tapes and bulky records were gone. Then a growing population of people started to long for the days when albums weren’t just downloads on a device, but rather tangible prizes, thus vinyl…
Iseult Ward – Solving a Food Crisis
In 2012 Iseult Ward, a student at Trinity College in Dublin Ireland, launched a platform dedicated to helping connect food suppliers with non-profit organizations to help cut down on unnecessary food waste. Growing up, Ward lived in a socioeconomically deprived area, which brought the issue of hunger much closer to home for her and was…