Alina 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…
Alana Andrews – SWEY
Alana Andrews is a trailblazing Generation Z entrepreneur. As the founder of the So Positive Initiative (SPI), which helps elementary and middle schoolers gain leadership skills and grow in confidence, a 14-time published author, and a motivational speaker, Alana has really done it all before graduating college. However, her most well-known and noteworthy accomplishment thus…
Bubbles and Blaze
I read an article discussing a 14-year-old entrepreneur named Alphonse “Fonzi” Coleman who started an eco-friendly candle business, Bubbles and Blaze. He first started it as a homeschool project but then generated $3,000 in sales. This is unique because that aren’t many candles that are ecofriendly. What drives Coleman is to help out the environment…
Deni Darenberg- dogAdvisor
Deni Darenberg is the 17-year-old founder and CEO of dogAdvisor. dogAdvisor started as a blog where owners could get quick information on how to raise their furry friends. His vision is “to become the trusted name for dog owners everywhere”. Darenberg started this because he saw that every time a dog owner searched online…
Mahimana Bhatt and The Waymo for Excavators
The construction jobsite is one of the most dangerous places a person could be. There are millions of things that could go wrong, even if everyone is doing everything exactly to code. The biggest risk that Mahimana Bhatt saw here was the danger of operating construction equipment within the jobsite. These large machines are a…
Casimiro Miguel – CazéTV
Casimiro Miguel created CazéTV at the early age of 28. CazéTV is a way to watch professional sports with alternative commentary. This commentary is directed towards Brazilian and Portuguese speakers. CazéTV is across many different platforms such as YouTube and Twitch. Miguel saw a problem within the Brazilian community in not being able to understand…
Chelsea’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…
Jack Hu-Cofounder, Pumpkinseed
Jack Hu the co-founder of the startup Pumpkinseed, is exploring the adjacent possible in the world of protein sequencing. Protein sequencing has a vast number of useful applications, but the more common reasons are found in bioengineering, drug development, and understanding diseases. Jack saw that although we can produce protein via cells the technology for…
Taylor Price – Priceless Tay
26-year-old Taylor Price is the founder of Priceless Tay. While the name Priceless Tay was clearly inspired by her name, she says it also refers to understanding that money does not dictate value but rather reflects the worth you already have. With that in mind, Taylor Price’s mission through Priceless Tay is to educate Gen…
Alphonse 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.…