Sharing Wisdom with the Next Generation
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Vanessa Van Petten shares her wisdom for youth success.
10 Awesome Companies Built by Teens
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Gen Y and The entrepreneurial spirit
Just found this great post so I thought I would share.
The entrepreneurial spirit starts early for many teenagers, but for most things like high school, college and social lives overpower the urge to start a business.
But not every teenager.
Occasionally there are a few really driven youngsters who actually create successful companies before they are old enough to vote, buy alcohol, or even drive. Here are 10 inspirational stories of some incredibly successful young entrepreneurs, who all started their empires in their teens.
1. Fred De Luca
In 1965 Fred De Luca borrowed just $1,000 to start the now-famous Subway sandwich restaurant. Fred was only 17 years old when he decided to be an entrepreneur, and he started the restaurant as a way to earn money for college. Since opening the first shop in Boston, the chain now has 32,401 locations and makes over $9 billion in sales yearly. Fred and his co-founder Peter Buck have also founded Franchise Brands, a resource to help franchisors and entrepreneurs grow their brands.
2. Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg created the software that would eventually become the popular social networking site Facebook while he was at Harvard. He launched the site from his dorm room, and since that day has become the youngest self-made businessman who is worth more than a billion dollars. Zuckerberg dropped out of college and became the CEO of the fastest-growing site on the Internet. Facebook has since recorded over 400 million users and is now one of the most successful Web sites ever built.
3. Matt Mullenweg
Matt Mullenweg is another software developer who found success at a very early age. When Matt was 19, he announced that he would be starting an open source initiative for better blogging software and started Wordpress. Since then the software programmer started Automattic, which has two flagship products Akismet, a trap for site comment spam, and Wordpress.com, the hosted version of the open source Wordpress software. Since founding Automattic, the company has raised over $30 million dollars and owns some of the most popular software on the Web.
Read more 10 Awesome Companies Built by Teens
Could you inspire youth?
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Wisdom got youth
Have you got some words of wisdom to share with the youth of today?
Welcome to my ”If I can do it project”
Sarah’s Story
14 year old Making a HUGE Difference
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Inspiring teen!
I love it when I find posts like this and this is from the wonderful Sue Scheff’s Blog.
Most 14 year-olds are playing sports, listening to their music, going to movies and simply hanging with their friends. A smaller number of 14 year-olds are thinking about what they want to be when they grow up, or what college they want to attend.
Then there is Jason O’Neill with 14 years of dreaming, creating and succeeding! Yes, at 14 years old Jason already has started his own business and created an organization that gives back! During this past holiday season, Jason O’Neill made it his mission to give 250 bears to children at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego, CA.
Read 14 year old Making a HUGE Difference
Jason O’Neill
Motivating the next Generation
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Our Young Girls need this
It is very rarely I recommend books but this book on happiness and self esteem for youth is definitely worth getting your hands on.
Now saying that mine only just arrived ( the joys of living in the U.K.) so I cannot review it yet, however what I can say is that the author Gabrielle Bernstein is an inspiration lady on a mission and I totally can support that.
Gabrielle’s first book ADD MORE ~ing TO YOUR LIFE – A HIP GUIDE TO HAPPINESS is released today
I had a chat with Gabrielle about her book and modern day girls.
Kids are Heroes
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Youth Inspiration
If you ever need any inspiration about or for young people then I suggest you take a wonder over to Kids Are Heroes. See how our young people are making a difference in the world.
