I read an interesting story today about two teenagers who took a trip to Spain and returned with some entrepreneur ideas that could inspire a lot of teens.
Ryan Farr and Tommy Hum-Hyder discovered some really cool designer bow ties on their trip and decided to return home and try to manufacture custom bow ties and market them in their hometown of Hanover, New Hampshire. The details of their story can be found in this story
They have started slowly with their simple income idea but they have intentions of growing this business to become a substantial money maker.
As I thought about their venture I wondered why someone couldn't start a small home business similar to this bow tie business and market the business through a simple web site.
Consider another teen entrepreneur, C. Harley Ellis. Here is a portion of his story.
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C. Harley is the visionary, inventor and founder behind 'Micro-Kites™', which as the name implies are - 'small handcrafted' kites. The Micro-Kite™ was originally conceptualized as a full size recyclable kite, made from a plastic grocery bag, straws and finishing line. C. Harley estimates that it took him approximately 20 minutes to rapid prototype his first kite, unfortunately, it did not pass beta mode in its first test flight. In the famous words of C. Harley 'it failed miserably'. A true entrepreneur and innovator, he quickly realized the first idea is seldom the best one and spent the next few days trying to figure out how to improve on his original idea. After a few days had passed, he had his AHA moment and creative breakthrough when he noticed some kids struggling to control a 'full size' kite. He would create a small kite that anyone could use, yet was simple to fly and easy enough to be managed by a small child. This genius idea led to the design of a 5.5 x 5 inch kite.
Ryan Farr and Tommy Hum-Hyder discovered some really cool designer bow ties on their trip and decided to return home and try to manufacture custom bow ties and market them in their hometown of Hanover, New Hampshire. The details of their story can be found in this story
They have started slowly with their simple income idea but they have intentions of growing this business to become a substantial money maker.
Consider another teen entrepreneur, C. Harley Ellis. Here is a portion of his story.
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C. Harley is the visionary, inventor and founder behind 'Micro-Kites™', which as the name implies are - 'small handcrafted' kites. The Micro-Kite™ was originally conceptualized as a full size recyclable kite, made from a plastic grocery bag, straws and finishing line. C. Harley estimates that it took him approximately 20 minutes to rapid prototype his first kite, unfortunately, it did not pass beta mode in its first test flight. In the famous words of C. Harley 'it failed miserably'. A true entrepreneur and innovator, he quickly realized the first idea is seldom the best one and spent the next few days trying to figure out how to improve on his original idea. After a few days had passed, he had his AHA moment and creative breakthrough when he noticed some kids struggling to control a 'full size' kite. He would create a small kite that anyone could use, yet was simple to fly and easy enough to be managed by a small child. This genius idea led to the design of a 5.5 x 5 inch kite.
