It all started when he was 14 years old. Using some pocket change Christian Owens launched a business. Just a few short years later, now at 16, he has made $1 mil through his business reports Mail Online. Branchr was a smash hit with internet sites, made a staggering £500,000 in its first year and […]
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Who says couture has to be expensive? Two teenagers walked away with $3000 each for creating their prom outfits entirely out of duct tape. The Arizona Republic says it took Ray Banna and Yancy Esquivel 300 hours to create their designs. They used scissors, permanent markers, a sewing machine and 30 rolls of duct tape.
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At just 14 years old Alicia Alwood has successfully fulfilled her dream to start her own business reports the Morning Sun. Cuppa Talk Coffee opened two months ago at the Alwood Nursery. “I figured out in the hospital that I wanted to do a coffee shop,” said Alicia. “I told my mom it was time
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Seventeen-year-old Steven Ortiz is fairly sure he is the only student at Charter Oak High School who drives a convertible Porsche to school. Steven started with an old cell phone and eventually traded up to his impressive ride. It didn’t happen overnight, but with the help of the Craigslist website and a lot of patience,
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While most teens are spending their summer sleeping in Alex Wells has been hard at work creating jewelry for his business, Rebound says the Daily Press. For almost a year and a half, Wells has been taking used and broken skateboards and creating aesthetically and artistically creative pieces of jewelry. The idea for the jewelry,
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Back-to-school spending is expected to be robust this year as parents replenish their kids’ wardrobes and backpacks after two years of weak demand for school gear. Having outgrown shoes, shirts and even backpacks they’ve used the last two years, children heading back to school this year will arrive in style. The National Retail Federation’s 2010
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Mike Bellon, founder of Action Sports Toys, LLC, was inspired while surfing to create a toy that would allow children to mimic his moves on the water, reports The Village News. “I was riding a wave at Mission Beach when I decided I wanted to be innovative. I looked at electronics and computers, but I
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Josh Lesher is only 17 years old reports ReadingEagle.com, but he has already bought a combine and launched a business. Taking out a loan on his own, Josh bought a used combine for $50,000 and now has started working on clearing fields. “This is all in my name,” said Josh, an Upper Tulpehocken Township resident
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Has the novelty of poking, status updates and photo tagging worn off for teens and their notoriously short attention spans? Mashable reports that a survey conducted by online gaming site Roiworld found that teenagers are showing signs of “Facebook Fatigue.” Teens still spend an impressive 80 percent of their internet time on social networking sites,
Fifteen year-old Christian Owens, founder of online advertising network Branchr, was recently named Enterprising Young Brit 2010. The Daily Mail gives the annual award to teen tycoons with startups in the United Kingdom, reports VentureBeat. Owens founded the startup, which counts MySpace as a publisher – to give you a sense of the prestige –
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