Post on 20-Dec-2015
YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR’S & THEIR INCREDIBLE STORY
Entrepreneurship has no bar on age, but nevertheless you get
surprised to see some youngsters making it big as entrepreneurs. In the age
where these youngsters could have simply did the usual things
like high school, college, hangout joints, video games or bike rides, they went ahead and
founded companies, gave seminars, wrote books, and
became inspiring figures for all aspiring entrepreneurs
irrespective of age. Read on to know top 10 young
entrepreneur success stories— their struggles and triumphs
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
At the age of 19, King Siddharta who came from a backward sector in Northern India and his friends
started organizing small competitions and events among
teens. They earned by charging a little fee to gain entry into these competitions. Today Siddharta organises conferences called
Createens that gives the young students an opportunity to learn
about blogging, entrepreneurship etc. Also, he is now a speaker,
author and a magazine publisher. He writes an e-magazine called Friendz for teens and also has
written a book about spirituality and science and how they are
connected. The book is called Bhagvad Gita & The Law of
attraction.
KING SIDDHARTA
Finding his entrepreneurship skills at the very early age of 7 by holding garage sales and
selling stuff from his house and later selling the flower from the weddings, Arjun
transformed into a COO of an online advertising firm pretty quickly. Still thristy, Arun now
heads a brand new venture called Odyssey Ads which
caters to the specific advertising needs of the 21st
Century.
ARJUN RAI
Starting at the age of 16 by borrowing 500 bucks from his
father for buying a domain name and started building a web
community particularly devoted to aviation and aero-modelling.
After the website took off, he sold the community for a pretty high return. Today, he is the CEO of a
web development, marketing, advertising and branding
company called Rockstah Media. Despite being a very young
company of 1 year, it has it’s own team of developers, marketers and designers across the globe.
FARRHAD ACIDWALLA
Having the entrepreneurship skills in his genes, the son of
Naveen Jain, founder of Infospace and Intellius, Ankir
started his venture Starnium at the age of 12. Now, along with
a group of his collegemates from Wharton, Ankur has
started Kairos, a society for budding entrepreneurs still in
college. They stand to empower the young pioneers who will
push the world forward through entrepreneurship and
innovation.
ANKUR JAIN
Grew up in Bhubaneshwar, studied engineering in Pune, and joined Tata Tea as part
of the mergers & acquisitions team, criss-
crossing the world in a jet-setting lifestyle. But the
startup bug bit him, and he joined TiE London to interact
with entrepreneurs. He returned to Orissa to set up
a dairy company, Milk Mantra, plunging into the world of cows, distributors
and packaging.
SRIKUMAR MISRA
Grew up in Jodhpur, and worked in his grandfather’s photo studio. Later he joined
ITC, getting exposure to Russia and China in the perfume business. He
realised the potential of this sector in India, and returned to start Perfume Station. With
a wide range of pricing and open minded customer care, he first expanded in Tier 2 and 3 cities before moving
into the metros.
SANDEEP KAPOOR
Grew up in Belgaum in an agricultural family, studied
engineering and then joined the UK company, Moog, in the area of
servo-controls. He travelled extensively in Asia and Europe, building deep experience – and
also causing worry to his parents that he may marry a foreign
woman. They arranged a marriage for him with a local bride, and he moved back to India eventually. Deepak started Servo Controls India with his brother, bagging
orders from HAL and then the steel and power industry. Tie-ups with Russian companies and the Tata
group have also proven lucrative.
DEEPAK DHADOTTI