19-Year Old YouTuber Muaaz Shakeel Gains An Audience By Helping Others Build Theirs
Muaaz Shakeel, a 19-year old YouTuber from Milwaukee, grew to nearly 50,000 subscribers by helping upcoming YouTubers succeed with content creation.
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Muaaz Shakeel, a 19-year old YouTuber from Milwaukee, grew to nearly 50,000 subscribers by helping upcoming YouTubers succeed with content creation.
Kurt Smolek from Westfield, Wisconsin shares how his love of inventing and his kids inspired Connectimals, loveable plush interchangeable animals.
Haris Reis, President and COO of Changing Lanes International and a former growth hacker at Vayner Media, helped grow the company to 6 figures in under a year.
Jonathan Maxim, an app designer and SDSU graduate, left a Fortune 50 company to found Vea Fitness, an app that rewards workouts with discounts and free gear.
Anjali Gupta, a high school student from Edison, NJ, founded School for a Village, a non-profit bringing technology and educational resources to students.
Rahul Varshneya, co-founder of Arkenea, has helped 150+ non-technical founders build and launch tech businesses through software consulting.
Priya Mittal, a New York City high schooler, built GroGreen, an app connecting restaurants with farms' unsellable produce to cut food waste.
Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree Candice Galek, founder and CEO of Bikini Luxe, shares how she built her online designer swimwear retailer and brand.
Brooke Lynette grew her Facebook page from zero to one million likes in eight months, with videos amassing over four million views apiece.
Johnny Brown, a 25 year old entrepreneur from Myrtle Beach, SC, uses social media marketing to drive thousands of sales per month for eCommerce brands.
Erin Doherty Ward, a third generation auctioneer from New York, founded Star Benefit Auctions to run fundraising auctions for nonprofits.
Matthew Edgar, web consultant at Elementive and author of Elements of a Successful Website, helps small businesses and nonprofits use data analytics.
Malavika Vivek, 17, founded Women Tech eXchange and directs Girls Make Apps, working to bridge the gender gap in tech for high school girls.
Kevin Hough and his family from Pittsburgh started Liberty Pole Spirits, a craft whiskey business rooted in the history of the Whiskey Rebellion.
High schooler Briana Berger, founder and CEO of coderGirls, runs an international nonprofit that helps girls learn to code and connect it to their passions.
UCLA grads Tim Yu and Susie Kim, CEO and Chief Creative Officer of Pluto Money, are re-imagining personal finance for the Snapchat generation.
Nikhil Alok, a 20 year old entrepreneur who calls Singapore and London home, co-founded a start-up fundraising business at 17 and works on nation branding.
Brandon Gomez, a powerlifter from Texas, shares how a Napoleon Hill video sparked his entrepreneurial journey and the rise of Gains N' Ripped.
Jules Schroeder, founder of Unconventional Life and one of Inc Magazine's top female entrepreneurs of 2017, empowers millennials to design their own lives.
Bolivian entrepreneur Gabriel Ruiz launched Bolieve on Kickstarter, selling handmade backpacks that each fund a day of education for kids in Bolivia.
Haasith Sanka, a UC Riverside undergraduate, built Foodies, a tinder for food app that lets users swipe on food to decide where to eat.
Lucas Gammie, co-founder of Filtr, explains how the job seeking platform connects employers with graduate job seekers across New Zealand.
Markian Benhamou, aka The Smiling Redhead, built an audience of 750k while a USC freshman. The young entrepreneur on going from Marbella to viral.
Dr. Jagdish Chaturvedi, a Bangalore ENT surgeon named one of the 35 innovators under 35 by MIT Technology Review, co-invents medical devices and does stand-up.
Julius Dein, a British magician and social media influencer with 8M+ Facebook followers, shares how one viral video launched his career.
Leslie Gu, head of marketing at Leophile in Shenzhen, explains why teamwork and user experience drive the design of its ergonomic Bluetooth headphones.
Singapore entrepreneur Benjamin Yee founded Higher Identity, which built EMERGE App, affordable software for wholesale, trading and e-commerce businesses.
Steven Benson, a Stanford MBA and former top Google Enterprise sales executive, founded Badger Maps, a sales app that helps field salespeople succeed.
Laone Desert from Gaborone, Botswana runs The Business Intervention, a project that tackles youth unemployment by promoting entrepreneurship as a career.
Brian L. Tan, known as BLT, worked on films like Tron: Legacy at Dreamworks before co-founding Wrapal, which connects filmmakers and photographers to locations.
Randi Brill, Chief Creativity Lab Guru at Chicago design agency QuaraCORE, shares 99 Creative Words of Wisdom for business from her new book.
Kylon Gienger, who sold his companies in 2015, founded the Successful Dropout podcast featuring people who left school to pursue their business or dream.
Richard Lowe Jr, a bestselling author of 63 books and owner of The Writing King, shares why success requires focus, work and effort.
Goubran Bahou, creator of Goubtube with over 1,000,000,000 Facebook views, shares his 4 steps for going viral on Facebook, starting with content.
Paul Amelio, co-founder, inventor and chairman of N2 Global Solutions in New York City, is building a wireless Super Grid to make existing buildings smarter.
Iowa mom and blogger Emmy Kissinger shares how she built a business around helping women heal from early motherhood trauma through her blog and ebooks.
Ankitaa, a digital marketing strategist in Rudrapur, India, and founder of AnksImage, shares why she became an entrepreneur and how she runs her businesses.
Rhett Grametbauer traveled 25,000 miles in a 1967 VW Bus to every NFL stadium for his documentary and book, and started the site Foam Finger Nation.
Taylor and Bianca, graduates of Stephens College, founded UNIQ STUDIOS, a Midwest PR company that produces art projects, public events and exhibits.
Austin Robinson, PhD, and nutritionist Sofia Sanchez co-founded Beet Strong, which makes protein brownies with dark chocolate, almonds and no added sugar.
Lilia, CEO and investor at Transformify and former GM and CFO at Skrill, explains why diversity and inclusion matter as the job market transforms.
Manik and Pankaj Sharma, 21 year old cousins from Amritsar, India, bootstrapped a digital marketing company that helps startups grow.
Felix Hartmann, the 22 year old CEO of crowdfunding platform FundThis.com and author of the novel Dark Age, shares why he chose entrepreneurship.
Lisa Chastain, a Las Vegas life coach specializing in personal finance, helps people transform their relationship with money through coaching and seminars.
Steve Silberberg, an M.I.T. graduate and longtime software contractor, founded Fitpacking Weight-Loss Backpacking Adventures in 2005 and shares what he learned.
Marine scientist Chelsea Tuohy founded Isla Mar Research Expeditions, which hosts tropical marine field courses in Puerto Rico, and built a fish ID tablet app.
Kieran Mathew, 21, founded Amplify Solutions Inc., a student-run marketing firm that grew to 60+ employees and 100+ influencer partnerships in 6 months.
Sabrina Smai, founder of the AI video interview app E-Terview, has started over 8 tech ventures and works on the Technical Evangelist Team at Microsoft.