Ask a social entrepreneur which came first—the mission or the product—and the conversation may begin to feel like a chicken-and-the-egg question. For Dave Simnick, the 25-year-old CEO of SoapBox Soaps, it was “mission first, product second.” Dave’s dedication to giving back began with his experience as an Eagle Scout, continued when interning at a non-profit […]
ASU College Student Lights Up the Night with Skateboard Accessory
Greg Rudolph is a college senior and honors student at Arizona State University’s W. P. Carey School of Business and the Barrett Honors College. He is also a 20 something that happened upon a business idea and is now juggling the roles of college student and entrepreneur as his business lights up! Walking around campus […]
Infographic: 10 Entrepreneurs Under Thirty
The youngest entrepreneurs in the business world prove time and again that experience doesn’t always equal big success, and these 10 entrepreneurs under thirty prove the rule. They’ve accomplished in only a few short years what most businessmen never accomplish, and they’ve done so to the tune of millions of dollars. Many of these young […]
Small Business Success Story: TerraCycle Recycling & Upcycling
George Bernard Shaw said, “Youth is wasted on the young.” If you met Tom Szaky you might disagree. At fourteen, Tom was making a five-figure salary as a web designer. By age twenty, Tom dropped out of Princeton to start TerraCycle and has successfully built a $15 million business over the last decade. His story […]