When he was young, James John was in a deep place of darkness. He never felt love for himself, and experienced depression for years. But James was able to get past this darkness, and is now a influencer spreading love and joy with events, interviews, and lamborghinis...? This episode contains light refrences to depression. All listeners are advised to speak to a parent or trusted adult about mental health.
This episode was originally aired in 2020. Jahkil was 5 when his aunt took him and his cousin to feed the homeless in Chicago. he was immediately stunned that there were still people who didn't have basic necessities to survive. He immediately set up shop to create blessing bags, bags filled with basic toiletries, to give hope to the unfortunate. Since then, he's given over 50,000 bags to those experiencing homelessness, and through those efforts, was crowned one of President Obama's three most ...
On this episode, Sophie's BioNutrients founder Eugene Wang discusses how he created a million-dollar food company, his predictions for the future of climate change, and how all kids can get involved.
Eugene Wang is the visionary entrepreneur and founder behind Sophie's Kitchen and Sophie's BioNutrients, a multi-million dollar biofirm specializing in creating a microalgae protein alternative. On this episode, he joins Ben to discuss his childhood, the founding of Sophie's Kitchen, and how all that lead up to his current project, Sophie's BioNutrients. This is part one of a part two series. Stay tuned next week for Eugene's words on climate change, the future of innovation, and how young peopl...
Michael Platt is the CEO of Michael's Deserts and the star of new Tv show Operation Awesome. On this episode, he joins Ben to discuss his rise to fame, and why it's so important for today's young entrepreneurs to make giving back part of the foundations of their businesses.
On this episode, Ben is joined by motivational speaker and 2-time bestselling author Reagan Nevels. They'll be discussing how to build an entrepreneur's vision, her renowned 4-step proccess, and how your mind is both your greatest asset and liability.
It's difficult to cope with the loss of a sibling, especially when you're only 5 years old. Yet, in that moment, CJ decided that he wanted to help other kids who felt similar. Discovering blankets as a great source of comfort, he created Blankies 4 Buddies, with a mission of getting a blankie in the hand of every kid in need.
Nathan Chan is an expert social media marketer and founder of Foundr magazine, a 7-figure magazine and digital media company. On this episode, he joins Ben to discuss his story, the importance of social media in business, and how kidpreneurs can employ Foundr's methods to scale their success.
Summer is here! While most kids think of summer as an opportunity to party and have fun, young entrepreneurs think of it not only as an opportunity to have fun, but to find their passions and bring their businesses alive! We've asked our amazing teen editor Talia to put together the best moments from the past 8 episodes to help you out with this, enjoy!
From the age of 6, Samaira had a love of computer programming. Yet, many of her friends considered programming too "difficult" and "complex". She then decided to create a board game that would teach kids coding concepts in a fun, simple, and easy way, and called it; Coderbunnyz . What started as a simple prank from her dad resulted in the ultimate journey to success, leading workshops all over the nation, becoming the #1 Amazon board game, and even getting a job offer from Google!...
Devin Burke is a renowned sleep expert, founder of Sleepscienceacademy.com, and author of new book Sleep Advantage . Growing up, Devin never thought too much about sleep. It was just kind of "the thing you do." It wasn't until much later when he realized how all things in life are interconnected to getting a good night's rest. On this episode, he joins Ben to discuss how sleep works, how to get more sleep, and why it's so important for teen entrepreneurs today. You can find Devin's new book The ...
On this episode, we're taking a break form our normal programming to answer some questions from you all at home! Joining me is Arianna Fox, bestselling author and motivational speaker. We'll be discussing questions related to finding passion, the first steps in creating a business, and more.
After years serving the community through community service, the Venkat's discovered a fatal flaw in the system; most volunteers were volunteering for hours, not for the sake of helping others. With that in mind, they set forth to create NEST4US, their non-proift organization that has now contributed over $630,000 worth of volunteer hours!
Shreyaa and Esha Venkat grew up in the world of volunteering. Yet, as they grew older, they discovered a fundamental problem with the community service system; people were volunteering simply for hours. To fix this problem, they created NEST4US, their 501(c)3 volunteer organization dedicated only to helping make the world a better place. Years later, NEST4US has over 1,000 volunteers and over $650,000 worth of volunteer hours. This episode is part 1 of 2, mainly focused on Shreyya and Esha's chi...
Evan Carmichael is an entrepreneur, author of Built to Serve , and inspirational YouTuber with over 2.9 million followers! Growing up, Evan was often labeled the "slow learner"(it took him 19 months to learn to walk) which made him feel pretty stupid. Yet, he turned things around in his senior year, even earning a full-ride scholarship to the UofT. He credits this reversal to one thing; #believing in himself. This week, he joins Ben to discuss how today's young people can employ this simple conc...
12-year old Sammie Vance and 10-year old Justin Sather couldn't be more different. They come from different towns, are different ages, but they have one big thing in common; they love helping others. For Sammie, it's building sustainable buddy benches to help her fellow students make new friends, and for Justin, it's raising awareness about his favorite animal, frogs!
Gabby was five years old when she discovered a decade-old problem with normal hair barrettes; they kept falling out. Instead of maintaining the status-quo, she took things into her own hands. With the help of her parents, she created a better, tighter, and more durable barrette. With a new product in hand, the now 8-year old was able to get Gabby's Bows into Walgreens all across her home state of South Carolina. Yet, all the sudden, she lost the account. With the power of persistence and positiv...
Welcome to the show! I'm Ben, your new 14-year old host, and I'm super excited to be bringing the greatest entrepreneurs of our generation right to all of you. I hope you come away inspired and ready to begin your entrepreneurial journey. Keep up to date with the show here!
