A 13 year old created an online company for $10 dollars and sold it for $1,200.
When I was 13, my biggest accomplishment was flawlessly dancing The Cha Cha Slide at my baby cousin’s baptism party. However, some kids are dreaming a little bigger. There are literal children out there who are creating successful businesses, overseeing staff, and crushing competition.
Take Farrhad Acidwalla, who built an online community based around aviation and aero-modeling. He had $10 from his folks and a good idea, and in just a few months he was able to sell the company for $1,200. Now at age 23, he is managing 42 employees and making bank as the CEO of Rockstah Media.
So what can we learn from these brilliant baby bosses?
These children have several things in common. They have strong interests and passions, and they have supportive parents and mentors who set an example and sometimes provide resources to help them get started. They also know how to make social media their bitch.
Children are successful not just because they are cute. They work hard, play smart, and believe in themselves. Warren Buffet sold chewing gum door to door at age 6, and now he has a net worth of $100.6 billion. He did it. These kids are doing it. You can do it too.
For FBA sellers, it can be humbling and inspiring to read about these teenage tycoons, and it can give us tremendously valuable information:
- Pick a product or service that you feel passionately about.
- Surround yourself with friends, family, or Amazon Coaches who can advise you.
- Find funding from people or organizations, or try Amazon Loan.
- Marketing is everything: use every resource available to get your name out there.
So quit cha cha sliding around and “take it back now y’all” to a childlike mindset. And if you need more youthful inspiration, check out some more young entrepreneurs featured on Helium 10!
