Young Entrepreneurs

Over the last few years, I met a great number of young entrepreneurs online and offline. Most of them lost their interest in entrepreneurship in early stages. But a handful of brilliant young entrepreneurs/marketers stood up and made it happen.

In this post, I’d like to introduce 4 of young entrepreneurs that you should keep your eyes on.

Jonathan Wold
Jonathan is 21 years old internet entrepreneur who has great skills in finding a profitable niche and monetizing it. He’s a great writer, a designer, and a visionary. His experiences of working with the big names in the marketing industry really broadened his view and insights. I’ve seen him building unique websites that I’ve never seen anywhere else, and I’ve seen some of his niches that I saw no one talked and even thought about. I’ve learned alot from him just by looking at his businesses.

Jonathan has a blog at “Life of an Internet Entrepreneur” He has a network of niche sites, but I can’t disclose them here.

Joel Osborne
Joel is my buddy, and yet, we walk a slightly different path when it comes to niche marketing. He is a niche marketer who specializes in ebook marketing, and viral marketing. I don’t do much of ebook marketing for my niches if you know me, and I believe in building communities around my main niches.

Since I don’t have much experience in that market, I get to learn a lot from Joel. I get to watch his whole product launching stages hands on. Sometimes, I get to involve in the process. Joel also worked with the big names in the marketing industry and he still communicates with many of them. He’s good at networking with other marketers and he loves to help other marketers. Man with a great heart.

Joel has special talents in managing big projects. He denies this, but he is pretty good at graphic designs and ebook cover designs. Joel actually did some ebook cover designs for some of the latest big ebook launches in the market.

Joel has a marketing blog at “Twenty Ten” and recently launched an exclusive PLR reports membership site.

Matt Geri
Matt never ceases to amaze me. This young guy has built a huge network of niche sites way before niche marketing even became popular. He was quietly making a ton of money in many niche markets out there. I saw him testing out so many different things.

Unfortunately, because of an unexpected incident, he had to start all over from scratch. But he has already built a small empire in many niches and I have no doubt he’s going to do extremely well. Matt is a talented programmer, designer, and entrepreneur. He is very articulate in site designs and he never settles for less.

Matt has a blog at MattGeri.com iarematt.com and he operates a network of niche sites that I can’t disclose here. But he has a niche marketing site at Nicherama.com (gone).

Luke Crumpton
I met Luke when he was still in high school. I didn’t know he was so young when I met him. He was mature and professional on what he does. He is an amazing graphic designer. I worked with him building some niche sites together and my experience of working with him was nothing less than great.

He’s not only a graphic designer, but a great entrepreneur. I saw him successfully launching interesting niche sites years ago. And I saw in him that he really understands his markets. That’s an earned talent from putting many hours in learning and researching.

He has a blog at AdsensePlanet.com (gone, sad)

Final Thoughts

When it comes to online marketing, I think the age factor isn’t a big of deal. The internet is an awesome place for young entrepreneurs to flourish. I know I have many young entrepreneur readers here. If you are one, and you think your age is limiting you from acheiving your dream, just look at what these young entrepreneurs are doing. All of them started with nothing and they are building businesses in their spare time. And so did I. I started working on my offline/online businesses since I was in high school. You can do it too.

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7 comments so far

  1. Bo Bang

    I have to say “outreach” If I’d known that there are other people like me somewhere else it would’ve been much easier for me to learn and network with other young entrepreneurs. Even at college level, I don’t remember hearing much about entrepreneurship and what’s available to us.

    I think YEA is already reaching out, I believe.

  2. Brian

    Bo,

    What could Young Entrepreneurs of America have done to make your early attempts at entrepreneurism more successful?

  3. Bo Bang

    I studied GIS at University of Maryland. I didn’t take any classes related to website design.

    When I started, I tried everything I can. I started thinking about starting my own business when I was in 10th grade. I was heading to college, but my main focus was on starting my own business.

    Internet business wasn’t my option at the time. I tried so many things and wasted thousands of dollars. Eventually, I ended up doing internet marketing when I was in college.

  4. lee

    Hie Bo,
    what did you study previously ? didnt know u started during high school ? did u took up website design skills or something?

    thanks ..

  5. Bo Bang

    Brian,
    You are more than welcome to use the article on your blog. I should be thanking you for it.

  6. Brian

    I would like permission to reproduce this article on our blog at http://www.blog.yeabiz.com.

    Thanks!

  7. Brian

    Great post. These seem like some great entrepreneurs and I’m glad to hear that they didn’t lose their entrepreneurial drive when they were young.

    I am the Executive Director of Young Entrepreneurs of America and we focus on helping jr. high and high school students learn more about business and entrepreneurship and start their own businesses. We are currently working with four student entrepreneurs who are starting their own businesses this summer (instead of finding a typical summer job). Their adventures can be followed on our blog at http://www.blog.yeabiz.com.

    I would love to have your input on our site if you are interested. You can learn more about Young Entrepreneurs of America by visiting us online at http://www.yeabiz.com.

    Sincerely,

    Brian Acord
    Young Entrepreneurs of America

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