Today’s Tools for Tomorrow’s Leaders

Online education for aspiring entrepreneurs.

Startup Smartup empowers underserved communities with entrepreneurship education, fostering self-sufficiency and resiliency for financial and personal freedom.

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On the Gram

When he was 12 years old, Nic Bianchi founded the Bianchi Candle Co. He produced wonderful-smelling, all-natural, handmade candles by combining his fondness for math, science, and candles. The all-natural soy wax used in each batch of candles created
Sydney and Toni Loew launched their business, Poketti, in 2013. They were still in middle school at the time when they took an entrepreneurship class and invented a plushie with a convenient pocket to hold a cellphone. They started to sell their prod
Angelina Ly was only 14 years old when she noticed that making slime was a popular thing to do. She started making her own slime and posting about it on social media. She started to receive requests to sell her slime. Soon, Angelina launched her busi
Katie Carson was 17 years old when she started her company. Katie took a soap-making course in school, and she realized how much she enjoyed making soap. Katie then started making soap to sell. She posted about her business on social media and soon g
Yelitsa Jean-Charles was just a child when she noticed that all toy companies had dolls that were white, blond, and blue-eyed. Yelitsa felt like she shouldn’t be proud of her own identity. She wanted to have more inclusive and different toys. Y
Maddie Rae started making slime when she was 11 years old. She was frustrated by how hard it was to find slime glue at any store! She wanted to make slime without having to go from store to store to find glue. Then, Maddie’s dad helped her crea
Beau Shell wanted to make money to buy his own toys. He wanted an ice cream machine for his 8th birthday. After asking and asking for that ice cream machine, he got a custom-made cart that a family friend helped build. 10 years later, it became a pop
Sofia Overton was 11 years old when she started a business for pockets. She noticed how her cousin often had to put her phone into her shoe because she had no pockets anywhere. Sofia, now 15, has her own business based off of her pockets. She was eve