My phenomenal padlet by Brayden Eastburn

Hart main

28eastburnb — 2024-04-11 13:48:32 UTC

At age 13, Hart Main came up with the idea of manly scented candles after teasing his sister about the girly scented ones she was selling for a school fundraiser. It wasn't until Hart set out to purchase a $1,500 bike that he reconsidered what he suggested in jest.

Kamaria Warren

28eastburnb — 2024-04-11 13:48:55 UTC

At age seven, Kamaria Warren and her mom—graphic designer Shaunice Sasser—went shopping for birthday invitations for her upcoming party. What they found was no product that represented Brown and Black girls. That necessity hatched an invention, and Brown Girls Stationery was born.

Ryan Hickman

28eastburnb — 2024-04-11 13:49:23 UTC

Ryan Hickman realized at age three that he didn't like seeing discarded bottles and cans lying on the ground, so he did something about it. Hickman started collecting his family's recyclables and then went with his dad to the local recycling center, where he got $5 for the haul. He was so inspired by that exercise that he started collecting his neighbor's recyclables by going door-to-door with a bag attached to his bike. By age seven, the Orange County, Calif., boy was running his own business, Ryan's Recycling Company.

Lily Born

28eastburnb — 2024-04-11 13:49:43 UTC

The best way to deal with a spill is to avoid it. That's what inventor Lily Born had in mind when, at age eight, she noticed that her grandfather, who had Parkinson's disease, was frequently spilling his drinks, often leaving her grandmother to clear up the mess.

Kiki Hardee

28eastburnb — 2024-04-11 13:50:05 UTC

It was a good heart that led Vista, Calif.'s Katelynn "Kiki" Hardee at age five to make sure that neither her schoolmates' families nor local schools incurred debt for school meals. She had learned that her school in the Vista Unified School District had more than $600 in school lunch debt and that some kids had to skip lunch because their parents couldn't afford to pay for it. All of that was unacceptable to Hardee.

Michael 'Mikey' Wren

28eastburnb — 2024-04-11 13:50:46 UTC

Michael "Mikey" Wren definitely has a head for business. At the tender age of eight, this St. Louis, Mo., boy started Mikey's Munchies Vending, a collection of vending machines. That was just the beginning.

Moziah Bridges

28eastburnb — 2024-04-11 13:51:08 UTC

If style is important to you, then sometimes there's nothing for sale that suits your stringent sartorial standards. Enter Moziah Bridges, a Memphis native who at age nine couldn't find a suitable bowtie. So he started Mo's Bows—by first learning to sew and then making the colorful bowties with leftovers from his grandmother's sewing projects.Eventually, he hired tailors while he handled the creative and business sides.