YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR’S & THEIR INCREDIBLE STORY

Entrepreneurship has no bar on age, but nevertheless you get

surprised to see some youngsters making it big as entrepreneurs. In the age

where these youngsters could have simply did the usual things

like high school, college, hangout joints, video games or bike rides, they went ahead and

 founded companies, gave seminars, wrote books, and

became inspiring figures for all aspiring entrepreneurs

irrespective of age. Read on to know top 10 young

entrepreneur success stories— their struggles and triumphs

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

At the age of 19, King Siddharta who came from a backward sector in Northern India and his friends

started organizing small competitions and events among

teens. They earned by charging a little fee to gain entry into these competitions. Today Siddharta organises conferences called

Createens that gives the young students an opportunity to learn

about blogging, entrepreneurship etc. Also, he is now a speaker,

author and a magazine publisher. He writes an e-magazine called Friendz for teens and also has

written a book about spirituality and science and how they are

connected. The book is called Bhagvad Gita & The Law of

attraction.

KING SIDDHARTA

Finding his entrepreneurship skills at the very early age of 7 by holding garage sales and

selling stuff from his house and later selling the flower from the weddings, Arjun

transformed into a COO of an online advertising firm pretty quickly. Still thristy, Arun now

heads a brand new venture called Odyssey Ads which

caters to the specific advertising needs of the 21st

Century.

ARJUN RAI

Starting at the age of 16 by borrowing 500 bucks from his

father for buying a domain name and started building a web

community particularly devoted to aviation and aero-modelling.

After the website took off, he sold the community for a pretty high return. Today, he is the CEO of a

web development, marketing, advertising and branding

company called Rockstah Media. Despite being a very young

company of 1 year, it has it’s own team of developers, marketers and designers across the globe.

FARRHAD ACIDWALLA

Having the entrepreneurship skills in his genes, the son of

Naveen Jain, founder of Infospace and Intellius, Ankir

started his venture Starnium at the age of 12. Now, along with

a group of his collegemates from Wharton, Ankur has

started Kairos, a society for budding entrepreneurs still in

college. They stand to empower the young pioneers who will

push the world forward through entrepreneurship and

innovation.

ANKUR JAIN

Grew up in Bhubaneshwar, studied engineering in Pune, and joined Tata Tea as part

of the mergers & acquisitions team, criss-

crossing the world in a jet-setting lifestyle. But the

startup bug bit him, and he joined TiE London to interact

with entrepreneurs. He returned to Orissa to set up

a dairy company, Milk Mantra, plunging into the world of cows, distributors

and packaging.

SRIKUMAR MISRA

Grew up in Jodhpur, and worked in his grandfather’s photo studio. Later he joined

ITC, getting exposure to Russia and China in the perfume business. He

realised the potential of this sector in India, and returned to start Perfume Station. With

a wide range of pricing and open minded customer care, he first expanded in Tier 2 and 3 cities before moving

into the metros.

SANDEEP KAPOOR

Grew up in Belgaum in an agricultural family, studied

engineering and then joined the UK company, Moog, in the area of

servo-controls. He travelled extensively in Asia and Europe, building deep experience – and

also causing worry to his parents that he may marry a foreign

woman. They arranged a marriage for him with a local bride, and he moved back to India eventually. Deepak started Servo Controls India with his brother, bagging

orders from HAL and then the steel and power industry. Tie-ups with Russian companies and the Tata

group have also proven lucrative.

DEEPAK DHADOTTI