CHILDREN'S DAY

14^th of November as we all know is celebrated as children’s day in memory of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of independent India. Although the United Nations’ Universal Children’s Day, is celebrated on November 20^th every year to promote international togetherness and awareness among children worldwide.

Today, on this day I will tell you about few teen millionaires whom you will admire for achieving the success through the old fashioned way that is the hard work. Most of them were not born into money or privilege and did not have deals lined up around them. What they are today and what they become was just an idea someday along with the determination in their head and heart to make it reality.

1.        FRASER DOHERTY: GRAMMY’S JAM

Fraser Doherty at the age of 14 used his grandmother’s recipes to make homemade jam which he then sold to his neighbors in Scotland. By 16 he created the huge demand for the stuff by tweaking the recipes of his own and calling it SuperJam. Business picked up so well that he dropped out of school to work full time. In 2009, with the help of his supermarket chain connection and the addition of Asda Wal-Mart as a stocking client, Fraser hit $1.2 million in sales.

“I can’t be preoccupied with the money,” he says. “I make jam because it’s what I love to do. Success is pretty sweet too.”

2.        JOHN KOON

John Koon is an American entrepreneur. Opening the first ever auto parts businesses in New York City, he began making millions of profit at the age of 16 with Extreme Performance Motosports, a company that became one of the main supplier for MTV’s hit reality show Pimp My Ride. Not wanting to limit himself to the auto circuit, he decided to give fashion a try and soon launched a clothing company alongside Rapper Young Jeezy. Koon earned $40 million in the process and is reportedly on the fast track on becoming a millionaire.

3.        ADAM HORWITZ

Having a goal to create a million dollar company by the age of 21, Adam Horwitz began launching various starts-up websites at 15. He created several that flopped before finally hitting on his first successful venture with Mobile Monopoly, an app that teaches users how to turn a buck with mobile market leads. Sales of the app earned him a six figure profit, which he used to fund his next idea, YepText, a text advertising service for businesses.

4.        NICK D’ALOISIO

Seventeen year old Nick D’Aloisio set the internet wires abuzz when it was announced that a smartphone app he created in his spare time had been bought by Yahoo at the purchase price of a whooping $30 million. The Wimbledon school student taught himself how to code at the age of 12- a skill that paid off when he finally created the news app that grabbed Yahoo’s attention.

These were just four success stories out of hundreds about kids who turned their mere ideas into substituent reality. All of us have that budding entrepreneur in us, especially at young age because we as kids are filled with more positive thoughts and optimistic ideas. All it takes is hard work and determination and perseverance. All we need to remind ourselves daily is that success is not a destination or a destined place; rather it’s a lifetime journey that will lead you to the path of success with continuous efforts.

HAPPY CHILDREN’S DAY!