Expand Your Mind: Amazing, Eclectic Entrepreneurs
by Miki Saxon
Sometimes it’s hard for me to decide which is more impressive, the idea or the entrepreneur, so I thought I’d share some of the stories and see what you think.
Meet a friend in third grade who loves science as much as you do; fast forward to high school; get bored and watch a movie; when a cool scene catches your attention turn the special effect into a science; win a hundred thousand dollars and be given a card by a guy who says, “When you make your company, be sure to give us a call.” That’s the story of Matthew Fernandez and Akash Krishnan.
Then there is Andembwisye Mwakatundu, who figured out how cow poop could solve the energy crisis in Tanzania.
Or consider the story of Warner Johnson, a typical middle class kid whose mother told him, “You care too much about money to be a doctor.” Knowing that, he did as any money-loving college grad does and went to Wall Street where he found that success isn’t necessarily fun, so he went the entrepreneur route to money instead.
Shane O’Neill loves dogs and hated that they were unwanted and euthanized and he decided to attack the root of the problem. He was already a successful entrepreneur, so he started another company and committed 50% of the profits to organizations across the country that spay and neuter.
Finally, Sir David Tang, a billionaire entrepreneur and self-confessed digital dinosaur, started a website for the rich and famous “where celebrities tired of being impersonated on Twitter and high-fliers frustrated by big fat fibs pedalled in perpetuity on Wikipedia can once and for all put the record straight.”
So what’s more impressive, the people or their ideas? What do you think?
Enjoy and have a great weekend!
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