Every year, Inc. Magazine does an annual list of the top 30 entrepreneurs under 30.
I had wanted to share this cool inspiration with you a bit earlier in the New Year obviously, but Business MBA decided to compile the top ten into a very interesting infographic to find out how ten of these young adults are making huge impressions on business and on the world.
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Matt Mickiewicz, 99designs Co-Founder—27 Years Old
- 27 employees, with plans to double that number over the next year
- No official revenue released—“eight figures”
- Recent acquisition of Series A funding from venture capitalists Accel Partners—$35 million
- 80% of the company’s business comes from word-of-mouth
- 77,000+ projects completed so far
Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowski, Dropbox Founders, 28 and 25 Years Old
- 50 employees
- 3 months in, landed $7.2 million in funding from venture capitalists and individual investors
- 25 million users
Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, Instagram Founders—25 and 27 Years Old
- 4 employees (yes, 4)
- After it launched in the App Store at midnight on October 6, 2010, Instagram had 10,000 users in just a few hours
- Now 7+ million users
- $7 million funding from Benchmark Capital
Hussein Fazal and Kristaps Ronka, AdParlor Founders—29 and 24 Years Old
- 15 employees
- No official revenue released—“tens of millions”
- One of fewer than 100 companies with access to Facebook’s ad API
- Over 100,000 ads daily on Facebook
Alexa Andrzejewski, Soraya Darabi, and Ted Grubb, Foodspotting Founders—27, 27, and 29 Years Old
- 10 employees
- $3 million in angel funding after highly successful run at Startup Weekend in SF
Jason Baptiste and Andres Barreto, Onswipe Founders, 25 and 24 Years Old
- 12 employees
- Received over $6 million in funding from companies like Spark Capital and Lightbank before platform launched
- Now, a deal with WP has Onswipe running 18.6 million blogs for iPad
Siamak Taghaddos and David Hauser, Grasshopper Founders—Both 29 Years Old
- 50 employees
- Growth of 1,983% in 2007
- Due to grow 20% on top of 2010’s revenue, with more than $15 million
Matthew Corrin, Freshii Founder—29 Years Old
- 50+ locations in 4 countries—United States, Canada, Austria, and UAE
- 500+ employees
- No official revenue released—est. $50 million
Hayley Barna and Katia Beauchamp, Birchbox Founders—27 and 28 Years Old
- 25 employees
- Projected revenue for 2011: $7 million
- Currently about 45,000 members
- Just 1 month after launch, $1.4 million seed
Daniel Gomez Iniguez, Solben Co-Founder—20 Years Old
- 15 employees
- Revenue for 2010: $1 million
- Projected Revenue for 2011: $3 million
Everyone on this list is so young, obviously if it’s coming from an under 30 list, but it amazes me that people in their 20′s, younger than me & a little older than me have created these amazing things, some of them that I use. It’s blowing my mind that the 20′s generation is making a huge dent on the world, and will continue to do so. I’m excited to see the impact I make as well.
The list is a challenging one. But one thng i want to point out is that, i was unable to track them well in the box/table you created.
Sheyi
Damn some of them are even younger than me XD, this truly makes the fire inside me burn even harder, it’s time to go all out m/ -o- m/
How am I leaving my mark on this world? That’s a very good question.
I work as a mechanic for a dealership by trade. There are too many instances where I have seen ridiculously expensive repair bills, mostly questionable or “recommended” work. The worst part is that the dealer claims it is looking out for its customers, highly unlikely. I’ve always believed honesty will result in repeat and long term business but for most it’s easy to blur the line of integrity when there is money involved. Out of sheer frustration about what’s going on at work, My friend and I started a mechanic consulting website, where people can ask us about problems with their vehicles and anything related to cars, they can get our opinions on “recommended work. The whole idea is to educate customers about their cars so they’re not dumbfounded when a mechanic talks to them, and to keep money in their pockets and only do the work that is necessary. Too many people get ripped off and some (not all) mechanics are taking advantage of them. They are depriving them of experiences in life because they spend too much money on repairs rather than using the money to further themselves. It’s still in the testing stages, but in time it will work out!
Good luck to you all
Harold