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A young Black entrepreneur’s tireless work to combat food insecurity is paying off. At age seven, Te’Lario Watkins II launched his business, Tiger Mushroom Farms in central Ohio, according to its website. “The idea of Tiger Mushroom Farms began after I planted cat grass and basil seeds at my 1st Cub Scout meeting,” Watkins wrote. “I enjoyed watering MY plants and was eager to see their growth each day.” He continued, “I began to wonder what else could I grow in Ohio in the wintertime. I remember reading a book about mushrooms. I told my parents and asked them about growing mushrooms. My parents bought me a mushroom kit…and the rest is history.” Nearly nine years after launching Tiger Mushroom Farms and selling his mushrooms at local farmers markets in Columbus, OH, the 16-year-old also has his own nonprofit, according to ABC News. The Garden Club Project’s mission is to eliminate food deserts and motivate children to make healthier food choices. ABC News reports that Watkins has...
At age 18, Steven Bartlett made a sudden decision to skip the traditional step of higher education and instead go straight on the entrepreneurial path. Now, over a decade later, he hasn’t looked back. When attending a lecture as a former student at Manchester Metropolitan University in Manchester, England, Bartlett came to the quick conclusion that it would be his final day, according to The Guardian. After dropping out, he had the freedom to fully pursue entrepreneurship. Within that initial year, Bartlett founded his first business, a leading social media marketing agency named Social Chain. Fast forward to five years later, and the success of the agency led to him becoming a millionaire. What’s more, Bartlett claimed on BBC One’s “Dragons’ Den” that by age 28, he had built Social Chain into a £300 million (or about $382 million USD) business. Bartlett recalled in an interview with AFROTECH that going from a university dropout to a millionaire in a short time span stemmed from him...
