Young Entrepreneurship & Their Incredibly Inspiring Stories.

1. YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR’S &
THEIR INCREDIBLE STORY

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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