What do boys think at age 12? Of course, about school, homework, walking with friends, football and video games. Charlie Griffiths, unlike most of his peers, was thinking about starting his own business. And he did it! Who is Charlie? It is worth getting to know him better and, perhaps, taking his idea into service.
What's an idea?
Charlie Griffiths lives in Herefordshire, England. At the age of 12, he realized his business idea and did not fail. Today the boy is 14 and he makes good money thanks to “Hood + May” - a company that designs and manufactures handicrafts.
"I always wanted to start my own business." - Charlie noted in an interview with one of the British publications. “I started thinking about what I could sell, and the idea of candles seemed to me to be one of the tempting ones. I had to learn quite a lot of new information about their manufacture. I found out that the candles contain rather bad ingredients. Therefore, I wanted to make environmentally friendly candles . "
Charlie himself is engaged in the manufacture of all candles and therefore there are no harmful substances in their composition. For example, one of the best-selling candles - lime, basil and tangerine - is described as an environmentally friendly product, the ingredients for which were obtained from ethnically harmless sources. Candles are also not tested on animals and are packaged in refillable glass jars.
But what about studying?
Many who learn about Charlie and his business are interested in how the boy manages to combine his studies at school and business.
"After I get home, first I do my homework and devote the rest of my time to business." - explains Charlie.
Any business, even the smallest, requires complete dedication. So does Charlie. Working with candles takes a lot of time from the boy. He must maintain contacts with suppliers and customers, attend various trade shows, pack goods for dispatch, work on the site and in social networks. At first, Charlie worked in his room. But the more his business became, the more space he needed.
“I started in my bedroom, but now I have a small room for work, as well as several shelves for storage,” Charlie recalls.
And parents do not mind?
As for the parents, they fully support the boy. But this does not mean that everything was smooth between them and they had no questions. Parents support him when traveling to trade shows. Here, the boy independently chooses the goods that he will distribute through the online store.
Charlie is not going to stop there. The boy says that if he has a new idea that will be better than this, then he will realize it.
Business children
Small entrepreneurs in the digital age are not as rare as they might seem at first glance. For example, Jan Purcayastha founded a truffle company at the age of 15 and today is one of the richest people in the United States. Fraser Doherty decided to make money on food. The boy began selling jams cooked according to his grandmother's recipe. The first customers were Fraser's friends and relatives. Then the boy was 14. Today he is 31 and his company's products are sold worldwide.
If the sale of mushrooms and jam requires serious financial investments, then Cameron Johnson and Ashley Kvols earned their million without serious investments. When Cameron was 9, he drew an invitation card to his parents' party. The guests liked the card so much that the boy began to receive orders and earn money on it. And Ashley painted cute backgrounds that she laid out on her own site. More than a million people visited the site daily.This allowed Ashley to make money on advertising and quickly become a millionaire.
In Russia, there are also business children. Gleb Ermolaev earns 50-75 thousand rubles a month. The young man launched his first flower business at the age of 13. Today he is 15 and he is not going to stop there. Tikhon Nazarov - 10. He and his father are the authors of the Sobiraikin project. They print 3D shapes to order and sell them through social networks. The boy calls the stand for IPhone, Apple Watch and Earpods the most unusual order, and the manufacture of medals for the fitness club is the largest. The latter, by the way, was 130 pieces.
All these children, despite their age and country of residence, are a vivid example of the fact that a person, if desired, can achieve everything that he wishes.