What Fresh Graduates should learn from this 9-year old Boy
A few days ago, I came across this article posted in my Twitter feeds. It was about the most successful young Entrepreneurs and it made me thinking, how simply ‘out of the box Thinking’ can change your life. Unfortunately the social standards, create hindrance for most of the fresh graduates to develop innovative thinking. They are compelled to think about getting hired in good firms as soon as they graduate. In fact most the Universities and colleges have ‘Mega Open House’ events, where these graduates are interviewed and tested by the top multinational firms. Those who get hired are considered to be the Best. All the graduating students need to let go the notion that Success can
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It is the transformation of an innovation into a sustainable enterprise that generates value. One such example is of Cameron Johnson. Cameron started his first business at the age of nine and before graduating high school, he was recognized as one of the most successful young entrepreneurs in the world. As a teenager he started a dozen profitable businesses and at 15, he became the youngest American appointed to the board of a Tokyo-based company. Last year, Cameron now 27 was a finalist on Oprah Winfrey's first prime time series. [1] Cameron Johnson got his start at the age of nine making invitations for his parents' holiday party. Two years later Johnson had made thousands of dollars selling cards through his company he called Cheers and Tears. At age 12, he paid $100 for his sister's 30 Beanie Babies and sold them on eBay for 10 times what he paid. He then purchased the dolls directly from the manufacturer and made a $50,000 profit in less than a year. He used that money to start an Internet business that brought in $3,000 per month in advertising revenue. By the time he was 15, he had formed other businesses with total revenues of $300,000 to $400,000 per month