Inc.com posted its celebrity list of TOP 30 Young Entrepreneurs who made impression before their 30's. I envy these guys. They made to the limelight and found place in the headlines when they are just budding in their career. Its big accomplishment for them in my view point.
Interesting aspect of all, they didn't even invent anything new or discover any new magic to change to the world which amazed me and at sametime made my eye sore. They just made big venture by analyzing their surroundings and found whats missing in it, to make a business out of it.
If you check out the list below,
http://www.inc.com/slideshow_INC/slideviewer.cgi?list=30under2007&refresh=15
You see one guy(BENJAMIN SANN) started a website to post parking lots information and rates in certain metro cities like Newyork. He slowly moved to provide options to even reserve the parking lots partnering with the parking companies. He is the 27th ranked on the list. Wow, a parking lot information can make a guy enterpreneur, thats pretty interesting is in it?!
I always wanted to make my mark as an entrepreneur but just couldn't get hold of the idea's and strategies to put together in place to make it happen. I am still working on it to do my best with my current small business, hoping to make to headlines atleast in the local newspaper.
Noticeably, 2 folks in the list are of Indian American origin. Raj Lahoti & Mangesh Hattikudur. Check out their profile which I got from Inc.com
Rank #9 - Raj Lahoti
Age: 25 Location: San Diego
2006 Revenue: $11.5 million
Employees: 15 Year
founded: 2003
After a few years dabbling in Internet domain acquisition and traffic brokering, Raj Lahoti set out to build up one of his brother's domains in order to provide meaningful content in an area that, well, generally lacks it. DMV.ORG, the "Online Unofficial Guide to the DMV," aggregates information from the (often dreaded) Department of Motor Vehicles in each state -- all in one place. Users can access information on everything from applying for a license to ordering a driving record, without the aggravation of standing in the DMV's endless lines.
Rank # 23 - Mangesh Hattikudur
Ages: both 28Location: Birmingham, Ala.
Employees: 12
2006 Revenue: $1.7 million
Year founded: 2001
Mental Floss magazine offers a fun, irreverent look at knowledge and facts. As Pearson put it, "Our mission is to find anyway we can to blur the lines between education and entertainment." The founders started the venture at Duke University as a campus publication and quickly turned it into a national magazine. But they have pushed the brand further than the magazine -- producing books, board games, and soon a series of children's books.
Executive editor Mangesh Hattikudur, a cultural anthropology major, has roots reaching back to India, and in his first column he reminisces about the work of Indian writer Salman Rushdie.
I feel its nothing wrong in being jealous about these guys. They took risks and made their idea work to show the world anything can make you millions. I am going tune my brain to watch my surroundings closer to see whether I can get a hint for a great business idea.
**** - Some contents taken from Inc.com and other sites in net.
Age: 25 Location: San Diego
Ages: both 28
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