From being selected as a National TV Business Commentator for a show that reaches over a half million viewers daily to being chosen as the subject of a documentary that will reach in the millions of viewers- the past few weeks have brought a whirlwind of incredible news, amazing partnerships, international recognition and tremendous opportunities for the Renegade CEO’s and emerging Teen Entrepreneurs across the globe.
To the most amazing business coach who has helped me from nothing to everything and understands me. Devon Landers, 19, CEO, TexasCrawlers.com @DevonLanders on Twitter
Inquiries, questions, well-wishes and nastygrams gotta love them- have come from all over the place, from teens and adults, new and long-time friends, organizations and family, all asking me about my journey to this point and wanting to know how I got the ‘Golden Touch’. So what is this experience in the limelight all about and how does it feel? My teens have been famous for a long time so I have learned to live vicariously through them. Needless to say the question inspired me to write a post today about ‘Growing Up Renegade’.
BLOG CLIFF NOTES(Since I know I can sometimes be long-winded, tee hee he):
So how does it feel to be in the spotlight?
Just like it feels sitting at the conference table when you enter a new partnership- one person is looking at you with a big grin and thinking ‘we love these guys because they bring a fresh voice’ and another person is looking at you with a big grin and thinking ‘we love these guys because the real pundits are going to have them for lunch.’
Alas, it’s the same as it ever was….
Entrepreneurship is not a course or a class, but a level of consciousness. Therefore, in order to learn it you must first LIVE IT.
Hear the inspiration behind the LamboFaces story here (it is in first 10 minutes of interview).
UK Teen, Ed Nash, has recently launched an online fundraising campaign to raise money to build a hospital in the southern part of Zanzibar.
UK Teen Entrepreneur to Auction World’s First ‘People’s Lamborghini’ Featuring 100,000 Faces Painted on Car
Washington, DC – UK Serial Teen Entrepreneur, Ed Nash, Founder of ClastaZ has recently launched an online philanthropic venture called LamboFaces.com. The online fundraising campaign seeks to raise money to build a hospital in the southern part of Zanzibar, where one of the project founders, Dr Ruaraidh MacDonagh, a Somerset, UK consultant surgeon is based. Currently people have to walk up to 20 miles to reach their nearest hospital and in many cases they have critical life threatening situations.
LamboFaces encourages website visitors to upload a picture of their face for just £1 (1 British Pound). The 100,000 most ‘interesting’ faces will be selected and painted on a custom Lamborghini which will then be auctioned on eBay with no reserve price. This will be the World’s First ‘People’s’ Lamborghini. Several UK actors and actresses have already uploaded their face including Emma Thompson, Jim Carter, Imelda Staunton and Greg Wise. All of the faces that are uploaded to the LamboFaces website will be hung on walls throughout the hospital.
“Lambofaces has the power to literally make the difference between life or death for a large number of people who are living in the southern part of Zanzibar,” said Dr Ruaraidh McDonagh, Chariman of The Makunduchi Project.
The funds that are raised through the website and the auction of the custom Lamborghini will be used to build a hospital in an extremely poor community in the southern part of Zanzibar. The island currently has one main hospital (Mnazi Mmoja), which acts as a referral centre for a population in excess of 1 million people.
About Lambofaces: Lambofaces is a philanthropic collaboration organized by UK based charitable organization, The Makunduchi Project, UK Serial Teen Entrepreneur Ed Nash, Founder and CEO of ClastaZ and is generously sponsored by Zamaretto, a division of UK based beverage company, Intercontinental Brands (ICB) International.
About The Makunduchi Project: The Makunduchi Project is an initiative under HIPZ. Registered as a charity in 2006, HIPZ was created to establish a unique public/private partnership with the Zanzibar Government to improve healthcare in Zanzibar, through fundraising and professional support in the UK. The flagship program entails the renovation, equipping and administration of the hospital in Makunduchi in southern Zanzibar, where many of the 60,000 or so locals have little or no access to healthcare.
About Zamaretto: Zamaretto is a division of Intercontinental Brands (ICB) International, one of the UK’s leading independently owned drinks companies.
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Comments (0) Posted by admin on Thursday, November 5th, 2009
Happy 40th Birthday Sesame Street and Keep Doing Your Own Thing, Young CEO!
Three of these kids belong together
Three of these kids are kind of the same
But one of these kids is doing his (her) own thing
Now it’s time to play our game
It’s time to play our game.
One of these things is not like the others,
One of these things just doesn’t belong,
Can you tell which thing is not like the others
By the time I finish my song?
Comments (0) Posted by admin on Thursday, November 5th, 2009
Teen Entrepreneur Ben Lang (@entrepreneurpro) on Twitter has recently announced a new contest on his blog. It is quite easy to enter and the prizes are great (several which are sponsored by the Renegade CEO’s).
1. Enter the contest via his blog. This is actually the direct link to the post.
2. Win Great Prizes! The groovy prizes that can be found in his prize vault are:
An $18 gift card to Barnes and Noble
A copy of the Toilet Paper Entrepreneur Book ($27/value)
A copy of Nintendo Brain Puzzles Game (Courtesy of @kidcriticreview)
A DVD of the YES Movie (Young Entrepreneur Society, 29.95 value)
A one year subscription to Inc. Magazine ($19.95 value)
There will be one winner for each prize (so that’s 5 chances to win)!!! The drawing will take place this weekend and will be done by the innocent hand of Ben’s little sister
Good luck to all who enter!
@teenbizcoach
Comments (5) Posted by admin on Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
What a fantastic week…it was! We had so many big things happen I don’t even know where to start. So I guess I will start from the beginning of the week.
1. Ed Nash, 18, UK, got his iphone app submitted for approval to Apple. Go Nashy! We also started his official marketing campaign for LamboFaces.com LamboFaces is his philanthropic endeavor where people pay 1 British Pound to upload their face on a website. The 100,000 most interesting and beautiful faces will be painted onto a Lamborghini. The ‘World’s First People’s Lamborghini’ will then be auctioned on eBay with no reserve price and the money will be used to build a hospital in a poor community in the south of Zanzibar. No idea where people think of this stuff. I swear I had nothing to do with this, lol.
Twitter @Nashy (I am not going to spill the beans on his app, but perhaps he will. I have to say it is a pretty cool concept…in a teen tech genius type of way).
2. Ben Lang, 16, (barely 16, lol) is on fire! First he did a book review on his blog which got 25+ comments. So we were able to line him up with a feature article on next month’s Toilet Paper Entrepreneur Blog which gets a whole lotta traffic. Ask and you might receive. But threaten the influential blog owner who fears the worst if he doesn’t feature your teen entrepreneur and you know something, that usually works Also, Ben got his first article published in his local newspaper. It is a multi part article and just might turn into a regular syndicated column. WHEW HEW! When I heard that, it totally made my day. He is such a giving person and is sincerely and truly deserving of it.
Twitter: @entrepreneurpro (Ask him about his new sponsored comments program, it is a really cool concept!)
Full of grace and inspiration, Danielle Herb, Founder of Drop Your Reins, the Only Official Grrrl Renegade CEO, celebrated her Sweet 16 on October 23rd. Happy, Happy Birthday to Danielle!
gotta love them- have come from all over the place, from teens and adults, new and long-time friends, organizations and family, all asking me about my journey to this point and wanting to know how I got the ‘Golden Touch’. So what is this experience in the limelight all about and how does it feel? My teens have been famous for a long time so I have learned to live vicariously through them. Needless to say the question inspired me to write a post today about ‘Growing Up Renegade’.
