A college student is funding his tuition by raising bees and selling honey: 'This is the ultimate side business'

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Anthony Ondo on Chatham University
A beekeeping business helps Anthony Ondo, 23, pay for his tuition at Chatham University in Pittsburgh.

Liz Partsch

The $16 billion startup factory betting on 20-somethings with no ideas yet

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Group of people who work at Peripheral labs
Mustafah Khan and Kelvin Cui (in the center, front row) founded Peripheral Labs in 2024 and incubated within Entrepreneurs First.

Courtesy of Peripheral Labs

A 19-year-old opened an art studio, panicked 2 weeks in, and then turned it into a $320,000 viral hit. Here's how.

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Scuro in Singapore
Merida Lim opened Scuro, a neon art studio based in Singapore, in 2024.

Merida Lim

I moved across the world to get into the Ivy League. Then I quit Brown after a year to launch a VC firm at 21.

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
Smaiyl Makyshov
Smaiyl Makyshov said his firm focuses on community-based investing.

Smaiyl Makyshov

Meet the 21-year-old media exec who wants TikTok shows to be taken seriously

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Rowan Winch
Rowan Winch cofounded Fallen Media at TKage.

Sydney Bradley

This 16-year-old refused a $300,000 offer to drop out of high school and now runs his own AI company

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Rudrojas Kunvar
Rudrojas Kunvar built Evion, an AI farm tool, while in high school.

Rudrojas Kunvar

I was Facebook's youngest engineer at 17. I left Meta at a moment when AI's lead can change every few months.

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Michael Sayman
Michael Sayman

Michael Sayman

Young founders share 12 pitch decks that raised millions in the AI boom

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Ditto cofounders Eric Liu and Allen Wang. Courtesy of Ditto
Ditto cofounders Eric Liu and Allen Wang. Courtesy of Ditto

Courtesy of Ditto

I founded an AI startup while still in high school. I'm now 22 and have raised over $2M — I have no regrets about skipping college.

Tech Insider : Business, Environment, Technology
headshot of a man in front of a gray background
Ishraq Khan.

Courtesy of Ishraq Khan

Bollywood dance teammates raised $5.3 million for their Y Combinator AI startup. Read their pitch deck.

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Vihaar Nandigala and Kishan Sripada, standing in front of a white wall, wearing dark shirts.
Orange Slice cofounders Vihaar Nandigala and Kishan Sripada.

Dan St. Louis

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