Ollie garnered a profit of more than 2,500 pounds, he claims, in the first six months alone. He says Ollie’s Shop sales rolled in from day one and haven’t stopped since. Related: Rampant Bullying Found Across Workplaces
With the help of family and friends, Ollie fulfills several orders a day from his home, where he stores his stock, some of which he sources from China. It’s an online gift boutique that sells trendy jeweled bracelets, novelty cufflinks, leather belts and wallets and other “Perfect Prezzies” (presents) for teens and their parents. Ollie’s first official foray into entrepreneurship is simply called Ollie’s Shop. “If they wanted it reheated, I would charge another 20 pence.” Between brewing caffeine jolts for his parents, walking his family’s dogs and cutting the grass, he eventually earned 20 pounds ($33.74) per week. As a kid growing up in a relatively affluent area, he fetched his parents’ coffee and tea for 20 pence (about 34 cents) per cup. After learning about how Branson turned a “disadvantage” Ollie knew painfully all too well into an advantage, he launched his first business at only 13, three years younger than Branson was when braved his first venture.Įven before he was a teen, Ollie caught the entrepreneurial bug. Ollie was also determined to prove his haters wrong before they graduated from school and went their separate ways. Related: How a Teenage Entrepreneur Built a Startup on Bitcoin Riches “He was very dyslexic and when I watched a program on him, I was determined to become like him.” “Branson really has inspired me,” Ollie told. Then, just as Branson gutsily did, he used his doubters’ venom to fuel his budding entrepreneurial fire. Instead, he looked to self-made billionaire Sir Richard Branson - who also struggled with dyslexia at school - for direction and strength. teen could have let their cruel cut-downs crush his spirit, his self-esteem and his motivation. They said he was a nobody and always would be. Bullies picked on him for being dyslexic, for being different.
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