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A smartphone app will help you reduce your carbon footprint

Harriet Noy, founder of Hazaar is now working towards reducing carbon footprints by launching a smartphone app which will you help you shop locally. Hazaar is a zero-waste online market place and her new app will support Hazaar’s rapid expansion. Hazaar runs through a Facebook Marketplace where users can buy items online that they hand over in person, which cuts out wasteful packaging and travel miles.

Hazaar community is growing by around 2,000 members every week. Each University’s Marketplace has its own ‘Head of Hazaar’ to help organise trading, community events and encourage a love of sustainable living.

Ailbe Bartlett was awarded £1,000 for his sustainable cycling business concept, CogNativeBikes

Ailbe pitched his idea about sustainable cycling business concept, CogNativeBikes which was highly appreciated by the panellists. Peter Jones, who is worth an estimated £450 million was one of the panellists. He told Ailbe that he himself was one of the greatest strengths of the business, suggesting his approach would allow him to grow and pivot in the business. He also donated one of his old bike for the project.

Ailbe has been awarded a full mentoring programme from BBC Dragon's Den star, Peter Jones CBE. His school's business head is incredibly proud of his work.

Kidpreneurs start "T-and-N Bow Ties and Apparel" to help raise money for children in need

8-year-old Treandos Thornton along with his 5-year-old brother Noah created a bowtie business "T-and-N Bow Ties and Apparel". They use their profits to raise money for food and toys to give to children.

Pandemic has been difficult for their business but their mother said it is also training them to be businessmen. Many organisations like UPS are stepping up to support their initiatives.

Dominik Davis started small online business building and selling bat houses, called Beddy Bye Bats.

Dominik Davis participated in a science project when the school were still on, but due to Covid couldn't go to the provincials. It was about the little brown bat. It was his Mom's idea to start a business of building bat houses when she saw his projects

They started building the bat houses by looking from patterns online and soon started getting orders when his mother posted the pictures online. David has been interested in the Bats from very long. P.E.I.'s bat population has struggled for more than a decade because of white-nose syndrome. he hopes his business would help solve this problem

'STEM'- Introducing young scientists to the world, inspires young girls

Missing out on extracurricular activities in this unexpected break due to pandemic, Whitney decided to share her love for science with other girls by launching Fem ‘n STEM which delivers hands-on, science-themed kits for girls in grades 3 to 6. Her startup aims to help young girls, also stuck at home due to the pandemic, to get excited about science.

Her first box was about chemistry named “Get Crazy with Chemistry”. It had all the materials required to make a lava lamp, magnetic slime, and bouncy balls. She is planning her next box on the theme “Space is Stellar.”

Growing up Whitney was always a part of some or the other science group and would have loved such boxes to feed her curious mind. She aims to motivate girls to take up more STEM courses and break the stereotypes linked with them. It's very much needed now during a time when science, medicine, and technology are more critical than ever.

PointGenie a student led startup provide visitor analytics to business owners

Eric Azcona is a passionate entrepreneur. In 2003 he founded his first company which focused on selling mobile phone and satellite internet services. It was acquired before he moved to the united states. This first startup set the ground for his entrepreneurial career.

Azcona came up with the idea of PointGenie when he was on a trip to New York City with his brother. On returning he started PointGenie using his own funding. It is a software tool that uses machine learning to provide visitor analytics to business owners of all industries, including retail.

The PointGenie tea is currently planning its expansion as a mobile application giving them the ability to drive even more meaningful insights to business owners.

Eric Azcona is pursuing undergraduate in Information technology at FIU’s School of Computing and Information Sciences (SCIS). He is proving that you can pursue your career and study at the same time.

EZ Fade Haircut Guard, a pandemic product

When the pandemic hit, the common problem which men felt was to get their hairs trimmed. While most of them used basic trimmers to trim all of them they couldn't get the desired results. The same problem inspired Hunter Perock to design the product.

He designed the model of EZ Fade Haircut Guard using 360 CAD software — which he learned in high school and printed it using a 3d printer. He printed over 50 models till he got the perfect one. it is made up of two pieces the guard and the attach.

He is now planning to retail the product to barbers shop and to at-home haircuts. He is planning to launch a website once he gets sufficient funds. The guard will be available for $35 online.

Before designing this product his first venture was teaching students how to wake surf.

14-Year-Old, Lydia Novak started a course called Pinning Magic

Lydia's mom taught her how to keywords pins and later she began making pins for her mom's business. Her mom recognized her talent and made her make pins for her friends which received a great response. She posted about her daughter's services on Facebook groups and since then Lydia has been creating pins for her customers.

Once her mom posted a photo of Lydia on a zoom call with a customer and it went viral with thousands of likes and comments. Many of those comments suggested Lydia to make a course and share her knowledge with everyone and that's what she did.

Lydia dreams of becoming an actor and a singer and believes that her venture will help her achieve her dream. She tells people that you do not need to know what your life will be like when you “grow up” to do something important now.

Frsico teen Gurnoor Narula wins top 10 entrepreneur prize

Groundify, founded by Gurnur Narula won first place in top ten entrepreneur award in the 12th Annual Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) Saunders Scholars Competition. Groundify makes products like facial scrubs and candles using spent coffee grounds and sells them online.

They won a cash prize of $5,000 and $30,000 in scholarships.

Stetson Student Bryson Pritchard is selected as one of 10 finalists in the 2020 Collegiate Inventors Competition

Bryson Pritchard works as a critical care technician in the intensive care unit of Halifax Health Medical Center. While responding to a patient in cardiac arrest he came up with Dyad Syringe. He is selected as one of 10 finalists in the 2020 Collegiate Inventors Competition. The Dyad Syringe is a two-compartment syringe where the rear is pre-filled with saline and the front is empty.

In the past two years he participated in various other competitions and won around $41,000.