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Nothing better illustrates the vibrancy of entrepreneurship than Inc.’s Rising Stars, the inspiring under-30 founders who are blazing paths in fields ranging from diamond-making to tech to beekeeping. Presenting the Inc. 30 Under 30 stars of the future—and today.
Meet the 30 Most Inspiring Young Entrepreneurs of 2018
jobert ABMA
+ MICHIEL PRINS
muhga eltigani
+ sam roberts
leigh-kathryn
bonner
suhail doshi
+ TIM TREFREN
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AdeLle
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New York City
$350,000
$1.5 million
HelloAva
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Her history with acne-prone skin, along with the knowledge that beauty products often contain harsh chemicals, led Mou to HelloAva, a personalized skin care recommendation engine. Users answer questions about their skin via chatbot, attach a selfie, and receive recommendations. (They can also consult with an aesthetician.) The company takes a cut of online sales made through its platform.
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28
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siqi
mou
San Francisco
Undisclosed
$74 million
HackerOne
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Revenue
Funding
AGE
27
AGE
28
michiel prins
jobert abma
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They started HackerOne in 2012 to reward hackers for finding security flaws for Starbucks, GM, Uber, the U.S. Department of Defense, and around 1,000 other organizations. Users pay for subscriptions, costing
from the low four figures to tens of thousands per year.
Austin, Texas
$280,000
self-funded
Eterneva
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Revenue
Funding
AGE
27
-Adelle Archer, co-founder
“People don’t want
their loved ones to be forgotten… They want them to be remembered and celebrated.”
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More and more Americans are opting for cremation--so much so that it recently surpassed the number of annual burials. With her startup, Archer proposes a unique next step for honoring the deceased: turning their ashes into diamonds.
adelle
archer
Durham, N.C.
$350,000
$75,000
Bee Downtown
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-Leigh-Kathryn Bonner, founder
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After just three years, Bonner’s company has
sold more than 100 hives to the likes of Burt’s Bees, Delta, and Chick-fil-A, as those companies and others seek to boost morale and bring employees outdoors. Bee Downtown does the beekeeping, but also suits up companies’ employees for beekeeping classes, generates environmental reports, and bottles honey.
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“It might take me twice as long to move a 60-pound beehive, but I’ll do it in high heels and a dress coming out of a meeting with the New York Stock Exchange.”
Leigh-
Kathryn Bonner
San Francisco
Undisclosed
$77 million
Mixpanel
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AGE
28
michiel prins
AGE
29
AGE
29
tim
trefren
suhail
doshi
“I wasn’t necessarily
fit to be a CEO. I had to learn how to do it for survival.”
Doshi was just an intern when he realized that his company’s in-house analytics platform could be useful for other companies too. That led to Mixpanel, which today measures everything users do in web and mobile apps.
-Suhail Doshi, co-founder
Philadelphia
$120,000
$241,000
NaturAll Club
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-Muhga Eltigani, co-founder
“I don’t see why we can’t be the next L’Oréal.”
AGE
27
sam
roberts
AGE
26
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While in Africa during her junior year at the University of Pennsylvania, Eltigani discovered homemade hair treatments
using avocado and mango. A successful crowdfunding campaign
led to startup competition wins and finally to outgrowing a basement production facility.
Muhga Eltigani
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