The Niche Beat

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Popular Toy Invented By 12-Year-Old CEO Started At Age 5

Watch an episode of Shark Tank and see what happens when presenters cannot answer questions about the figures involved in operating their business. During a recent airing of the Tamron Hall show Mia Monzidelis admitted math was not her strong suit. But she must know the key figures involved with her Power Pony invention, such […]

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Pavarotti’s Diverse and Amazing Fan Base: From Babies to Hip Hop

Luciano Pavarotti, a former elementary school teacher, became an internationally known opera singer. You don’t have to like opera to appreciate Pavarotti’s fabulous talent. And his venture later into popular music was niche genius. Considered the best in opera history, the sound of Pavarotti’s voice could hold the attention of a baby. Three memorable clips […]

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Finding Your Niche Book Download

Finding Your Niche: Discover a Profitable Idea for a Business at Home – or Elsewhere is now available in EPUB format from independent booksellers, Kobe, and Ingram. Selected seller links are included below. Sources Kobo.com https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/finding-your-niche-3 ISBN 978-1-7365342-6-7 Book brochure and bonus download see para.3, and para. 11: Finding Your Niche eBook | Finding Your […]

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Reuben Paul: Cyber Security Expert

In 2018, Reuben Paul and his younger brother traveled to security conferences around the world and earned thousands of dollars in speaker’s fees because of Paul’s skill at hacking into everyday technology products. “It is important that we reinvent cybersecurity because obviously what we have invented is clearly not working. If a 12 -year -old […]

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Mickey Guyton: How She Nearly Lost Her Country Music Niche

When singer and songwriter, Mickey Guyton, appeared on the 63rd  Grammy awards in 2021 it was history-making.  Guyton became the first  Black female solo county music artist to be nominated in the country music category for her song, Black Like Me,  written in 2018 but not posted online until 2020 as a message of hope. […]

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Mikaila Ulmer: How To Be A Successful Teen Entrepreneur

It started with a bee sting and fear of bees, but by age four, Mikaila Ulmer, found her niche. In 2021, Ulmer is a 15-year-old CEO of a multi-million-dollar social entrepreneurship company, Me and the Bees lemonade, with a mission to educate teens and assist with the dwindling bee population. Ulmer’s start-up adventure is featured […]

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John Rucker: How Pet Dogs Inspired An Environmental Startup

Twenty years ago, John Rucker, an English teacher, would take his dogs for hikes and noticed they would bring him box turtles.  Soon, Rucker and his four-legged team were in demand by universities and wildlife conservation groups for their tracking ability. Humans have difficulty spotting box turtles in tall grass, and the turtles are prized, […]

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Jonah Larson: Crotchet Artist

At five years of age, Jonah Larson discovered a crochet hook and a YouTube video tutorial and went on to compete and win crotchet contests. Seven years later, the business owner, philanthropist, and author of two books is flourishing. And Jonah has raised funds to build a library and science lab for peers back in […]

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Wanona Satcher: Entrepreneurship and Social Justice Causes

Atlanta, Georgia, entrepreneur Wanona Satcher, founder and CEO of Makers Studio offers insights about combining one’s talent with a social justice cause in a September 2020 Inc. magazine article. Satcher develops affordable housing using modular shipping container manufacturing and her words might well have been a speech to high school or college students about how […]

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West African Dance: Diversity and Collaboration

Taken at face value, the YouTube video below is about enjaillement and determination. Enjaillement is a West African word meaning, in part, hanging out and having a good time,  according to the Urban Dictionary. Now, I am not pointing fingers but someone in the video is bound and determined to master West African dance from […]

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