Meet Maya Penn: The young entrepreneur who turned $200 and handmade headbands into a $55,000 sustainable fashion business, giving 10% to charity
- PC: YouTube/TEDAt an age when most children were still figuring out what they wanted to do after school, Maya Penn was already making and selling her own accessories.
- The Atlanta youngster began with handmade headbands created from materials available at home, then gradually turned that small experiment into ‘Maya’s Ideas’, a business centred on clothing and accessories made with recycled and organic materials.
- By the time she was 12, Penn had attracted coverage from several major publications and television outlets, while her company was projected to generate about $55,000 in sales for the ye
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- PC: YouTube/TEDAt an age when most children were still figuring out what they wanted to do after school, Maya Penn was already making and selling her own accessories.
- The Atlanta youngster began with handmade headbands created from materials available at home, then gradually turned that small experiment into ‘Maya’s Ideas’, a business centred on clothing and accessories made with recycled and organic materials.
- By the time she was 12, Penn had attracted coverage from several major publications and television outlets, while her company was projected to generate about $55,000 in sales for the ye
Sources: Times of India