In Arizona, entrepreneurs come from all walks of life, and all ages, too.
The state has a new crop of emerging startups founded by young, innovative entrepreneurs who are creating products and solutions to solve societal, marketplace or industry challenges.
In AZ Inno’s annual recognition of entrepreneurs who are age 25 or younger, we highlight 11 young business leaders whose companies represent a broad range of industries, including retail products, aviation, journalism, nonprofits and financial services.
This year's AZ Inno Under 25 startup wunderkinds range in age from 17 to 25, and already have solid grounding in the innovation community. Some are even in business with one of their parents.
AZ Inno will continue to follow these fledgling companies down the road as they expand their horizons, and look to inspire younger entrepreneurs with big ideas to follow along.
Click on the links below to read profiles of each of this year's honorees:
- Fatimah Amer, 17, CEO of SPARKHope
- Sam Bregman, 20, Founder and CEO of Melts
- Sabrina Grimaldi, 24, Owner of The Zillennial Zine
- Ben Lambertson, 18, Founder and CEO of Ace Simulations
- Mackenzy Leray, 22, Founder of Signature Tote Co.
- Caleb McCandliss, 20, Founder and CEO of CarChap
- Ryan Pace, 22, Co-founder, CEO of Involio
- Lucas Patten, 21, Founder of Powder Pal
- Kieran O’Brien and Cayden Phipps, both 25, of Shopgenie
- Tristan Tierce, 20, CEO, cofounder of Allergy Voyage
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