This year's Inno Under 25 list highlights eight members of St. Louis' next generation of entrepreneurs who are determined to leave their mark in retail, education, cosmetics, health and more.
Nominators suggested younger-than-25 entrepreneurs, founders, innovators and leaders in tech and business whom the St. Louis Business Journal chose and profiled:
- Christina and Mary Trivisonno, Washington University students and twin sisters, created a probiotic skincare line, Chick.
- Samuel Brehm, a WashU graduate student in its schools of Medicine and Business, is president of student biotechnology incubator Sling Health and a medical device inventor
- Dani Wilder, a student at WashU's School of Medicine, invented a Narcan Carry Case that fits stylishly on a keychain.
- Michael Lee, a WashU undergraduate, created a college-advising video chat platform and an on-campus Asian convenience store.
- Mona Jawad, a WashU doctoral student, has a company, ASL Aspire, that creates digital education tools for deaf students.
- Keith Clay's consulting firm, Hessed.Co, has done work with more than 20 St. Louis business, and he's also CEO of the full-service real estate firm Affix Properties.
- Natalia Parr has a creative agency that manages social medid and digital strategy for St. Louis non-profit, educational and tourism organizations.
Join us at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 1, at Spark Coworking St. Louis in Ballpark Village for a networking happy hour with this year's honorees. Tickets are $55 apiece until Sept. 23 and $65 per ticket through Sept. 29 at 10 p.m.