Moziah Bridges displays his hand made bow ties. Photo:Memphis Flyer
9-year-old Moziah Bridges-Mo for short- loved dressing sharply. He found a problem when he realized there weren’t any real bowties for kids, only clip-ons. He decided to base his business Mo’s Bows off of this problem, and ended up building himself a $150,000 business. He now has 7 employees including his mom and grandmother, and has been featured on Shark Tank, Vogue, and O Magazine.
Bridges is a social entrepreneur as well because he has created a product that raises funds for charity where “100 percent of the proceeds go to help kids go to summer camp because [he] feel[s] like it’s good to help the community and that’s what [he’s] doing.” The summer camps provide children with a meal and play time.
Moziah Bridges donates $1,600 to the Glenview Summer Camp. Photo: mosbowsmemphis
I admire Bridges for being an inspiring social entrepreneur, and for finding something he’s so passionate about. He’s making a change in the world one bowtie at a time by sending children to summer camp. He’s got it all figured out; he has a wonderful life with business successes, social good, work-school life balance, and sold goals for the future to expand into a business like Ralph Lauren.
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