When it comes to business or entrepreneurship, commonly we think of an adult and experienced person. Yes, business needs lots and lots of experience and courage to take it to the next step and achieve success. The major and most important essence of entrepreneurship is confidence and a strong business idea. But the times have changed as new and young entrepreneurs are rising with their new ideas and startups and are successful at a young age. Here in this article, we will discuss a young girl entrepreneur from Australia who started her business at the age of 11 years. She started a travel review business for kids called Kidzcationz.com.
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Bella Tipping: Start of Business
Bella Tipping is from Dubbo in Australia has started her business when she had just completed her primary school. The basic reason for that made her start a business was her bad experiences on holiday trips, where she felt the lack of focus on the children’s internet by many hotels. Bella saw her mom giving good reviews on TravelAdvisor about the hotel but Bella did not like it, as it was more comfortable for adults. She felt that beds, food, and other facilities of the hotel ignored kid’s needs and requirements.
Bella after her bad experience, designed and launched her online website or app called Kidzcationz.com. This a travel review or rating app specially designed for kids where the kids can share their experiences about the hotel stay and also can suggest the places they liked and enjoyed. She being a kid thought of helping other kids and making their holiday trip more enjoyable and happier.
Bella expressed in one of the interviews that she as a kid did not have any idea about business or entrepreneurship but her parent supported her to make her idea and wish come true. The most crucial part of raising funds was to convince her parents with the proper business plan which should make them feel as investible. Bernadette and Paul, Bella’s parents after the presentation of the good business plan invested an amount of $80,000 to launch Kidzcationz.
Bella expresses that, the support given by her parents was incredible and boosted her to build a business. From funding her website to providing help with whatever she needed in designing the app. Her parents also used to travel with her for meetings and other business work. Hence supporting her dream and her as the youngest girl entrepreneur in Australia.
Brief on Kidzcationz.com
Bella is concerned about having a good experience on the kids’ holiday trip planned and launched the website to rate and review their trip. Bella’s Kidzcationz.com mainly focuses on the need for restaurants to make an ambiance that makes children comfortable and enjoyable. Kidzcationz.com as you log in can submit and see the ratings and reviews of particular hotels, restaurants, and, attractions. One can also search the hotels by the place name and choose the best-rated restaurant for kids.
The major problems or issues that need to be tackled with the website are security and privacy checks. Keeping in mind the child’s safety Kidzcationz.com allows you to provide reviews with avatars instead of using personal information like photos, names, ages, etc. Allowing the use of avatars will also make kids more interested and help in providing an effective way to review.
Recognitions and Awards
Bella Tipping was listed in 18 under 18 of Fortune magazine as a World Young entrepreneur. She grabbed the award of Won Young Citizen of the Year at the Australia Day Awards in 2018. She has also written a book called “Jed Finds his Forever Home” and published it. Bella got the invitation to An evening with President Barack Obama in March 2018 in Sydney.
Bella was a speaker at Diamond Challenge Delaware in 2019. She is one of the fighters and supports people with disability to travel with their chairs in flight. On her website, Kidzcationz.com she launched the function for review on disability. Bella Tipping’s success is been an inspiration to youngsters to achieve their dreams and make their lives glorified with success.