Turning Passion into Profit

"Hey what's up my name is Mendy Malka, I am 15 years old. I came from Israel originally and moved to Miami 7 years ago. I was in LEC for 7 years and I just transferred to Jewish Culture for 10th grade. My hobby has always been cars so I took what I liked doing and made it into something that could be profitable in the future. I started by calling up dealerships and creating relationships with them so in the future I would be able to sell cars for great deals since I have a lot of connections. What people are missing out on is that they think they can just get into a business without research and all that, but the thing is you have to do something you like doing for free in the beginning. That's a tip everyone talks about but they don't actually put it into action. The thing is that you have to be willing to work for a few years and a few months on that certain hobby completely free of charge, and that's what I've done for the past two years. The first year of this business was completely for free, just networking, talking to people, working on my negotiation and communication skills. Then the next year when I knew what I was doing and I knew what I was worth, I started charging people and created a company. I usually spend my summers at camp and I went to Lavi this year, it was great.”

Mendy Malka