By Lynn Beresford Super Vision International Inc. THEN: 1994 Sales: $2.4 million Brett Kingstone doesn’t take business lightly. In 1994, his fiber-optic light and cable manufacturing company was doing $2.4 million in sales–but Kingstone still didn’t consider it a shining success. Why? He knew Orlando, Florida-based Super Vision International could do much more. Fiber-optic lighting offers so many advantages over …
A Natural Entrepreneur
By Susan Lundline Brett Kingstone began making money on his own at 6 years old Brett Kingstone started his first business — a lemonade stand — at age 6 in New York. But instead of buying soda or candy with his earnings, he chose to save it for college. A couple of years later, he earned money by selling …
Youth turns ideas to money – The Bulletin
By Sue Goldfarb He believes in moving, not sitting. PALO ALTO, Calif. – At the tender age of 21, Brett Kingstone turns ideas – his own and others’ – into money. He calls himself “a simple shmo.” He writes guest editorials for the Wall Street Journal at $1,000 a crack. He’s collecting $100,000 in royalties this year from the how-to-do-it …