For many teenagers, making a living on the side of their school work is top of mind. But few do it as successfully as Harry Edwards. The 20-year-old from Melbourne started a side hustle in his teens that is now turning over more than a million dollars. Harry’s company creates TikTok and Facebook video ads on the freelance marketplace Fiverr for leading e-commerce brands. Harry says his entrepreneurial spirit started from a very young age, and it all started with a passion for filmmaking.
“After two years, until the start of 2020, I had no money in my bank account. In e-commerce, you win some, you lose some.” This was the catalyst that led Harry to then start his video editing business. “I sold the things I had bought from my e-commerce business profits, such as my laptop and headphones, and started my video editing business.