While most teenagers are working part time jobs in supermarkets or retail, 16-year-old Koki Mashita is checking the latest stock market reports in his role as co-founder and managing partner of investment firm, Lallic Partners.
With more than a million dollars in investments, Lallic Partners is just one part of Koki's entrepreneurial journey. He has sold old computers when he was barely in high school, has cut $3000 of losses in an attempt to revolutionise Summer Camps and is now on the brink of launching a kickstarter campaign for Floe, an environmentally friendly tampon applicator. \xa0
We hear how Koki went from an interest in Bitcoin as a 12-year-old to having a passion for investing, what he looks for in stocks and why he has an entrepreneurial mindset.
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