Young people are rejecting traditional careers to follow their dreams - but it isn't easy. Jewellery brand Origami Owl is capitalising with a direct sales model, offering teens their own microbusiness that's ready to go, right out of the box.

With 350 million photos uploaded to Facebook every day, people are creating and looking at more images of themselves today than at any other point in history. And as our lives become permanently on display through the growth of social media, it’s changing how we see ourselves.

The make-up aisles of today's pharmacies are a bright spectrum of colour – but there's always that one perfect shade of lipstick no company seems to make. Harvard Business School graduate Grace Choi is eliminating this irritation with Mink – a 3D printer just for make-up.

From Avon ladies to tupperware parties to Ann Summers get-togethers, peer-to-peer selling is an established business model for companies aimed at middle-aged women. But now Willagirl makeup is hoping that tweens can revive the brand by selling to their friends at sleepovers.