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Meet Jose a Met alum. Jose is a young entrepreneur who is drawing inspiration from his brother to help others. Jose Rodriguez is just 18 years old, but his company is helping to improve the lives of people with autism, like his brother Joel. Since they were kids, Jose watched Joel struggle with stress-related fidgeting.

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at a time when the world seems so chaotic it's reassuring to hear about people like the young man I recently met he's got Big Dreams for a very special reason come on I'll show you where we make them this young entrepreneur is daring to dream this is where the dream happens if you wear it comes to Jose Rodriguez is just 18 but his company is helping to improve the lives of folks living with autism is our number one model his kid brother Joelle is autistic since they were kids Jose is watched helplessly as his brother struggled with stress-related fidgeting but I love him more than anything in this world fidget toys prove helpful in relieving joelle's pain anxiety trouble is that tiny toy is easily lost he kept moving them all the time that's when Jose had his next big American idea moment he punched a hole in a T-shirt and then used a clip to fasten the fidget to the shirt problem solved that way easy to use your walking you can focus on entrepreneurship challenge a one-of-a-kind company of the 20,000 the entries submitted from teams around the world owes a Rodriguez won a full four-year scholarship to prestige Babson College just outside Boston it's been voted the number one entrepreneur real college in America he launched an apparel company has m is actually awesome scrambled his T-shirt now cell what's 30 bucks and comes with a fidget holes a says he can't keep up with the demand this was going to California and this one's going to the UK hot off the press John Deere motto of impact brand marketing is excite about expanding the brand is on his way to fulfilling his dream and gives me chills that's that's my dream is to be able to help as many people like my brother I won't stop until I hope everybody Jose tells me he will not stop until he helps everyone April by the way is Autism Awareness Month

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