Jared Taylor, 28

“Serial entrepreneur” wasn’t Jared Taylor’s original career choice. The Massachusetts native majored in accounting and finance at Franklin Pierce University in New Hampshire, with an eye toward securing a job in investment banking. He worked in that field for a few months before starting his first business, EduPlanz LLC, an education and — somewhat ironically — career planning company.

Taylor next launched ventures in a diverse range of areas, including tennis, health care, podcasting and video production. His most successful startup to date is BlocHealth, a platform for health care professionals that eases complicated tasks such as licensing, payer enrollment and credentialing.

“During the pandemic, virtual care came to the forefront,” Taylor says. “People weren’t going to urgent care; they weren't going to the hospital as much. So we saw an opportunity to create a way for clinicians to submit an application and get licensed in all 50 states and set up with many of the top insurance carriers across those states so they can see more patients virtually.”