Meet 16-year-old Ben O'Connor, who sold 200,000 gift boxes before building a farm app

Ben O'Connor, aged 16, from a dairy farming family in Co. Down, is already a serial entrepreneur. He set up his first business, a firewood venture, at 11, and at 13 founded Giftery, a mail-order gift basket business that went on to sell 200,000 gift boxes within three years. His latest project, FarmFlow, is farm management software he plans to make available for free, with a free tier always on offer. In an interview with Agriland, Ben O'Connor said: "This year I set up FarmFlow." The product is in a "long soft launch" and will relaunch in August with offline use.How did Ben O'Connor sell 200,000 gift boxes at 16Agriland reports that O'Connor's first "major" business was Giftery, a mail-order gift basket venture. It was set up when he was 13, and it went on to sell 200,000 units within three years.Running the business came with challenges. "It can be hard to get respect when you're a lot younger than the people you're going into meetings with," O'Connor said. Agriland adds that the Giftery experience did teach him to "not give up".On his latest project, O'Connor said: "This year I set up FarmFlow." According to Agriland, the product aims to manage tasks for farmers or, in his words...