New Delhi, Sept. 21 -- At 23 years old, Los Angeles-based Oskar Flodstrom turned a free piece of discarded acrylic into a Rs.1.25 crore ($1,50,000) viral business.

According to Entrepreneur.com, the young creative skipped college and worked as a swim instructor to fund his artistic pursuits, a gamble that ultimately paid off when a makeshift piece of furniture transformed his life - from living in a car to managing a booming online storefront.

Growing up with a passion for drawing and creating, Flodstrom briefly considered engineering before realizing the profession lacked the creative outlet he craved.

The pandemic disrupted his senior year of high school, and lacking funds, he opted out of college. To pay his bills, he taught swim le...