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Patrick Mott
Patrick Mott (born October 18, 1996) is a Canadian teen entrepreneur. Mott regularly appears on many different programs to consult topics such as literacy in social media and safety. Featured in many media outlets such as Breakfast Television Vancouver, HuffPost Live, CP24 Breakfast, Global BC and in the Toronto Star, Mott discovered the passion he has for social media and communications at a young age and started his career without wasting any time.

Personal Life
Born in Toronto, Canada where he was raised, he graduated from high school in Ontario. Today, he is single and the younger brother of three triplets; one sister and two brothers.

Social Media
Mott became interested in social media at the age of 12 in the year of 2009. It intrigued him that there was a new platform emerging that people could use to communicate. Mott never thought that it would have evolved to what it is today; where people use it to create change in the world. He uses social media in many ways such as Twitter, where he can interact and indulge the current trending topics, what is happening in the world and to be able to give his opinion on different issues.

Business
Mott currently has an office on Wellington W. in Toronto where he, with the help of his mentor Arlene Dickinson, is managing and building his company, Mott Communications – public relations and social media agency that he started when he was 15. He has been able to build a company, with real cash flow, real results, real lawyers, accountants and clients. Mott also blogs for the Huffington Posts, Teen Vertical, where he tries to educate teens on how to use social media properly. He discusses how teens can use social media to promote their online reputation and also how they should not use it due to the result of destroying online reputation. He also believes that Twitter is a great way to not only post personal opinions but to also gain knowledge in what one is interested in. In CKNW AM 980 News Talk, with Bill Good, Mott states, “Social media is going in a positive direction, creating change with many world issues which people are able to take hold of as a society, which is technologically advancing, people are able to change the world.”

Patrick’s Mentor
Arlene Dickinson is one of the most renowned independent marketing communications entrepreneurs in Canada. She is best known as one of the capitalists on the award-winning CDC series Dragons’ Den and The Big Decision. Becoming his mentor all started when Patrick tweeted about wanting to have lunch with Dickinson and luckily she agreed. Since then, Dickinson is not only a mentor to Mott but also an inspiration.

Next Steps
From the Huffington Post article and blog, “I’m Taking a Break From University… And I Haven’t Even Started” written by Patrick Mott, the title almost speaks for itself. He explains that the stepping stone of University as a moment he has been dreaming about since kindergarten. With everything ready to start the next chapter of his life at Ryerson University, everything suddenly came to realization and changed. While out for lunch with Arlene Dickinson, he asked her for advice on the best way to manage his current company while focusing on school. She told him to take a year off because he has so much ahead of him but he also does not want to lose what he has. Arlene Dickinson offered Mott a space in her building to build his company and if he succeeds, he’ll pay her rent at fair market value for the space. She also said if he is unable to succeed, she will forgive his debt and he can go back to school. Prime real estate on Wellington Street was being offered to him by Arlene Dickinson with a price tag contingent on his success. Mott then emailed Dickinson agreeing to the offer. Mott is assuring that he is not abandoning education but is learning in a non-traditional way and he believes that this will be a year for growth in many ways.