by Julie Wood | Sep 26, 2015 | blog, Camps, Economic Development, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship education, kid entrepreneur, Parents, Teachers, teaching business, young entrepreneur, youth entrepreneur, Youth Organizations, youth unemployment
My theory is that you can’t really teach kids how to be an entrepreneur if they don’t know what it is. The hard part is defining what an entrepreneur is! If you Google “What is an Entrepreneur”, you will get 149 million results in a matter of seconds. The first one...
by Julie Wood | Aug 29, 2015 | author, blog, book writing, business operations, Camps, Economic Development, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship education, kid entrepreneur, Lemonade Stand, Parents, Teachers, teaching business, young entrepreneur, youth entrepreneur, Youth Organizations, youth unemployment
This week it was Jerry Seinfeld’s kids lemonade stand getting closed down by police due to neighbors complaining about parking and not having a permit. I have been hearing about a stand getting closed down almost every week some place in the U.S. this summer – what do...
by Julie Wood | Aug 15, 2015 | author, blog, Camps, Economic Development, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship education, kid entrepreneur, Parents, Teachers, young entrepreneur, youth entrepreneur, Youth Organizations, youth unemployment
In my last blog post I talked about how kids can use their talents and passion to guide them into a business idea. But how do you know if that idea will work? Here are 9 business ideas that have a high chance of success for young entrepreneurs (and some helpful hints...
by Julie Wood | Jun 6, 2015 | blog, Camps, Economic Development, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship education, kid entrepreneur, Lemonade Stand, Parents, Teachers, teaching business, young entrepreneur, youth entrepreneur, Youth Organizations
Youth Entrepreneurs are Changing the World! Every day I read about amazing young entrepreneurs who are making our world a better place. It is both encouraging and inspiring learning about what the next generation of entrepreneurs is accomplishing! But, if you think...
by Julie Wood | Apr 28, 2015 | blog, Camps, Economic Development, entrepreneurship education, kid entrepreneur, Lemonade Stand, Parents, Teachers, teaching business, young entrepreneur, youth entrepreneur, Youth Organizations
How to Build a Lemonade Stand out of PVC Pipe (in 6 easy steps) Since Lemonade day is coming up soon and summer is not far behind; I thought it would be helpful to share what I learned when I built my lemonade stand booth that I used a recent trade show. Many of the...
by Julie Wood | Mar 29, 2015 | author, blog, business operations, Camps, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship education, marketing, Teachers, teaching business, youth entrepreneur
I love to learn, especially about entrepreneurship and small business! I read book after book on the subject; I don’t usually read fiction unless it’s something like “All in Startup” which is fiction inside non-fiction (more on that in a later post). I...
