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 26, 2015 | author, blog, book writing, Economic Development, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship education, kid entrepreneur, Parents, Teachers, teaching business, young entrepreneur, youth entrepreneur, Youth Organizations, youth unemployment
In the last 2 blog posts I included ideas for how young entrepreneurs might come up with a business idea, an overview of the steps to get started and 10 ideas that work. Now that the business idea is starting to be developed, here is some more detail on what to do...
by Julie Wood | Apr 9, 2014 | author, blog, book writing, entrepreneur, marketing, youth entrepreneur
More Than a Lemonade Stand is what youth entrepreneur programs are all about. Have you ever been someplace and all of sudden that light bulb goes – you know it – that ‘aha’ moment. When I was at Brendon Burchard’s Experts Academy a few years ago – I was working in a...
by Julie Wood | Mar 22, 2014 | author, book writing, business operations, entrepreneur, organizing
Have you organized your conference materials yet? Whenever I get back from any conference, and Author 101 University is no exception, I have a pile of notes, handouts, marketing materials, business cards, and emails to deal with. I usually pull the stuff out of my bag...
by Julie Wood | Mar 17, 2014 | author, book writing, entrepreneur, marketing
I’ve been back a week from Author 101 University and I finally sifted through all the materials and started getting to work on the 3 things I wrote down to focus on: 1) Build my platform (more on that in a moment), 2) Finish writing my book, 3) Follow up and...
by Julie Wood | Mar 6, 2014 | author, book writing, entrepreneur, kid entrepreneur, youth entrepreneur
From what all the experts say, writing a book is the number #1 way to build your credibility. When I was thinking about starting a youth entrepreneur camp business, it never occurred to me that I would be writing a book. Then I went to Experts Academy with Brendon...