Better Than a Lemonade Stand
Small Business Ideas For Kids
1st Edition
Published on 1. May 2012
224 pages
978-1-4424-4970-1 (ISBN)
Description
Start on the early road to success while having fun, learning new skills, and making money with this guide of more than fifty entrepreneurial ideas.
Filled with delightfully simple business ideas, Better than a Lemonade Stand! is a fun guide packed with creative ideas that show how to start a business with little or no start-up costs, attract and retain customers, develop negotiating skills, and more.
Originally written and published when the author was only fifteen years old, Better than a Lemonade Stand! has already helped thousands of kids start their own profitable small businesses. Now an adult and father himself, Daryl Bernstein has polished and expanded his book for a new generation of budding entrepreneurs.
This indispensable resource includes more than fifty, fun, simple business ideas—complete with tips about supplies, time needed, what to charge, and how to advertise—all completely updated with strategies based on Bernstein's own experience as a successful entrepreneur and father.
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Daryl Bernstein is a lifetime entrepreneur. At the age of 8, he started his first business, a lemonade stand. At the age of 12, he spotted a need and founded Global Video on his family's kitchen table. As a teenager, he grew the business into the leading U.S. producer and distributor of educational videos. When Daryl was 24, Nasdaq-listed School Specialty, Inc., the nation's largest school supplier, acquired Global Video.
Daryl is the author of The Venture Adventure and Better Than a Lemonade Stand, both originally written when Daryl was just a teenager. He is now the founder and CEO of RightSignature, a software-as-a-service company providing the easiest, fastest way to get documents signed. His entrepreneurial ventures have been featured on CNN, CBS, NPR, and the BBC, and in Chicken Soup for the Entrepreneur's Soul, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times.
Daryl is the author of The Venture Adventure and Better Than a Lemonade Stand, both originally written when Daryl was just a teenager. He is now the founder and CEO of RightSignature, a software-as-a-service company providing the easiest, fastest way to get documents signed. His entrepreneurial ventures have been featured on CNN, CBS, NPR, and the BBC, and in Chicken Soup for the Entrepreneur's Soul, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times.
Content
- Intro
- Description
- Author Bio
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- From One Kid to Another
- Acknowledgments
- Cautions
- Quiz: Are You Ready to Start a Business?
- 6 Lessons for Kid Entrepreneurs
- Introduction
- Quiz: Which Business Is Right for You?
- Chapter 1: Babysitting Broker
- Chapter 2: Balloon-Bouquet Maker
- Chapter 3: Birthday Party Planner
- Chapter 4: Button Maker
- Chapter 5: Cage or Litter Box Cleaner
- Chapter 6: Cake Baker
- Chapter 7: Car Washer
- Chapter 8: Collectibles Show Organizer
- Chapter 9: Coupon Booklet Distributor
- Chapter 10: Curb Address Painter
- Chapter 11: Disc Jockey (aka: DJ)
- Chapter 12: Document Preparer
- Chapter 13: Dog Walker
- Chapter 14: Dry Cleaning Deliverer
- Chapter 15: Face Painter
- Chapter 16: Flyer Distributor
- Chapter 17: Fresh-Flower Deliverer
- Chapter 18: Garbage Can Mover
- Chapter 19: Gift-Basket Maker
- Chapter 20: Gift Wrapper
- Chapter 21: Grocery Deliverer
- Chapter 22: Homework Helper
- Chapter 23: House Checker
- Chapter 24: Jewelry Maker
- Chapter 25: Landscaper
- Chapter 26: Leaf Raker
- Chapter 27: Muffin and Juice Deliverer
- Chapter 28: Mural Painter
- Chapter 29: New-Product Assembler
- Chapter 30: Newsletter Publisher
- Chapter 31: Newspaper Mover
- Chapter 32: Online Advisor
- Chapter 33: Online Seller
- Chapter 34: Party Helper
- Chapter 35: Phone Information-Line Organizer
- Chapter 36: Photograph Organizer
- Chapter 37: Photographer
- Chapter 38: Price Shopper
- Chapter 39: Puppet Maker
- Chapter 40: Recycler
- Chapter 41: Rock Painter
- Chapter 42: Seedling Grower
- Chapter 43: Senior Helper
- Chapter 44: Sheet and Towel Washer
- Chapter 45: Shirt Designer
- Chapter 46: Sign Maker
- Chapter 47: Silver Polisher
- Chapter 48: Snack Vendor
- Chapter 49: Snow Shoveler
- Chapter 50: Store Window Painter
- Chapter 51: Street Flower Vendor
- Chapter 52: Tech Teacher
- Chapter 53: Wake-Up Caller
- Chapter 54: Website Designer
- Chapter 55: Window Washer
- Resources
- About the Author
