Category: Business Ideas & Tips, DIY
ebay is a great entrepreneurial gateway and learning tool for kids. It’s also a wonderful way to make money while sending fewer things to the landfill. Now let’s get those girls started! Quick Start Guide: Step One: Find what you can sell. Clean out your room and/or playroom. Look for things that are in great condition. Items still in packages …
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Category: Girlpreneurs, Lemonade Stand Tips
May 17
It’s Spring and we are well on our way into Lemonade Stand season! That means it’s a perfect time to highlight the virtues of Lemonade Stands (including stands with a purpose) and get you excited to do one this year. Why Lemonade Stands are a Great Way to Teach Kids About Business Well Loved – Kids have positive associations with lemonade. Math Exposure …
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Category: Business Ideas & Tips
When it comes to tutoring, I can speak from personal experience. I was a tutor in high school and I loved it. The money was good and it was a fabulous way to develop organizational skills and help someone else. Plus mastering a subject is a great way to build self confidence. Three ways you can jump into tutoring 1. School Based …
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Category: Business Ideas & Tips, Girlpreneurs
With young YouTubers seemingly everywhere from their own YouTube channels to The Ellen Show to Dancing with the Stars, it’s not surprising that many kids are looking to Youtube with an entrepreneurial eye. At my recent talk “How to Empower A Great Girlpreneur” a parent in the audience shared that she was hesitant to give her 14 year old daughter the green …
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Category: Business Ideas & Tips, DIY
Today’s post is the third installment in my eBay Girls Guide series. eBay is as an excellent way for kids to learn about business first-hand while making some money! In this installment I’ll reveal tips & tricks my kids learned to help make their selling more successful. (You’ll probably want to check out the Quick Start post too.) My son recently had 6 …
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Category: Business Ideas & Tips
I’ve found that eBay is a fabulous way for kids to learn lots of great lessons while earning some cash. Recently during a big bedroom cleanup my son discovered he had a variety of things he could sell on eBay. In fact he sold this Florida field trip find to a purchaser in California. You know what they say, one person’s trash …
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Category: Lemonade Stand Tips
It’s estimated that hundreds of thousands of kids run a lemonade stand each year in the U.S. Simply setting up the stand, making the lemonade, selling it and handling money is a great experience for any child. But how about if we dial it up a notch. There’s an opportunity for kids to have fun and learn even more from …
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Young girlpreneurs have a unique way of seeing the world. Samantha Frenck is nine years old and in the fourth grade. She volunteers at her local animal shelter. With her empathetic eye she noticed that there weren’t any toys for the volunteers to use when playing with the dogs and cats. Recently I spoke to her and she shared with …
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Category: Lemonade Stand Tips
Have you read our eBook Sweet Success? It’s FREE when you sign up for our email updates. In it Kylie and Lucy create a new twist on the ‘ol lemonade stand. In this “More Sweet Success” blog series we’re giving you some other ideas on how to get creative and give your lemonade stand a lift! Of course lemonade is …
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Category: DIY, Lemonade Stand Tips
Kids and adults love chocolate covered pretzels. We added $15 in sales over two hours to our last lemonade stand by selling these tasty pretzels. Adults seemed to prefer plain while kids consistently chose the ones with sprinkles. These are very inexpensive to make. We bought a big tub of pretzel rods at Costco and the chocolate chips at …
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