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How can a person’s career skills and experiences lead to becoming a successul entrepreneur?

. What personality traits are more likely to lead to success as an entrepreneur?

. Are there diferences between a market economy, entrepreneurship, ree enterprise, and capitalism

. What taxes do entrepreneurs pay?

. What items are part o a rm’s operating costs?

. How can an entrepreneur learn about what the customers want?

. How can computer skills help with business operations?

. How do entrepreneurs deal with risks?

. How is personal nancial literacy related to business nancial literacy?

0. What actors determine where to locate a business?

1. Why is branding important?

2. How does competition afect entrepreneurship?

3. What percent o American rms have no employees working or them? Why is this important?

4. What are some sources o unding to start a business?

5. What can an entrepreneur do i business sales drop of?

6. What should an entrepreneur consider when hiring employees or the business?

7. How does an entrepreneur work in a country that doesn’t support capitalism?

8. What is “tolerance o ambiguity” and why is it important to an entrepreneur?9. How might an entrepreneur use company prots?

0. Why do entrepreneurs say they are in charge o their own ate?

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As a child, I was very interested in the environment. Videos o polar bears foating away in theocean and men with chain saws decimating the rainorest were horriying to me and le a lasting

impression. I learned that the world was changing because o humans and I wanted to help preventglobal warming. I was particularly ascinated by the problem o ossil uels and their contribution toglobal climate change. As I researched this problem, I learned about the alternative orms o energybeing developed. Te concept o converting used vegetable oil to uel was intriguing to me.

Aer a year or so o saving money and researching online, I purchased my own diesel truck and anengine conversion kit to allow the truck to run o o vegetable oil. I visited local restaurants andasked the owners i I could collect their used oil. Most owners were excited to be part o something environmentally riendly. Since the oil is obtained rom local restaurants, the oil is requently lled with ood by-products which would clog the uel lines. Te processing o vegetable oil tends to be amess so I set up my operations outside. Tis allows or minimal spillage. Aer much trial and error,I developed my own ltration system to clean my oil. Because ossil uel prices were at an all timehigh cost, many people in my community became aware o my business and became interested inrunning their own diesel trucks o o the used vegetable oil. As a result o this demand, I decided tocreate Beauort Biouels LLC. Beauort Biouels specializes in converting diesel engines to run o o vegetable oil.

Beauort Biouels has taught me many things including work ethic and perseverance. BeauortBiouels has allowed me to express my creativity and allow me to give back. I am particularly proudthat 15% o my income goes to charities to urther help prevent global warming. Without hard work and work ethic, success is almost impossible. When you work hard, success will eventuallycome to you. You already have success i you do something you enjoy. I you do something or aliving that you dread, you may nd nancial success, but you will never nd true success in your lie.Money should be a by-product o something you love to do, not vise versa.

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My name is Marissa Cobuzio and I’m an 8th grader at Walter . Bergen School in

Bloomingdale, NJ. I recently participated in my second REP$ Marketplace. My journey started way back, almost 7 years ago! I’ve always had a deep passion for animals. At theage of 6, I started donating money to my local animal shelter. I raised the money by runninglemonade stands, holding a carnival, selling cookies and juice at local soccer games, and savingmy allowance.Ever since I was young, I’ve enjoyed thinking up business ideas, but I also knew I wantedto volunteer my time to help animals. wo years ago, I was finally allowed to volunteer atour shelter. Later, my REP$ partner, Erica Steenstra, joined my mom and me in our weekly volunteer shift. Ever since, Erica and I have been donating money and supplies as well as our

time. Our biggest donation of all, so far, was made possible by the profit we made through theREP$ program. Erica and I were able to make enough money to buy the shelter a brand-new,large-capacity dryer. Tis is something they desperately needed.

I have participated in REP$ twice. My first year I worked by myself running a business calledSweet Dreams. I made and sold tie-dyed pillow cases. On some of them I sewed on fabricshapes to make them stand out. Tat was a huge success and I still have people asking me if I’llbe making more! Tat year, I donated half of my profit to the shelter. Tis past year, Erica andI worked together to create and make stylish bandanas, beds, and yummy treats for pets. We

called our business Critter Creations. I was really motivated to make this REP$ Marketplacean especially successful one because, as I said before, we intended to use our profit to buy theshelter a brand-new dryer. We succeeded!

Our bandanas were all different sizes and patterns and were made with a Velcro closure. Wepicked out the fabric, cut the patterns, and sewed them ourselves (with Mom’s supervision). Weeven added little hand-made fabric designs to make them different from an average pet bandana. We only had a couple left over and we gave them to the shelter, where they were used to enhance

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the dogs’ photos used on the shelter’s website. Te beds weremade with fabric and fluff and were a big hit. We were sold outof those by the end of the night. As for the treats, they were alsohomemade from recipes that we researched and found on theinternet. Te treats were tested for tastiness by iger (my dog),KC (my cat), and Zoe (Erica’s dog). In addition to the animal

products, Erica and I also sold handmade wooden bubble gummachines which we assembled ourselves. We felt that it was agood business idea to have something for those who don’t owna pet.

REP$ is more than just an after school activity. I really learneda lot from the workshops and the Marketplace experience. Welearned how to come up with a good product, figure out who would buy the product, determine fair but profitable pricing,

develop good advertising, and keep track of money and loans.Tis experience also helped me learn how to approach customers,how to work with other people, and how to have things done by a deadline, etc. I’m not going to lie, my partner and I had our fairshare of disagreements; however, this definitely taught me how to make reasonable compromises. We both worked through our differences and this, without a doubt, taught me a life-long skill.

I definitely enjoyed this experience very much, and constantly raved about it to my friends. Severalof them mentioned the program at their school and they now have REP$ too. It truly gave me

a feel for the business world; everyone should have a chance to participate in this outstandingprogram.




Iam Sarah Lapcevic, a student of the Entrepreneurship Academy at Buchholz High School. I was born and currently live in Gainesville, Florida and I have been pet sitting since June of

2010. As a pet sitter I provide a home environment and exercise program to pets while theirowners are away on vacation.

My business all began when my older sister was babysitting and I wanted to babysit too, but couldnot because I was too young. Tat’s when my mom told me to try to make use of my love foranimals. Te summer of 2010 I handed out my business card to people I knew and explained tothem how my business was different from the normal kennel. Some of those reasons being that I would provide personal care to their pets at a reduced rate, along with meeting their pets physicaland interactive needs.

Some other aspects that differed from the kennels are that the pet’s walks are not scheduled, andinstead are done more frequently. Also, rather than the pets being confined in a cage all day, Iallow them to roam freely in the house. I like to spoil the pets by having them feel like they’re onvacation too. Some of the things I do to make them feel this way are playing games like fetch withthem a lot, brushing them often, and allowing them to sleep with me.

Some unique aspects of my service are that I use Facebook and texting to update the pet’s ownerson how they are doing. I also am very accommodating to my clients in many ways, one being Ihave no certain hours. For instance, the dog I last pet sat for was dropped off at seven-thirty on aSunday morning.

One of my most important secrets of success is loving what I do because for me when I am petsitting it does not feel like work, but more of a hobby that brings me joy and laughter. My othersecrets of success are having a unique approach that other businesses do not offer and beingflexible.

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IIhave always had a very competitive attitude and when given the opportunity to provemyself, I will take it. I am this type of aggressive person due to my background and

unique life experiences. Growing up on a family dairy farm in the small town of Fowler, MIand starting a business using what I learned working on the farm have influenced me in avariety of ways, shaping me to become the woman I am today.

I have performed seasonal jobs on my family’s farm with my four brothers since I was aboutsix years old. Tis includes the few weeks in the springtime when we tap maple trees for sap,collect it daily and boil it down to syrup that we can sell. During the summer, I feed calveseach morning, pick up rocks in different fields with a crew of ten other teenagers, mow themany acres of our farm lawns, bail straw and perform whatever other tasks that need to be

done. We also grow sweet corn in the summer and sell it for our college funds. For the pastten years, I have also chosen a prospect beef to train and then show at our local 4-H fair andsell at the end of the week. Come fall, we pick a couple thousand pumpkins and sell themin our front yard. Trough these work experiences on our farm, I have developed a strong work ethic, discipline and endurance. I have also learned how to manage, own and run asuccessful business. Tis was the most important thing I learned because I used it to startmy own business.

Baskets by Brianne (BBB) is a basketry business that I have created and run for the past fiveyears. I learned how to weave baskets through 4-H and I now sell hand-crafted, custom-made baskets, patterns and kits and teach basketry lessons. My baskets can be woven in any design the customer desires and I currently sell patterns at eight different basketry supplierlocations in six different states. I also sell patterns at the stores’ websites. Classes can bearranged in different locations for the convenience of the client.

In addition to contributing to my college fund, this business has helped me become more

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financially independent and taught me mature communication skills through marketing my business. At the beginning of BBB, money was borrowed from family for start up expenses,but it is now paid off. I now purchase my own supplies and manage all sales. Running BBBhas helped me manage money better and look for the best ways to spend it. I intend tooperate BBB throughout college as a flourishing business that continues to survive off of its

own cash flow.

In conclusion, growing up and working on my family’s dairy farm and operating my ownbusiness have shaped me into the individual I am now. Endurance, a strong work ethic,communication skills and financial independence are just a few of the many skills and traitsthat I have learned through my unique experiences and will use to be successful in collegeand in life.



Free, Fun, Experiential Learning This year 100,000 kids across the nation will start their own lemonade stand business

on May 2. By 2013, Lemonade Day will reach 1 million young entrepreneurs in 100

cities. We want to bring this community-wide event for kids to YOUR city!

Great project for business schools, foundations, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, youth sports

and after-school programs!

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What is Lemonade Day?Lemonade Day is a FREE, community-wide, educational initiative

designed to teach children how to start, own and operate their own

business – a lemonade stand.

How did Lemonade Day get started?Michael Holthouse, a Houston entrepreneur and philanthropist,

co-founded Prepared 4 Life (P4L), a nonprofit that provides fun,proactive programs infused with life skills, character education

and entrepreneurship. Inspired by the lessons he was able

to teach his young daughter and her friend when they set up a

lemonade stand, Holthouse launched Lemonade Day in Houston,

Texas in 2007. It has now become P4L’s number one outreach and

educational priority.

When is Lemonade Day?Lemonade Day takes place the first Sunday in May. It will be on

May 2 in 2010.

Who can participate?Youth of all ages, from pre-K through high school, can register for

an official Lemonade Day stand. Adults are needed to participate

as mentors and volunteers. In addition, community support

from schools, churches, businesses, and youth organizations is

essential to the success of Lemonade Day.

How does it work?Each child that registers for Lemonade Day receives a bright,

yellow backpack with an informational workbook for the child

and another for a responsible adult. The workbooks outline the

steps needed to start a business, from setting a goal, creating

a business plan, forming a budget and finding an investor to

saving money and donating a portion back to their community.

(Materials are available in Spanish.)

How does a child register?Beginning in the spring, a child can register by completing

printed application available through participating partners, suc

as schools or youth organizations. Youth can register online a

www.LemonadeDay.org. They can also sign up and receive

backpack at numerous events in the spring in each city.

What do children learn?The objective of Lemonade Day is to teach youth how to sta

and run their own lemonade business. Children learn th

entrepreneurial skills necessary to be successful in the future an

become contributing members of their communities. The best pa

of the program for kids is that after covering their expenses an

paying back their investors, they can keep what they earn. Wit

this in mind, children are encouraged to open a youth saving

account so their profits can continue to grow as well as give

portion of their earnings to charity.

Who can get involved and how?Anyone and everyone can be involved in Lemonade Day

Young entrepreneurs with lemonade stands need mentor

investors, employees and customers! Sponsors and voluntee

are also needed to make Lemonade Day a success. All mone

raised through local donations and sponsorships is used direct

to support Lemonade Day in your city. To get involved, please vis

your local Lemonade Day website at www.LemonadeDay.org.

How can I bring Lemonade Day to

my community?To learn how to bring Lemonade Day to

your community, call 713.626.KIDS (5437).

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Lemonade Day is the perfect opportunity for the entire community

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See you next year in Chicago at IIEE’s Young Entrepreneur Conference!!!(continued on next page)

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W hen you log in to Facebook, you have probably noticed how people are“checking in” at all the locations they visit in their daily commute or

on vacation. It has become the new fad to check in at the Lincoln Memorial while in D.C., or your local Chick-fil-A restaurant when you stop to grab

a bite to eat. But what does checking in do for business?

Most retail businesses have already established a Facebook presence, butPlaces takes the social networking experience to the next level. Nowcustomers, or bystanders, can check in to any particular location, and itautomatically shares with their friends that they have stopped by for avisit. In addition, once checked in at a place, you can view all their other

Facebook friends checked in as well. It gives users of the network a better way than ever to connect in real-time with one another.

In regards to corporate world utilization, businesses can also see whenFacebookers have checked in to their pages, and can even offer special dealsor referral rewards through the Places feature. With widespread deployment

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IIt’s a great time to be a young entrepreneur in North Dakota Marketplace or Kids. North Dakota’s premier entrepreneurship program or students in grades three through middle school recently

announced a new initiative to their nationally-recognized program.

Te new Innovation in Art and Literature, A Youth Initiative, is a collaborative eort betweenBeautiul Women O North DakotaM and Marketplace or Kids, to inspire creative art and writing

expressed in wonderul stories. Te lesson plan, developed by Marketplace or Kids, combined withthe tools to assist students in sharpening their interview, writing, and presentation skills, developedby Beautiul Women o North Dakota,M encourages youth to ollow their theme – true beautycomes rom within!

Te lesson plan, added to the popular Marketplace or Kids Learning Guide, walks students throughthe steps o researching, interviewing, and writing their story and producing the accompanying artwork. Stories written and showcased at a Marketplace or Kids Education Day will be submittedto Beautiul Women O North DakotaM or an opportunity to be published by Kototama

Publishing.

But, there’s more! Not only was a new initiative added to the Learning Guide, the Adventuresin Agriculture & Using Our Renewable Resources section has been expanded! Now included isinormation on youth gardening, community gardens, school gardens, and armers markets. Tesenew updates allow teachers, parents, and educators to provide hands on experiential learning activities on teaching students how to grow their own ood, how to sell their own produce at amarket, how to create healthy and delicious recipes, and how to use sustainability techniques suchas composting. Tese new eatures serve to promote important emerging trends being seen acrossthe United States.

Marketplace or Kids has ostered a culture o entrepreneurship among the youth o North Dakotaor over 20 years. Tousands o students have been exposed to entrepreneurship at a time when manysaid they were too young. However, the results o those years o work have been gaining momentum.o recognize the eorts o a state ocused on entrepreneurship, the Honorable Jack Dalrymple,Governor o North Dakota, along with the uture entrepreneurs took the time to o cially recognize

Entrepreneurship Week, February 19-26, 2011, in North Dakota.

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Students who have participated in the Marketplace or Kids program, as well as those eagerly looking orward to participating this year, gathered at the North Dakota State Capitol to meet GovernorDalrymple, and witness the signing o the proclamation.

o urther promote and inorm the state’s legislators, organizations rom across the state ocused onentrepreneurship and innovation education gathered at the North Dakota State Capitol on February

23, 2011. Tis event, sponsored in part by Marketplace or Kids, eatureed not only organizations providing outstanding support to entrepreneurs and innovators, but also those individuals they havebeen working side by side with to encourage, guide, and promote. You can bet the youngest o thoseentrepreneurs were present as we continue to support and provide entrepreneurship and innovationeducation.

Te Honorable Jack Dalrymple, Governor of North Dakota, signs the offi cial proclamation recognizing February 19-26,2011, as Entrepreneurship Week in North Dakota. On hand to witness the signing were back row from left to right AlainaBeckert, Jacob Rader, Lucas Mayer, Lauren Bucholtz, and Samantha Clark, Northridge Elementary School; Audrey Kroll,Marketplace for Kids; Kevin Reisenauer, ND Department of Career and echnical Education; Mike Seminary, Marketplacefor Kids Board of Directors; Jerald Lemar, Northridge Elementary School Instructor; Alex Harris, Wilton Public School andinventor of Helmet Airbag; Luke Frigstad, Bradyn Just, and Briana Darger, Northridge Elementary School. Front row fromleft to right Dylan Stockert and Lauren Oster , Northridge Elementary School; Ian Ridenhour, Home School Student andinventor of Animal Attack rading Card Game; Governor Jack Dalrymple; Katie Harris, Wilton Public School; Katie Bahrand Sydney rottier, Northridge Elementary School.





WWhen I was 5 years old, I was first introduced

to the art of selling through a local television

station that operated a sales program for children.

Immediately, I excelled at this program. As a reward

for my efforts, I was given sale credits that I could

trade in for either cash or toys—at 5 years old, the choice was simple: toys. During local yardsales, I was the child who frequently had the lemonade stand set up for business and customers

from the neighborhood knew where to go for a cup of freshly-squeezed lemonade.

My name is Cesar X. Sanchez and I was born in Fresno, Calif. Since I was a young boy,

I’ve always had a passion for selling and making money. Today, I serve as the CEO of

Thot Studios, a mobile phone development company that designs and creates mobile phone

applications and websites.

Outgrowing my lemonade stand days, I became set on providing services anywhere and any

way that I could. Throughout elementary school and middle school, I produced sales for

Boy Scouts of America, raised funds for various events and sold baseball and football cards

to anyone interested.

It wasn’t until high school, however, that I discovered a true entrepreneurial spirit. During

my experience in high school I founded both a sole proprietorship and one partnership: a

car audio and a separate lawn care business. Both of these ventures experienced success as

I was able to properly serve my customers and maintain the supply needed to operate my

businesses. I attribute both of these ventures as being responsible for providing my spending

cash during my teen years. All of this experience was necessary for the development of an

entrepreneurial mentality.

Although I had experience running businesses after my high school graduation, I felt that I

did not yet possess the skill sets necessary to run a business effectively. In addition, I also

felt that I was not behaving as creatively with my business as I desired. It was at this point

that I decided to begin a high-tech venture during my time at California State University,

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Fresno. While studying business, I went through a series of one-on-one mentoring sessions

through the Lyles Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Fresno State. It was here, at

the Lyles Center, that I slowly began to mentally paint the vision of Thot Studios.

Thot Studios has published two iPhone applications: Morti-Fi and iPlace Pro. Both of these

mobile applications are currently available through Apple’s App Store. Morti-Fi is a free

mortgage finance calculator that has garnered interest from users all over the world with its

user-friendly interface. iPlace Pro is a mobile application that specializes in allowing users to

share their favorite places through e-mail, text message, Facebook and Twitter. Only $1.99

at the App Store, iPlace Pro also provides users with a parking meter timer. This app option

alerts the user when their parking meter time is running low. More information on these

specific applications can be found at www.thotstudios.com.

Currently in development and due to release in February 2011,

iPlace Lite will be a modifi

ed version of the iPlace Pro applicationdeveloped by Thot Studios. iPlace Lite will be a free version

of iPlace Pro, but will maintain its categorization as a location

sharing application/ tool that notifies friends via their preferred

social network, e-mail or text message.

Thot Studios has also recently shifted its business model to

include not only expected revenue from iPhone applications, but

to also generate revenue from service-oriented projects, such

as the development of mobile applications for otherfi

rms andwebsites.

In order to increase the scalability of Thot Studios, our team is currently working on creating

more personalized applications and marketing efforts. In the future, our team plans on

converting a significant portion of website visits into a mailing list that will be used to notify

potential customers of newly-released applications. In addition, Thot Studios constantly

searches for more creative ways to generate traf fic and increase sales through application

modifications.

Dealing with the multiple details necessary for running Thot Studios, managing a high tech

venture may seem overwhelming on the surface; these details, however, are the least of an

entrepreneur’s worries. One of the major obstacles currently facing Thot Studios has been

the challenge of finding venture capital in the San Joaquin Valley. Although Thot Studios was

able to acquire seed funding during its first year, a second round of seed funding is one of the

goals for the second year of operations for the company.




Our team’s short term goal is to make it a sustainable venture. Given the nature of our startup

structure and model, a self-sustaining dollar amount would equal the same dollar amount that

Thot Studios is able to declare itself a full-time venture with; this dollar amount would be

around $100,000.

If one were to ask me how I believe success in business can be attained, I wouldn’t know the

perfect answer. However, from my experience, I can grasp three main secrets to success. First,I believe that an entrepreneur must trust his or her production and management team. Without

trust, conflicts are inevitable and these conflicts will destroy one’s business. The Chief Operating

Of ficer of Thot Studios for example, Ashley Aouate, has been a trustworthy business partner.

It’s this characteristic in employees that allows the management team at Thot Studios to make

quick decisions and work successfully.

Second, as the famous Peter Drucker once said, “Do not confuse motion with progress.” For

any entrepreneur running a business operation, there will be a limitless amount of things that

can be done in any moment. However, the super majority of these things will be useless for

the advancement of your firm or organization. An entrepreneur must prioritize their projects

and daily activities starting with the activities that will advance their business. Only until then

will an entrepreneur experience true progress.

Last, an entrepreneur must learn to find ways around the obstacles of the mind. It is my belief

that in the mind of any entrepreneur, there always comes a time that makes the future look

bleak. However, it is also my belief that these moments are the ones that will either make

or break your venture. If an entrepreneur is able to find a way around the obstacle they are

facing, that entrepreneur will pave the way for their company to grow.

As an entrepreneur at heart, one of the most enjoyable aspects of running Thot Studios has

been the amount of creativity I can pour into the mobile applications. As I previously have

mentioned, selling goods and creativity have been my passions from a very early age. It is

my dream to run Thot Studios until it is able to reach its full potential. The potential at Thot

Studios is limitless.




Glambiton! On Your Mark….Get Ready, GetEntrepreneurial! is an activity whose purpose is

to inspire girls between the ages o 12 to 15 years old. Itis a collaborative eort between the Carreours jeunesse-emploi o the Island o Montréal, the Réseaudes Carreours jeunesse-emploi du Québec and the Fédération québécoise des coopératives en milieuscolaire (Coopsco).

Tis groundbreaking event incites girls to reach or their dreams and make it happen or themselves,

by considering entrepreneurial activities as a viable choice or their personal, social and proessionaldevelopment. We believe that encouraging young girls to become social change makers is essential.According to a recent study by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, women tend to be less optimisticand less condent with regards to their decision o starting a business. For this reason, we believe thatan event like the one outlined above is needed to ensure that girls are aware and posses the condenceneeded to take on new opportunities and make decisions that can impact their lives.

Every entrepreneurial activity that students undertake which is ollowed bya period o sel-refection can contribute to one’s identity-building process

and in guiding students towards new academic and proessional paths.[1]

During this event, eight emale entrepreneurs will shares their stories andknow-how with the girls; this will take place in an interactive workshopormat. Aerwards, a procedural guide will be produced in order to allowothers to recreate the workshop in their communities.

Tis event is taking place during Global Entrepreneurial Week, a weekdedicated to celebrating entrepreneurship throughout 80 countries

worldwide and in Canada by 200 organisations.

Please visit http://www.gewcanada.com/ for further information on this week.

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