Business Minded

Teenagers Doing Business: The Time Is Now!

There is no better time in life to start a business than as a teenager. Teenagers are full of hope for the future. They want to prove that they can hold their own in a real world. Their minds are supple and strong, and they don't have the obligations that weigh adults down.
Teenagers need the opportunity to try the real, to produce value for others, to fail, and to get up again and keep trying until they succeed. Most of what is called education puts a high grade on mediocre work and rolls right along, ignoring failure. In fact, failure is rarely treated as a starting point for learning.
So how is business-based learning different?
Business-based learning sees teenagers as producers of value and places them at the center of learning. Young people starting their own businesses find themselves needing real information that works for them right now. They quickly learn what works and what does not work. They learn from their failures; they learn most how to change what they do quickly until it works. They learn that a 97% job doesn't cut it. A customer wants 100%. They learn that what they do with their hands and with their minds is valued; they themselves have value.
They learn self respect. And how to read - and understand what they read. How to write and write well - for real world readers, not for teachers. How to work the numbers, in order to increase their profit. How to design, how to craft, how to relate with people.
But most of all, learning has meaning. It fits what is important now.
Teenagers, starting their own businesses as part of a high school education, are miles ahead, at age 20, than their counterparts who are still wandering the maze of simulation called "school." And the incredible advantage is that they don't have to support a family. They are just students after all, and learning. There is minimal risk for them in running a micro-business.
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It takes very little investment for a young person to start a business. The key is to do it; to make something and get out there and sell it. Or to set up a service, obtain clients, and produce value for them.
What they need is guidance. They don't get that guidance from schools, just simulation. Parents could be their guide, but most are busy.
Parents, find a good program that leads your teenagers step-by-step to build their own businesses and watch them create value and freedom in this world.