11-Year-Old Entrepreneur Starts Pet Food Biz
Inc.:
Shay Hammond started her business when she was 11 years old. She got her idea from a dog bone cookbook she found while on vacation. She wanted to make dog treats for her dog Pancake, so she did.
“He really liked them and I thought, “Wow this could really end up being something huge!” So i went around town to see if anyone would actually sell them and i found a couple of business that would, ” Hammond said.
Now, she sells her homemade dog treats, which come in flavors such as Mutter Butter and Chic’n Lick’n, from her website and in a neighborhood store which sells local artisan’s goods on consignment. Hammond earned $700 last year and $1,500 since she started the company.
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annalaura on March 5th, 2007 6:11 am
Wow, that is awesome and at only 11. Impressive.
Eric Shannon on March 10th, 2007 12:13 pm
That’s pretty cool. This is probably a hobby business for her, but if she wanted to make some more money, this would be a ripe candidate for a bunch of press releases.
Not only for the backlinks, but her story would probably be picked up by a bunch of offline publications.
Lynn on December 19th, 2007 1:44 pm
I love it! Please e-mail me! As I am going to be 11 in Janurary, I want to make a quick buck!
My e-mail: lynn@randomconcepts.com
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