13-year-old Entrepreneur Starts Hot Dog Biz

The Duxbury Reporter:

Most youths want to spend their summer vacation lounging at the beach, hanging out with their friends or playing outside, but not 13-year-old Jake Genereux. This summer, he is beginning his first business venture — selling hot dogs at the town pier.

Jake’s mother Wendy said he has been an entrepreneur since he was a small child. With his saved money, and a little help from his parents, he is buying a hot dog cart and beginning the business. Although she and Jake’s father Paul plan to supervise him in the beginning and help him out where they need to, they want Jake to run the hot dog stand on his own, and so does he, Wendy said.

Jake said he knew he would have to a get a permit to sell the hot dogs, but he was not aware of the list of permits he needed to get in order to set up his cart. But that doesn’t deter him; Wendy said that by Tuesday he was ready and waiting to go out and start completing the 12 applications and licenses needed so he could begin his business.

“I really wanted to start my own business,” Jake said. “Once I get all the permits, I will be ready to go to the town pier, set it up, and start selling them.”

“It makes me happy to see him happy,” she said. “It is a small dream at this point, but he has those entrepreneur skills and we don’t want to deny that.”

The eager seventh-grader has covered all his bases, researching carts and prices online and prioritizing his permits. His parents don’t have to do a thing, besides drive him, of course. Jake e-mails and calls all parties needed to gain his permits, and wants to be in charge of his business. He said he plans to save the money he earns from his hot dog business for his college education.

Editors note: 12 applications and licenses to sell hot dogs??? I guess they want to protect the public. So why don’t they tell customers what’s in a hot dog!

Photo by Wendy Genereux.

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