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Autistic 9 Year Old Starts Soda Business
Nine year old Kent ran a typical lemonade stand in the summer of 2010. He had fun and earned enough to buy some things he had really wanted. At the end of the summer he said, “Dad, I made a lot of money this summer. I got everything I wanted.” Kent then asked if he could sell sodas to restaurants and stores. His parents let him know that when he was older he could explore the idea further. Kent pondered that for a minute and then said “Dad, I have everything I need right now, but there are lots of other kids with autism that can’t do the things they want or need. I want to be able to help them get some of the things they want with the money we earn. Can’t we start now? I don’t want to wait.” Kent lives in Vermont with his family, enjoys reading instructional manuals and playing with Legos. Kent has autism.
Kent’s personal motto is “ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!”. He believes this 100%.
So do we, Kent, so do we!
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Business Etiquette on June 24th, 2011 3:24 am
Great job Kent at the age of nine your Ideas inspired the people simply giving explanation that they are unemployed. “if you want success don’t give excuses if you give excuses you won’t be success”
Angela Shupe on June 24th, 2011 8:31 am
The outlook he has on starting NOW is very motivational. There are older would-be entrepreneurs afraid to get started. They should take a lesson from this kid. Just doing is a really big part of reaching success. Someone who never tries will never know what it is like to get there.
Cindy Hawkins on June 24th, 2011 1:45 pm
This merely means that people who have autistic brains conceptualize, think and plan in ways that are different, out of the box, not in line with others. Then, if you follow that logic to its conclusion – makes them EXCELLENT candidates for developing creative business/product ideas – ones on which somebody else might have given a pass. Nice going, Kent!
Julie Maxwell on July 20th, 2011 6:15 am
I have friends who work with autistic children who, after seeing the movie Social Network, have come to the conclusion that Mark Zuckerberg probably has some facet of autistic spectrum disorder. Adding fuel to their thoughts was a recent on-line article in which the creator of Twitter, Biz Stone, recounts the uncomfortable meeting between he and Zuckerberg. Apparently Stone found Zuckerberg to have no sense of humor and relatively emotionless.
Dane Carlson on July 20th, 2011 7:33 pm
Excellent quote. “If you want something you won’t give excuses.”
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