Looking for a fun summer business your child can enjoy? Forget lemonade, balloon animals are taking over. Amber Liggett is 15 years old, and she is already a savvy business woman. Wearing her favorite animal onesie Amber works her business selling balloon animals for $2, she is able to expand on a fun talent while […]
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Truancy costs school districts as much as $50 per day per student. Two California high school students realized that offering a service to combat it was a huge opportunity. The NY Times has more: Zak Kukoff, 16, and Jonathan Yan, 18, classmates, started TruantToday after Mr. Kukoff skipped a 7 a.m. honors geometry class at
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Chicago Sun Times: His winning idea is to put cellphone-charging kiosks at malls, airports, grocery stores and other sites where people are in a hurry. A 10-minute charge at the Charge N Go kiosk would cost $1, and would juice up smartphones, laptops and tablet computers. Users could lock their device inside the kiosk while
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UpNorthLive.com: Dakota and Garret Porter have been spending every waking hour on their new business. The name of this new startup is 45 Parallel Lighting, LLC, and their products are illuminating the outdoor sports industry. They specialize in LED lighting that go on things like bikes, wake boards, and surf boards. All of the lights
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How many times have you missed a visitor or package because you did not hear the doorbell ring? Laurence Rook’s mom faced the same problem. At only 13 years old, he has designed a unique doorbell that will call you when someone rings it, reports The Tech Herald. When rung by would-be burglars, the Smart
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Reporter-News: On a warm Wednesday morning, David Dantzler pulls out a couple of pages of meticulously written charts that detail just how many eggs his 36 chickens have produced. For about nine months now, David, 13, has commanded the clucking crowd, selling their eggs as part of his own in-home business. Later, as he reaches
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Young teens are usually spending time with friends or thinking of boys, but Isabella Weems was already running her own business. She is the proud owner of Origami Owl, a business that sells personalized lockets and charms. Her business began when she decided she wanted a white pickup truck like her friend had, reports The
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Businessweek has the story of Sweet Dreams Girlz. The company founded by two young sisters, Brea and Halle out of their need for skin and fragrance sensitive beauty products. “Well, it was kind of my idea,†says Halle, a sixth-grader. “We were going to have a spa night at home, so we went to the
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Kare11: What possible use could Josh have for all that old oil? Turns out Josh has been using household chemicals to turn that oil into diesel fuel. “Here is the diesel that can actually be used straight into an engine,” he says, pointing to the amber liquid that has separated from the fats in a
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Jordan Renda has always loved Halloween, not so much for the trick-or-treating, but for the opportunity to scare family, friends and now, complete strangers. The Jacksonville Business Journal reports the 16-year-old Creekside High School junior and now Haunted Productions LLC president is experiencing his first year in the professional haunted house industry as the creator
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