Comments on: Birth of an Entrepreneur http://www.authentic-alternatives.com/blog/inspiration/birth-of-an-entrepreneur/ Helping You Grow Your Thriving Small Business Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:36:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Connie Hambrock http://www.authentic-alternatives.com/blog/inspiration/birth-of-an-entrepreneur/comment-page-1/#comment-971 Connie Hambrock Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:38:24 +0000 http://www.authentic-alternatives.com/blog/?p=104#comment-971 I too started young, but, all my advertising was word of mouth. I started at age 6 buying 1 cent gum and selling it at school for 2 cents each. That was very popular until the teachers found out who was selling the gum. My next try was when I was 9. I had learned how to knit in the summer and had made myself a drawstring coin purse out of variegated yarn. The small skeins that I used cost 10 cents so I sold my purses for 20 cents. That was good until the skeins went up in price to 20 cents, then no one wanted to pay 40 cents for it. I wasn't blessed with enough forethought to have bought the bigger skeins before the price went up or to buy more than two sample skeins at a time. As I grew I too learned to diversify, save my money and plan ahead. I think every child should have a tiny business to run with their own money to learn and grow from. Thanks for sharing your story and letting me share some of mine, Dr. Connie Hambrock I too started young, but, all my advertising was word of mouth. I started at age 6 buying 1 cent gum and selling it at school for 2 cents each. That was very popular until the teachers found out who was selling the gum.
My next try was when I was 9. I had learned how to knit in the summer and had made myself a drawstring coin purse out of variegated yarn. The small skeins that I used cost 10 cents so I sold my purses for 20 cents. That was good until the skeins went up in price to 20 cents, then no one wanted to pay 40 cents for it. I wasn’t blessed with enough forethought to have bought the bigger skeins before the price went up or to buy more than two sample skeins at a time. As I grew I too learned to diversify, save my money and plan ahead. I think every child should have a tiny business to run with their own money to learn and grow from. Thanks for sharing your story and letting me share some of mine, Dr. Connie Hambrock

]]> By: Eva Kerschbaumer http://www.authentic-alternatives.com/blog/inspiration/birth-of-an-entrepreneur/comment-page-1/#comment-969 Eva Kerschbaumer Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:08:58 +0000 http://www.authentic-alternatives.com/blog/?p=104#comment-969 My husband would love this, I think you are his clone or something - although he is too lazy to write the understanding book. I wish that I had your (and his) ability to just do it. Thanks for the smile. Best, Eva My husband would love this, I think you are his clone or something – although he is too lazy to write the understanding book. I wish that I had your (and his) ability to just do it. Thanks for the smile.

Best,
Eva

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