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Better Than a Lemonade Stand!: Small Business Ideas for Kids
Start on the early road to success while having fun, learning new skills, and making money with this guide of more than fifty entrepreneurial ideas.
Filled with delightfully simple business ideas, Better than a Lemonade Stand! is a fun guide packed with creative ideas that show how to start a business with little or no start-up costs, attract and retain customers, develop negotiating skills, and more.
Originally written and published when the author was only fifteen years old, Better than a Lemonade Stand! has already helped thousands of kids start their own profitable small businesses. Now an adult and father himself, Daryl Bernstein has polished and expanded his book for a new generation of budding entrepreneurs.
This indispensable resource includes more than fifty, fun, simple business ideas—complete with tips about supplies, time needed, what to charge, and how to advertise—all completely updated with strategies based on Bernstein’s own experience as a successful entrepreneur and father.
Filled with delightfully simple business ideas, Better than a Lemonade Stand! is a fun guide packed with creative ideas that show how to start a business with little or no start-up costs, attract and retain customers, develop negotiating skills, and more.
Originally written and published when the author was only fifteen years old, Better than a Lemonade Stand! has already helped thousands of kids start their own profitable small businesses. Now an adult and father himself, Daryl Bernstein has polished and expanded his book for a new generation of budding entrepreneurs.
This indispensable resource includes more than fifty, fun, simple business ideas—complete with tips about supplies, time needed, what to charge, and how to advertise—all completely updated with strategies based on Bernstein’s own experience as a successful entrepreneur and father.
224 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 1992
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About the author
Daryl Bernstein
7 books1 followerDaryl Bernstein is a lifetime entrepreneur. At the age of 8, he started his first business, a lemonade stand. At the age of 12, he spotted a need and founded Global Video on his family's kitchen table. As a teenager, he grew the business into the leading U.S. producer and distributor of educational videos. When Daryl was 24, Nasdaq-listed School Specialty, Inc., the nation's largest school supplier, acquired Global Video.
Daryl is the author of The Venture Adventure and Better Than a Lemonade Stand, both originally written when Daryl was just a teenager. He is now the founder and CEO of RightSignature, a software-as-a-service company providing the easiest, fastest way to get documents signed. His entrepreneurial ventures have been featured on CNN, CBS, NPR, and the BBC, and in Chicken Soup for the Entrepreneur's Soul, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times.
Daryl is the author of The Venture Adventure and Better Than a Lemonade Stand, both originally written when Daryl was just a teenager. He is now the founder and CEO of RightSignature, a software-as-a-service company providing the easiest, fastest way to get documents signed. His entrepreneurial ventures have been featured on CNN, CBS, NPR, and the BBC, and in Chicken Soup for the Entrepreneur's Soul, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times.
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November 2, 2021
This book may have been written by a kid, for kids, however, I believe that these are all side venture (or even main operation, if developed further) that most people can try. As this book was published in 1992, a few of the suggestions are no longer as useful as they were, yet it is still filled with many wonderful suggestions, and offers a very sound break-down of each service.
Each enterprise is described then listed by Supplies, Time Needed, What to Charge, How to Advertise, and Hints. One of his slogans is, "Don't get a job. Make a business!"
As this entrepreneur states, "Business is really nothing more than one person making life easier for another for a fee." He also makes clear that certain positions have an added physical danger so those should be avoided, if unsupervised. This goes hand in hand with assessing any financial risk that may occur. Further, he points out that one should consult local laws regarding child labor, the need for permits or license, and taxation laws so as to be as legal a trade as possible. The final point in his introduction is the caution to remember one's schooling.
The sound advice for how to name the project, gathering start up costs, the ever-important pricing, bartering, negotiating, and advertising get one off to a great start.
Each enterprise is described then listed by Supplies, Time Needed, What to Charge, How to Advertise, and Hints. One of his slogans is, "Don't get a job. Make a business!"
As this entrepreneur states, "Business is really nothing more than one person making life easier for another for a fee." He also makes clear that certain positions have an added physical danger so those should be avoided, if unsupervised. This goes hand in hand with assessing any financial risk that may occur. Further, he points out that one should consult local laws regarding child labor, the need for permits or license, and taxation laws so as to be as legal a trade as possible. The final point in his introduction is the caution to remember one's schooling.
The sound advice for how to name the project, gathering start up costs, the ever-important pricing, bartering, negotiating, and advertising get one off to a great start.
September 17, 2012
Recommended for gr. 4-12. The businesses discussed can be started by kids of all ages.
The book begins with a fairly lengthy set of pre-chapters to help the reader decide whether s/he is ready to start a business and if so, what type, as well as cautions and what sort of things the businessperson needs to consider. The bulk of the book is a list of 55 possible businesses, each described over 3-4 pages including supplies needed, time involved, what to charge, how to advertise and specific hints. Between every few chapters there is an Inspiration page with information about a kid entrepreneur and his/her business.
The businesses seem to be fairly realistically described. For some of them, a kid would have to be fairly determined and persistent to make it successful. All of them require time and effort, and none of them are get-rich-quick. The whole thing is presented in a readable, encouraging format.
The book begins with a fairly lengthy set of pre-chapters to help the reader decide whether s/he is ready to start a business and if so, what type, as well as cautions and what sort of things the businessperson needs to consider. The bulk of the book is a list of 55 possible businesses, each described over 3-4 pages including supplies needed, time involved, what to charge, how to advertise and specific hints. Between every few chapters there is an Inspiration page with information about a kid entrepreneur and his/her business.
The businesses seem to be fairly realistically described. For some of them, a kid would have to be fairly determined and persistent to make it successful. All of them require time and effort, and none of them are get-rich-quick. The whole thing is presented in a readable, encouraging format.
November 30, 2008
so this isn't a really reading book its basicallt business ideas for kids
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August 22, 2014Great book of ideas for kids to do to earn money.
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