Teen Entrepreneurs

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Teen Entrepreneurs

• TaJuana O. Redmond
• Monday July 24, 2000
• EDU 506-02

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Are you looking for the chance of a lifetime?
Time, patience, and of course a creative idea is
all you need to be on your way to a successful
career. The small business is the fastest and
most lucrative business on the web. More money,
more money, seems to be the catch all phrase of
the new millennium-so if we can't beat them let's
join them! You, at only 14, can be your own boss!
Don't let this opportunity pass you by!
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Jump on this new WebQuest on
entrepreneurships and you will be able to

• set-up your own small business on the web,
• join free membership through United Inventors
  Association of the USA
• analyze U.S. patents to be sure your idea has not
  been done double check the information by using
  a second website of your choice, (remember-always
  check with your facilitator before finalizing),
• locate information on how to fund your invention,
• then based on a website evaluation, decide
  whether or not to commercially market your
  invention.

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Computers are Essential to the
Small Business for

• RESEARCH
• WORD PROCESSING
• COMMUNICATION

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NAME THAT ENTREPRENEUR.

• AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE
• PIONEER IN BLACK HAIR CARE
• INVENTOR OF THE STRAIGHTENING COMB
• Who am I ?

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FAMOUS ENTREPRENEURS

• MADAME CJ WALKER, COSMETOLOGIST INVENTED THE
  STRAIGHTENING COMB
• BILL GATES THE FOUNDER OF MICROSOFT
• KATHY SCHROCK, EDUCATOR KNOWN FOR HER ON-LINE
  LESSON PLANS

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WORDS OF WISDOM

• ALWAYS BE ON YOUR BEST,
• BE HONEST IN ALL ENDEAVORS,
• NEVER SAY NEVER,
• AND BE WILLING TO WORK FOR TRUE SUCCESS.

• IN ORDER TO SUCCEED IN ANY BUSINESS, ONE MUST PUT
  THE WHOLE HEART INTO IT,
• REMEMBER THE ONLY LOOSER IN ANY FIGHT- IS THE
  OPPONENT WHO DID NOT TRY!

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Remember a Successful Business Begins with

• BEING WILLING TO TAKE A RISK,
• DREAMING BIG DREAMS,
• TAKING CARE OF YOUR PEOPLE,
• PERSERVERENCE,
• BELIEVING IN YOURSELF,
• AND HAVING A PASSION.