You can start your own business by becoming an entrepreneur—that means someone who starts her own company! A company can be anything from a small jewelry-making business to a large corporation. It's all what YOU make of it!
We asked entrepreneur expert Sylvia Scott, who has helped tons of girls start their own businesses, to give Club BSG some tips on how to be your own CEO right in time for the holiday season.
Question: I just read Beacon Street Girls book #12, Time's Up, and I want to start my own business just like Katani did! But, I don't know how to start? Any ideas?
Sylvia Scott: Sure! Even when you are too young to get a job, you can still make money for yourself. Today is the perfect time to start your own holiday business. It is best to start small and take little steps.
Here, we're going to use the example of starting a holiday cookie-baking business—anyone can do it!
Create a Launch Calendar: A launch calendar will organize when you'll officially start or launch your baking business. Once you decide on the date, write down all the things you need to do to before you start selling your home-baked cookies. For example, this will include the days you shop for supplies, pass out flyers to your neighbors letting them know about your business, and bake your cookies.
Do Your Market Research: Market research is finding out who will buy your cookies and for how much. Talk to your neighbors, friends, teachers, and relatives about when they might buy cookies, what kind they would want, and how much they would pay. This information will help you make cookies your customers will want to buy. Your market research will also show you the holidays that might prompt customers to buy cookies!
Identify Supplies You Will Need: Once you know the cookie flavors your customers will buy (chocolate chip, peanut butter, etc.), decide on the number of cookies you need to make. Next, make a list of the ingredients and supplies you will need, like flour, sugar, and maybe even holiday cookie cutters and food coloring for decorative frosting! Before you buy, visit different stores and write down the prices for the ingredients and supplies you need to create a budget (how much money you'll have to spend to start your business!).
i also want to start a singing and fashion business becuz i luv designing clothes and singin.i have already started designing alot of clothes.so maybe wen i start my clothing busness, i can be the designer too!and i luv singing!all my fwends and family says i have a incredible voice.and i have been to 7 singing compitition.soo plzzzzzzzzzz i wanna start a clothign business which i wanna be the designer and a singing business.plzzz?i will take care of everything in no time!
I completely love to draw. And I think some big mansions an dother houses are magnificently AWESOME! So first I want to get my degree in architecture and computers so i can get my desgins on the computer. Then if that buisness goes well I will start an Architect Company. It'll have a catchy name and cool comercials and reasonable prices depending on what you want. It will be ssssooooo great. Also, my company will have very experienced professionals so you won't have complaints.
I think I might start a cooking class for little kids that want to learn to cook or just start a cooking business with my friend because we are obsessed with cooking and baking! They could ask us to make anything and we will make it and deliver it to there door it could cost like 2 or three dollars do you think that is cheap or expensive?
Hi my name is bittyboo and I am a club BGSer. Well 4 starters I want to know if I can still start my own bisness. If i can i want to start a science company. I really think science is interesting.I got this message on december 24, 2008. But still I want to start a science company. E-mail me back please.
maybe selling lemon squares, and well made tea foods... like tea cookies that have different flavors, like alomend- lemon just maybe two or three squrts of lemon!!! i hope i can sell some!!!! i'm still trying to figger it out how to sell them!!!! but i may have to make a selling list and start cooking!
I will start a fashion company called "Stylin' Bratz!" with acessories, clothes, school acessories, home acessories and millions of other things. But I will need help? Or I could start my own sowing store! Any ideas?
Y'all i need some help! I'm eleven and I can't bake stuff (i'm not allowed) but I can knit, and do stuff like that, do any of you have any idea of how do earn some cash?
We asked entrepreneur expert Sylvia Scott, who has helped tons of girls start their own businesses, to give Club BSG some tips on how to be your own CEO right in time for the holiday season.
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Question: I just read Beacon Street Girls book #12, Time's Up, and I want to start my own business just like Katani did! But, I don't know how to start? Any ideas?
Sylvia Scott: Sure! Even when you are too young to get a job, you can still make money for yourself. Today is the perfect time to start your own holiday business. It is best to start small and take little steps.
Here, we're going to use the example of starting a holiday cookie-baking business—anyone can do it!
Create a Launch Calendar: A launch calendar will organize when you'll officially start or launch your baking business. Once you decide on the date, write down all the things you need to do to before you start selling your home-baked cookies. For example, this will include the days you shop for supplies, pass out flyers to your neighbors letting them know about your business, and bake your cookies.
Do Your Market Research: Market research is finding out who will buy your cookies and for how much. Talk to your neighbors, friends, teachers, and relatives about when they might buy cookies, what kind they would want, and how much they would pay. This information will help you make cookies your customers will want to buy. Your market research will also show you the holidays that might prompt customers to buy cookies!
Identify Supplies You Will Need: Once you know the cookie flavors your customers will buy (chocolate chip, peanut butter, etc.), decide on the number of cookies you need to make. Next, make a list of the ingredients and supplies you will need, like flour, sugar, and maybe even holiday cookie cutters and food coloring for decorative frosting! Before you buy, visit different stores and write down the prices for the ingredients and supplies you need to create a budget (how much money you'll have to spend to start your business!).
Read part two: Create a Budget
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I can't decide between designing and music and photography!
i think a mystery soklving buissness cuz i am a detective and any one who wants to can check out my locker and leave a message on my white board
I would love to start a ski business to teach kids how to ski. Or, I would love to teach piano to kids as well.
Hey i am doing a spa buisness at my house
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i wish i can be a ceo (cheif egzizitive officer) and be a singer
I wish I could do a Soccer teaching business.
i have already started a jewlery business
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i want to start a fashion bussness and you could desine a custom clothing for your pet
i also want to start a singing and fashion business becuz i luv designing clothes and singin.i have already started designing alot of clothes.so maybe wen i start my clothing busness, i can be the designer too!and i luv singing!all my fwends and family says i have a incredible voice.and i have been to 7 singing compitition.soo plzzzzzzzzzz i wanna start a clothign business which i wanna be the designer and a singing business.plzzz?i will take care of everything in no time!
i want to start a clothing business
I completely love to draw. And I think some big mansions an dother houses are magnificently AWESOME! So first I want to get my degree in architecture and computers so i can get my desgins on the computer. Then if that buisness goes well I will start an Architect Company. It'll have a catchy name and cool comercials and reasonable prices depending on what you want. It will be ssssooooo great. Also, my company will have very experienced professionals so you won't have complaints.
I think I might start a cooking class for little kids that want to learn to cook or just start a cooking business with my friend because we are obsessed with cooking and baking! They could ask us to make anything and we will make it and deliver it to there door it could cost like 2 or three dollars do you think that is cheap or expensive?
I already kinda started a buisiness. I am part of watkins.
well, maybe I'll sell stickers !!
that's all I can think of ..
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Hi my name is bittyboo and I am a club BGSer. Well 4 starters I want to know if I can still start my own bisness. If i can i want to start a science company. I really think science is interesting.I got this message on december 24, 2008. But still I want to start a science company. E-mail me back please.
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i would loooovvve to start my own fashion and acting and singing school for girls.
A website business for girls!
a fashion business
I want to start a fashion bussness
from your friend from bsg shae288
i would start a hairdressers lolliepop's hair & Beauty
make-up buissness would be cool!!!!
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I think maybe a jewlrey bussiness. What do you girls think?
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hi peepz
maybe selling lemon squares, and well made tea foods... like tea cookies that have different flavors, like alomend- lemon just maybe two or three squrts of lemon!!! i hope i can sell some!!!! i'm still trying to figger it out how to sell them!!!! but i may have to make a selling list and start cooking!
I'm twelve years old and I can draw and write stories and stuff. I want ot be a wedding-dress designer and an author but can't choose! Help!
P.S Please reply.
Lip balm shop! I had this dream where I was running a huge shop with millions of multi-coloured, multi-flavoured lip balms!
I will start a fashion company called "Stylin' Bratz!" with acessories, clothes, school acessories, home acessories and millions of other things. But I will need help? Or I could start my own sowing store! Any ideas?
photo shop
i make jewelry,designer clothes,and portraits of homes and make blue prints.
you could make jewelry to go with:)
Y'all i need some help! I'm eleven and I can't bake stuff (i'm not allowed) but I can knit, and do stuff like that, do any of you have any idea of how do earn some cash?
i might start my own fashion corporation
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OMG! I did almost the same thing. I would write books, illustrate them, then sell them for like 25 cents to my mom and dad.
Now, I'd like to start my own web design business. I'm very close to havign it posted and everything.
something to do with dogs
I think I might try and make bunch of things and see which of those things I like the best, then make a bunch of copies and sell them.
I would start a coumpter business. where you take apart computers and find whats wrong with them.
I am going to start
my own bussnise by helping peaple and taking care of them.
Designing Clothes!! "FASHION BUSINESS"
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how do you start you'r own buissnes???
i would start a super modeling business.
A baking business. I lov emaking pasterys so i would love this.
you make $ right cuz it's close 2 x-mas and i need 2 get my mom some thing special
hey i would love to start my own business on bsg
depends on your hobbys...
i dont know what business to start any ideas?
I thought i would start a fashion business. If u have any names you think is cute for the clothing line plz tell me your ideas
how do you start one>??????????