#youth-entrepreneurship

#youth-entrepreneurship

Most adults look back on their childhood earnings and think of pocket money, Christmas gifts or a Saturday job. These days, however, children as young as seven are already fluent in entrepreneurship, running side hustles, talking about profits and losses and razor-sharp in their focus on honing sophisticated business skills. Research from the children's debit card company GoHenry found that two in three young people want to be entrepreneurs when they were older,

What started as frustration with finding odd jobs on Nextdoor has grown into JobMatch, a new gig platform designed by three Walnut Creek seniors at Las Lomas High School who wanted to make it easier for youth to connect with community job opportunities. Twin brothers Nico and Alex Alessi and longtime friend Mason Grant co-founded the venture earlier this year with the help of the twins' father, Tom Alessi, a longtime technology executive. The platform, jobmat.ch, officially launched March 27.

Chris, a 14-year-old boy, took over his mother's street vending business after an immigration raid, where he experienced increased demand for tamales.

"Follow your passion" is a cliché for a reason. Prince told Fischer to "do something because you want to do it, you can't help doing it, you're drawn to it naturally." This mindset compounds over time in terms of knowledge and capabilities.

Ashleigh F., 12, sold 2,528 boxes of Girl Scout cookies this year, surpassing her rival after two years as Brooklyn's top seller, earning $17,696.