My little entrepreneur daughter, is now becoming interested in business.
She probably gets that from me, as I own my own business involving heating and cooling technology.
But she probably got her fashion sense from her mother, who designed clothes for a living. Obviously, she was interested and ready to take part in the fun. I knew she wouldn’t understand my job very well, so she would have to start out with something simple. I asked my wife what could she do that was simple enough but fun to do? Making bracelets. My wife had a bunch of colorful beads she kept in a box, and she presented the beads to our daughter. My daughter instantly loved them, and after being shown once, started making her own bracelet. I let her stay up late that night, since she seemed so fascinated by making her things. By morning, she had already 20 made. That’s when she discovered the kids at her school were also interested in her colorful bracelets. She took advantage of this and started charging a quarter per bracelet. Other kids picked up on this, and started designing their own bracelets. She then switched tactics, she started adding charms or doing more complicated designs to her bracelets to outcompete her competitors, she even started running specials for long time buyers. I was quite proud of her accomplishments, and maybe when she’s older I can start teaching her what I do for a living. HVAC technology and HVAC equipment. But that will be awhile, so I will let her enjoy her little bracelet business.