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“…a one-stop shop for all future entrepreneurs…there are impossibly few resources…that take on this topic and cover it in such depth” – School Library Journal

This helpful and timely offering will appeal to future tycoons” – Booklist

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You’re The Boss: A Kid’s Ultimate Guide to Starting Your Own Business

You’re never too young to start a business. Whether you want to launch a babysitting service, run a lemonade stand, sell crafts online—or don’t even know what business to start—you’ll find plenty of ideas and strategies in this book, like how to . . .

  • Determine the perfect business for you
  • Find your ideal customers
  • Create a business name, logo, and slogan
  • Size up the competition
  • Calculate the best price for your product
  • Deliver the perfect sales pitch
  • Spend, save, and share your profits
  • Build your empire

Starting a business can help kids, tweens, and teens develop the confidence, creativity, and grit that comes with learning to think like an entrepreneur. They can be the boss!

The First How-To-Start-A-Business Guide for Kids from Penguin Young Readers!

From the the renowned entrepreneur and co-author of The Startup Squad series, You’re The Boss: A Kid’s Ultimate Guide to Starting Your Own Business is a guide to entrepreneurship filled with everything a kid, tween, or teen needs to know to start their own business: from business ideas to finding customers to pricing products to building an empire!

Are you bursting with great ideas for a new business but aren’t quite sure where to start? Do you know that you’d be great at selling something but first need to figure out what that “something” actually is? Are you gearing up to be an entrepreneur but think that kids can’t really build anything big? If any of these sound like you—you’ve come to the right book!

You’re never too young to start a business. Whether you want to launch a babysitting service, run a lemonade stand, sell crafts online—or don’t even know what business to start—You’re the Boss is here to help. In this book, you’ll learn how to figure out which business is right for you, find your ideal customers, manage the competition, calculate costs and profits, pitch your ideas, and so much more.

Ready to build up the confidence, creativity, and grit that come along with being an entrepreneur—and ready to make some money and build your business empire along the way? Let You’re the Boss show you how!

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