The Startup Squad: You're the Boss: A Kid's Ultimate Guide to Starting Your Own Business

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A kid's guide to entrepreneurship and starting your own business, from the renowned entrepreneur and founder of the Startup Squad! A kid's guide to entrepreneurship and starting your own business, from the renowned entrepreneur and founder of the Startup Squad! 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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Praise for The Startup Squad: You're the Boss

[A] one-stop shop for all future entrepreneurs...[Recommended] for all nonfiction collections; there are impossibly few resources available to this readership that take on this topic and cover it in such depth. School Library Journal

"Readers will be inspired by the variety of cited success stories and their range of products . . . This helpful and timely offering will appeal." Booklist

This guide will walk you through step by step what it takes to create your own businessstarting with your whyA valuable resource for young entrepreneurs. Kidsbookshelf.com

This book is just what every budding entrepreneur needs, child or adult. Its filled with easy-to-digest information, inspirational stories and immediate actions to bring your dreams to lifeThis isnt just a book about starting a business, this is a book about developing a mindset that will serve us well throughout life...[I]t is a kids book but...this is a book that I think anyone, anyone could benefit from. But my goodness to get it as a child, and to realize the possibilities and to have it not seem daunting, but doable with so many examples filled in the pages of how and why, its powerful, its so so powerful." KidLit Love podcast

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Brian Weisfeld is a youth entrepreneurship advocate who has spent his life building businesses on three continents- from a gummy bear business as a kid to billion-dollar businesses such as IMAX Corporation and Coupons.com as an adult. Brian created You're the Boss to inspire kids to start their first businesses and to empower them to think like entrepreneurs. Brian is the coauthor of the Startup Squad book series and founder of the Startup Squad Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to teaching entrepreneurship to girls from underserved communities. Brian lives in Silicon Valley with his wife and two daughters. You can visit Brian Weisfeld online at BrianWeisfeld.com. Bonnie Bader has written more than fifty books for young readers, including contributions to the popular Who Was... series, Little Golden Books, American Girl Doll books, and more. As associate publisher at Penguin Young Readers, Bonnie edited many bestselling series and created the Penguin Young Readers leveled-reading program. She now serves on the Board of Advisors for the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. You can visit Bonnie Bader online at BonnieBaderBooks.com.