5 STEPS TO LAUNCHING A BUSINESS IN HIGH SCHOOL, from Someone Who Has Done It
by Neal Taparia The former Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Imagine Easy Solutions, now the Co-Founder of SOTA Par tners, focused on incubating and advising new businesses (from Impossible Foods to Solitaired).
always thought it was fun to discover ways to make
I had my mom drive me to Walgreens where I purchased
money.
five miniature fans for $2 each. The next day, I sold those
In 1999, during my sophomore year in high school,
fans to my classmates for $5 each, making $25 in revenue,
the air conditioning went out. While students were
covering my costs of $10, and making $15 in profit. Not
sweating going from class to class, I saw an oppor tunit y.
bad for a high school student.
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