Young Wealth

I borrowed this book from the library. It was a quick read. 18 chapters, each gives a brief overview of a young success story in different areas. This is a book I would suggest any adult read that is teaching an entrepreneur course or a parent who has a child showing interest in doing something that deals with selling anything. The neat thing is that none of these teens had a lot of starup money. Quite a few of the examples center arount the Internet or "computer world" but others do not, including a young lady who got into sign making, another one that is into modeling. One example is a sports writer, another person makes jewlery. Each chapter ends with a picture of the teen and a very brief "How I Did It' section. Brief excerpts of this book could motivate kids of various ages and interests. Each chapter could be bolied down to three or four paragraphs and used in a class or home school group as a jump off discussion point. Some of the research I have read indicates that if a child is exposed to "business" before the 8th grade it often sticks. The bottom line is there is never a better time to innovate than when there is nothing on the line except effort and possibly a little money. Doing things like this before you have deep and long term obligations is really the best time. This book also shows that there really is not an age when you are simply "too young" to try an experiment. A neat book.

This is an incredible book. I've sent it to several talented and innovative teenagers to further inspire them. Just reading about what other highly successful young people have done and how they went about it can really open new doors for young minds.