Incredible Business Ideas From Child Entrepreneurs
Kidpreneurs: What They’re Creating
Thinking about creating your own business, but you’re unsure if you will be successful? Let the words of these three children help inspire you to take that leap into the unknown world of business!
There are a vast amount of kids getting into inventing, creating their own business, and even becoming entrepreneurs. Many of them become very successful, working with their parent’s help and even getting featured on television shows and more!
Don’t Fret – Nicholas Ravagni (age 17)
Nicholas was just 5 or 6 years old when he came up with his idea! “After taking a guitar lesson, I saw an older student who was literally in tears trying to figure out where to put his fingers on the fret board”, Nicholas remembers.
Nicholas then went home and wrapped saran wrap around his guitar neck and drew finger position dots so anyone could see where to place their fingers.
His father helped him patent the product, and he was 9 when he started getting the Don’t Fret Note Map for Guitar into music stores throughout the country.
Nicholas and his Dad maintain the websites, and his Mom and Dad both help with filling orders and record-keeping.
The products are an easy on, easy off guitar fret board marker made of static cling vinyl. Nicholas even offers a Note Map for Guitar, left handed, bass guitar, and Chord Map for guitars. His other company (yes there’s another!), Fretless Finger Guides, offers ? size violin maps, and he is working on getting maps for all stringed, necked instruments.
Nicholas sells his products through a distributor that sends his products to music stores worldwide, on his websites, as well as licensing the guitar products to a music education print distributor.
Nicholas’s advice for others is to “Be absolutely passionate in the pursuit of your dreams!”
Crafty Cooking Kits – Sienna and Amanda Zeilinger (ages 12 and 8, respectively)
Sisters Sienna and Amanda created the Crayola Crafty Cooking Kits, and have been named Chief Kid Officers of Brand Castle for their help inventing this fun and exceptional product.
Their parents, Jimmy and Andrea created the company for them, and both kids have been very hands-on with everything.
Crafty Cooking Kits help kids to explore their creativity by mixing together colored gels, using brownies to paint on for gifts, and more. Many of the kits include everything you need, and come with puzzles and fun facts.
Sienna says that she and her sister have always had fun in the kitchen , as well as doing creative arts and crafts. They couldn’t find the materials they needed for their creative wants with crafty foods, because they wanted to come up with their own designs. “So we did!”, says Sienna.
When Sienna and Amanda are in school, their parents do most of the work, but when school’s out, the two sisters help come up with new ideas for future products. The girls love the taste-testing, and help in the office assembling kits for mail orders.
They have even come up with holiday-themed kits, and just licensed Kellogg’s. Those kits will be out in March.
Crafty Cooking Kits are sold in various grocery stores nationwide and select SuperTargets and Walmarts, as well as on their website.
Sienna’s advice for others, “Think of an idea that people could use and have fun with, and never ever give up. Don’t second-guess yourself. Sometimes we come up with ideas that won’t work, but they usually lead to other, better ideas, and those ones do work. Don’t forget to have fun!”
Qwesty – Lauren
This amazing girl invented Questy, a question mark-shaped plush toy that teaches children how to ask questions without interrupting. She recently won the Student Ideas for a Better America Award, the National Parenting Center’s Seal of Approval, and the iParenting Media Award. She is also among the youngest patent holders in the country.
When Lauren was 6 years old, she interrupted her Dad on the phone, and that sparked the idea! Her Dad runs the business with Lauren’s ideas. It is sold online and in stores.
Lauren’s advice to others is, “You can do anything if you just believe”.