Start Your Own Business With Lemonade Day! Make Your Own Lemonade Stand

Are kids too young to earn money? No way! Entrepreneurship can be learned and practiced at any age! In fact, your tween and teen years are a wonderful time to develop entrepreneurial skills that can benefit you throughout your entire life. In this ongoing class, we'll explore entrepreneurship through the experience of creating and operating a lemonade stand. In partnership with the Lemonade Day program, we will learn the skills necessary to start and operate a small business. While the business model is a lemonade stand, learners are encouraged to put their own creative spin on the idea. Perhaps your lemonade stand also sells your art, jewelry, or cookies! It is up to you! 

This is an ongoing class, which means learners can join at any point in the schedule. Ideally learners will attend four classes to get the information and skills needed to start their lemonade stand but you are welcome to join for as little or as long as you would like! During the first 30 minutes of class, the instructor will guide learners through the week's lesson. There will be time for learner input and questions. During the final 15 minutes of class, learners can share their progress on their lemonade stand, ask more in depth/learner specific questions, work on their weekly tasks, and further discuss the week's topics. 

Examples of topics we will discuss include:

What are some ways to earn money as a teen?
How do I balance working or starting a business with school and other responsibilities?
How can I start my own business?
Should I start a business on my own or with a friend?
Do I have to pay taxes if I'm not 18?
How can I get customers for my business?
How can I stay safe while working in the community or online?

Here is our schedule for each week of class:
Week of May 22: Goal Setting and Entrepreneurship
Week of May 29: Updating/Creating your Business Plan and Setting a Date
Week of June 5: Customer Service and Product Design
Week of June 20: Updating/Creating Business Plan and Investors*

*After this week we circle back to the beginning and work our way through the topics again. The class is structured so that learners can enter the class at any time.

****This class is dyslexia friendly. Learners will not be asked to read aloud and all information shared on screen, including chat comments, will be read aloud by the instructor.