10 Steps to Your First Small Business (For Teens): A step-by-step guide for any teen to start their own business

'10 Steps to Your First Small Business (for Teens)' is a step-by-step plan to help any teen start their own business. There are 10 steps in this plan. Once a teen completes all 10 steps they will have their very own business!

Written in plain, everyday language, '10 Steps to Your First Small Business (for Teens)' contains all the steps needed for a teen to start a business. This plan makes starting a business fun, approachable, and realistic. We will explain how to come up with a good business idea as well as explain how to start the business with little or no money. We've also included 50 small business ideas that teens could start.

By starting a business a teen can learn responsibility, personal money management, business basics, selling & people skills…and they can possibly make some money!

Steps 1 through 4 will guide the teen to come up with a business idea that will interest them and will be something that someone will be willing to pay for.

Steps 5 and 6 will help ensure that the teen will make a profit on every sale.

Steps 7 through 10 will guide the teen in preparing to start their business.

We've also included a series of business tips at the end to help the teen as they start their business.

When I made my first dollar from a lawn care business at the age of 15 I was hooked. I loved the idea of being an entrepreneur. Now, 20 years later I want to help bring the same sense of purpose and excitement to your teen. Starting a business is like a roller coaster ride - there are a lot of ups and a lot of downs - but it is a whole lot of fun.