Grand Wisdoms from a Girl Who Grew up Running a Company: Short Stories About Nurturing the Next Generation of Great Business Leaders.

By Jennifer Wallis

Theres Nothing Worse
Than Being A Bad Parent

Except FOR being a bad parent to an entrepreneurial CHILD The fi rst thing you need to do is become aware of what really works and what doesnt if you are one of those parents whos not sure how to nurture their childs natural genius, but do know that the skillful parenting of your unique, highly energized, and colorful biz-kid will be well worth the rewards. BizBees philosophy is simple: that the craziness of the BizBees world be (1) the perfect place where parents can learn how to effectively cope with their childs tenacious spirit and (2) be a haven for the enterprising youth, where they can fi nd friendships with people who think like they do, learn how to build a successful business from scratch, and even start some joint venture partnerships with other colorful kids who also have a deeply entrenched entrepreneurial spirit.

This is a marvelous, inspiring book of humorous short stories and perceptive suggestions by a girl whos been creating business ventures since she was 8 years old.

We guarantee that through the amusing hoopla of the girl and her friends youll discover ways to fi ne-tune your childs genius and long before youre able to put this book down, youll be teaching your biz-kids about the coolness of taking charge of their very own happiness.

Do you have a entrepreneurial child? Use the checklist at the beginning of this book to fi nd out.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Mar 15, 2012
• ISBN: 9781468525359

Jennifer Wallis

Since age 8 I’ve been figuring out ways to make money. On the weekends I’d pedal furiously to the playground at my school and come up some pretty remarkable ideas. But that was 40-some odd years ago, and back then I didn’t know how to turn those ideas into reality—although it never stopped me from trying, and to this day I love hearing about the tenacity and straightforward approach of a young child’s entrepreneurial spirit. When other girls were reading Nancy Drew my reading repertoire consisted of the who’s who of marketing and direct mail. Around age 10 I was already discussing home business models with my parents and buying real estate courses with my savings. I remember the feeling of sheer terror when I went to purchase my first business license at age 12. My daughter was 4 years old when I caught her following in her mother’s footsteps—pulling out a chair and large table, she was eager to sell our household knick knacks for 5 bucks to passersby on the road in front of our house. Not able to convince me that she was old enough to require an allowance, she already possessed the problem-solving ingenuity of a biz-kid and apparently the financial sense that buying low and selling high substantially fattens up a piggy bank. My daughter and I have all the typical traits of a entrepreneurial personality: We are high energy and strategic smart, and I haven’t counted lately but I’m sure we have 16 of the 20 signs of the CEO moods. We are passionate about everything and anything, possibly a little headstrong, certainly we prefer to lead than follow, but overall I’d give us a “10” for being charming and delightfully colorful. Actually it’s our experiences as mother and daughter that are why we wrote this book and founded BizBee’s Kids Club. BizBee’s is a place where enterprising kids and their parents can build businesses from scratch, find friendships with people who think like they do, as well as cultivate business partnerships with other colorful kids who also have a deeply entrenched entrepreneurial spirit. My daughter and I know that children have the right to flourish with a sense of belonging, acceptance, and confidence in themselves and their abilities, and to use their gifts as god had intended. My daughter and I created BizBee’s and are writing this book of experiences as a way to prove all that.

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Copyright © 2012 Jennifer Wallis. All rights reserved.

No portion of this book may be reproduced mechanically, electronically, or by any other means, including photocopying, without written permission of the publisher. It is illegal to copy this book, post it to a website, or distribute it by any other means without permission from the publisher.

Published by AuthorHouse 01/24/2012

ISBN: 978-1-4685-2539-7 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4685-2538-0 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-4685-2535-9 (e)

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BizBee’s Kids Club

Jennifer Wallis

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Limits of Liability and Disclaimer of Warranty

The author and publisher shall not be liable for your misuse of this material. This book is strictly for informational and educational purposes.

Warning—Disclaimer

The purpose of this book is to educate and entertain. The author and/or publisher do not guarantee that anyone following these techniques, suggestions, tips, ideas, or strategies will become successful at anything. The author and/or publisher shall have neither liability nor responsibility to anyone with respect to any loss or damage caused, or alleged to be caused, directly or indirectly by the information contained in this book.

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

About the Author(s)

How to Have the Right Mojo to Raise Your Kids

How to Spot an Entrepreneur

More Guts Than Glory or Common Sense

Start a Lemonade Stand

Why Dogs Make Great Entrepreneurs

Clue into Intended and Unintended Consequences

That’ll Be 5 Bucks

The Gift

The Golden Plum of Independence

When Two Is Better Than One

Horses, Men, and Steak

When You Need to Medicate

How One Makes a Difference

Chips Off the Family Block

The Best-Laid Plans

When Math Is Interesting

Entrepreneurs Are Geeks

Extras

Business Ideas for Kids

Social Business Ideas for Kids

Hints for Raising

Entrepreneurial Kids

What They Know About Kids and Money

Checklist of an Entrepreneurial Child

Do you have a budding entrepreneur?

Use this checklist to find out.

37249.jpg Have a ferocious appetite for learning about the things that interest them.

37247.jpg Intuitively put 2 and 2 together to make something better, faster, brighter, and more colorful.

37251.jpg Use incredible mental agility to create at least five solutions to any problem.

37268.jpg Have an uncanny knack of persuading and leading people to their vision, whether it’s a desirable outcome or not. Entrepreneurial kids seem to get early what makes people tick.

37270.jpg Assert emotional toughness that moves a project along even in the presence of rejection and criticism.

37272.jpg Have the absurd ability to listen to and absorb information, and then reach their own conclusion as it relates to what they are doing.

37274.jpg Have the mental grit that it takes to make money or support a cause.

37276.jpg Are willing to accept any number of challenges and are confident that they can overcome them.

37278.jpg Don’t have the word failure in their dictionary; success is, and it’s about improving what they’re doing until they reach their total vision.

37280.jpg Will insist on writing detailed plans and lists.

37282.jpg Are always a buzz of activity; there is always the next goal, the next plan, the next project, the next strategy.

37284.jpg Won’t take no for an answer and will insist on getting their hands dirty with every job on the must-do list.

37287.jpg Have knockers of steel. These kids are willing to take the calculated risks associated to their business success.

Should Kids Be in Charge of Their Own Happiness?

These short stories will make you think twice.

Here’s a little gem of a book with humorous short stories for parents who are not sure how to nurture their child’s natural genius, but do