Does your kid have an entrepreneurial mindset and interested in making some money? This kit can help them started! The booklet gets you going by setting a goal, pricing your products, tracking your sales and more. You can then sell the included reusable straws to friends, family, or neighbors. You can help reduce the number of plastic straws that go into the landfill or ocean, too!
PARENTS: Kids become confident talking to adults and are so proud that they can earn their own money. This hands-on activity kit was developed to give kids a profitable, quick, hands-on experience in business. The activity can be completed in one morning outside your local coffee shop.
What's Included?
- 12 silicone straw sets
- The getting started guide
- Resealable pouch
We recommend the kids keep 1 straw and sell 11. Squaddies (members of Young CEO Squad) have sold each straw set for between $3 and $5. We estimate each kit can gross $33-55, and net between $8 and $55. (We provide an ROI worksheet to help them figure this out.)
Child Development
Young CEO Squad aims to helps kids:
- Start their own 'kid' business
- Set goals
- Earn money (& no lemons to squeeze!)
- Price products and calculate Return on Investment (ROI)
- Learn the basics of customer service
- Sell and market their business
- Think like an entrepreneur: overcome hurdles, make an impact on your community, monetize your craft, & so much more!
Age Appeal
We recommend this kit for kids age 8-12 because it accommodates shorter attention spans and early reading levels. But – as you know, kids like money. So even 13-16 year olds want to get their hands on this kit.
Why Young CEO Squad?
Young CEO Squad is passionate about young kids starting their own businesses and the imagination that fosters. They believe in developing an entrepreneurial mindset- expecting obstacles and challenges to happen and finding ways to solve problems.
Young CEO Squad’s mission to give opportunity to kid entrepreneurs in less fortunate situations is what keeps their founder, Suzanne Appel, going. They’re big on encouraging goal setting.
One of their biggest goals is to be able to create scholarships for kids who may not get the entrepreneur training and support from school or at home. Right now Young CEO Squad is donating products through an online application on our website.
