Starting a business in high school

A-san
Mon, 29 Aug 2005 18:09:14 +0000

If you really have the urge for a business then my best advice would be to follow your interests. Follow what you like to do, what you are good at, what do you know alot about? Then observe your area, your city, your neighborhood, think, what do you think can be done better? What do you think is missing, what do you think can be filled, or filled better in your area? Then tie your interests and that and start a business.

I would then do some research on entrepreneur.com and learn about business plans, marketing, etc. Write a simple business plan, and start it. Just do it. Dont procrastinate, dont wait until everything is perfect, just do it. Read a couple books about marketing, like Guerilla Marketing and some.

Remember, it has to be something you are interested in doing. If you like to design websites, and maybe you even like law, then maybe you can design websites for lawyers? Or if you love to read books, then maybe you can start a local book exchange or something? Or maybe you can do something totally new.

Its alright to have the urge to start a business (but by all means, don tjust start one to impress adcoms, because you wont stick to it!), but what matters more is observation and patience, and when you have an idea, pounce right on it and start it without procrastination.