@kimbeasley @teenbizcoach Thanks a lot for allowing me to interview you via TwitInterviews.com! It was a great interview. ?
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Kim Beasley
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Shonika Proctor
@kimbeasley @teenbizcoach As a teen or adult “Living your dream is about moving in sync with your own reality” so that means choosing a business that is good for you…not necessarily what you are good at. Follow the thing that fulfills you and fascinates you because that is what will take you where you want to go. I can be found at at http://www.renegadeceos.com or on Twitter @teenbizcoach. I also offer my own branded curriculum at http://www.teenceoblueprint.com Thanks so much for this TwitInterview. I had a great time!
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Kim Beasley
@kimbeasley @teenbizcoach Any last words and please share how you can be contacted.
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Shonika Proctor
@kimbeasley @teenbizcoach They have low barriers to entry meaning you can do them with little to no money and start them using your brain power and your local community. If you don’t have a computer you can go to the public library and use theirs for free. The things your parents probably think you waste time on are things that business people probably struggle with i.e. setting up a facebook fan page or blogging. The important thing to remember is that the most valuable assets you have are your time and your mind. Both of those things have value and if you share them with other people in an effort to save them time and money, then you need to get paid for that. Every day a business person is without your service or product is another day that he or she is losing potential business. The sooner you can get the businesset up with your product/service the sooner you both can start making money as a result.
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Kim Beasley
@kimbeasley @teenbizcoach This is a great list. What makes these businesses ideal for young entrepreneurs?
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Shonika Proctor
@kimbeasley @teenbizcoach 1. Training/Workshops, Teaching someone how to do something i.e. set up a podcast, set up a facebook page (in person or web based) 2. Design: Web/graphics/blogs 3. Writing: Writing articles for someone’s blog and/or writing useful articles for local newspapers 4. Music: Creating beats and short music clips for use on podcast intro, video intros etc. 5. Film/Video: Helping small businesses and companies create and edit short promotional videos
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Kim Beasley
@kimbeasley @teenbizcoach Please share the top 5 businesses you feel are normally good matches for your entrepreneurs?
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Shonika Proctor
@kimbeasley @teenbizcoach While going to into a business partnership with your teen is good in theory, it is a really fine line and can get really difficult to separate personal relationship and business. I would highly recommend you let your teen create his or her own business from thinking of the idea to launching it and you create (or continue to operate your own business). If you want to do things together you can go to networking events, business workshops and even business lunches to share ideas, success stories and challenges in your respective businesses.
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Kim Beasley
@kimbeasley @teenbizcoach What if I have a business and want my teen to take part ownership in it. Do you think that is a good way to introduce my teen to business?
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Shonika Proctor
@kimbeasley @teenbizcoach What parents and adults in general need to remember about how to best support their teens is my signature phrase: “Teens don’t want to be helped, they want to be empowered.” They want the same access to information and opportunities as adults and they don’t want it in G Rated format. Be a good listener first and foremost. Let them explore and find their own way. Clip articles, pick up entrepreneurial books and business magazines for them. Leave them on their desks or beds. But don’t tell them they have to read it and furthermore don’t give them a ‘moral’. Let them take in the information on their own time in their own space and take their own lesson from it. Entrepreneurship is a very personal and independent thing. And ironically, the more freedom and independence you give them the more they will value your support.