The Entrepreneur's Kit for Teens is a physical kit with 50 business ideas and a guided 10-step system to help your teen start their first business.
50 Business Ideas | 10 Guided Steps | Ages 13-17
A complete, 10-step system for any teen to start their first business.
The Entrepreneur's Kit for Teens includes:
50 Business Ideas
The Idea Book helps your teen explore 50 real business ideas, with practical guidance on startup costs, pricing, supplies, and finding customers.
10-Steps to a Real Business
The Playbook walks your teen through creating and launching their business, with activities, worksheets, examples, and clear next steps.
Clear Action Steps
Teens will take specific action steps designed to help them build, launch and grow their business. They'll do things like practice their sales pitch, look for customers, track their money, and learn what it takes to run a real business.
Guidance for Parents
There are built-in 'Parent Checkpoints' and safety guidance to help you support your teen along the way.
Inside the box: A 10-step system for a teen to launch a real business. A 193-page interactive spiral-bound Playbook (that contains the 10 steps) and a 425-page Idea Book featuring 50 businesses they can copy or use to spark a new business idea of their own.
Imagine your teen finding their first customer, making their first sale, and realizing, "I actually did this!"
From managing money and making decisions to communicating with customers, they'll learn valuable life skills by doing - not just reading.
No business idea? No experience? No problem. With 50 business ideas and a 10-step Playbook, your teen will know what to do next at every stage.
Starting a business can feel overwhelming. That's why we created a simple, step-by-step system that shows your teen what to do, how to do it, and what comes next.
Teens will explore 50 real businesses and choose one that matches their interests, skills, and budget.
Teens will get their business ready and then launch it by finding real customers and (hopefully!) earning real money.
Once a teen has made their first sale, they'll learn how to grow their business and think like a real business owner.
The 10-Step Playbook guides your teen through the actual decisions and activities involved in starting a business.
They won't just read about pricing - they'll calculate their own prices.
They won't just learn about finding customers - they'll practice what to say and how to make a sale.
And they won't just learn about profit - they'll track their own sales, expenses, and earnings.
Every step gives them something practical to do and a clear next step to take.
Your teen will understand what makes a good business idea..for them.
Your teen will get help with setting pricing and understanding their costs.
Your teen will get selling scripts and tips to know how to pitch to customers.
Included are examples of what to do before, during and after your teen makes a sale.
Your teen will learn how to grow their business to the level they want.
The Playbook contains spaces to keep track of revenue, expenses and profit.
Your teen doesn't need a brilliant business idea to get started. That's what the Idea Book is for.
Inside, they'll discover 50 real businesses that teenagers can explore - from pet sitting and lawn care to graphic design, tutoring, and online selling.
But this isn't just a list of ideas.
Each business includes practical examples of startup costs, supplies, pricing, potential customers, and even what to say when making a sale.
Your teen can choose an idea that fits their interests, put their own spin on it, or use the examples to dream up something entirely new.
Sometimes all it takes is one idea to get them excited about what's possible.
The front of the Idea Book lists all 50 businesses at a glance.
For each business idea, your teen can decide if it's right for them.
There are stop-checks along the way to ensure teens are being safe.
Each business idea will guide your teen on where to get customers.
Your teen will be guided on suggested supplies to start with.
Once your teen gets their first sale, they'll be guided on how to grow.
Your teen might start a business that grows into something amazing. Or they might discover that entrepreneurship isn't for them.
Either way, they'll have the opportunity to develop skills that last a lifetime - from managing money and making decisions to solving problems and communicating with others.
Because the most valuable thing your teen builds might not be their business. It might be themselves.
Does your teen love animals? Enjoy working outdoors? Have a creative streak? Like helping others?
The Idea Book introduces 50 different businesses they can explore based on their interests, skills, and available resources.
Whether they choose one of the ideas or create something entirely their own, they'll have plenty of inspiration to get started.
Their first business might be something they already love doing.
A complete, 10-step system for any teen to start their first business.
The Entrepreneur's Kit for Teens includes:
50 Business Ideas
The Idea Book helps your teen explore 50 real business ideas, with practical guidance on startup costs, pricing, supplies, and finding customers.
10-Steps to a Real Business
The Playbook walks your teen through creating and launching their business, with activities, worksheets, examples, and clear next steps.
Clear Action Steps
Teens will take specific action steps designed to help them build, launch and grow their business. They'll do things like practice their sales pitch, look for customers, track their money, and learn what it takes to run a real business.
Guidance for Parents
There are built-in 'Parent Checkpoints' and safety guidance to help you support your teen along the way.
Inside the box: A 10-step system for a teen to launch a real business. A 193-page interactive spiral-bound Playbook (that contains the 10 steps) and a 425-page Idea Book featuring 50 businesses they can copy or use to spark a new business idea of their own.
I fell in love with business long before I knew what entrepreneurship was.
In elementary school, I volunteered to stand in the hallways before school selling lollipops to other students for a fundraiser. In high school, I sold nearly ten times as many candy bars as the next student in another fundraiser. To be honest, I don't even remember what we were raising money for. I just loved selling things!
But looking back, it wasn't really about the candy bars or the money.
I wasn't the most popular kid in school. I wasn't necessarily the one who stood out. But when it came to selling things and figuring out how to make something work, I discovered something important:
I was good at this.
And knowing that gave me confidence in myself. It gave me something I could be proud of. Something that felt like mine.
I went on to start my first real business as a teenager, and the things I learned went far beyond making money. I learned to solve problems, make decisions, take risks, deal with setbacks, and believe in my ability to accomplish something.
That experience helped shape the person I became.
I created The Entrepreneur's Kit for Teens because I believe there are teens out there just like I was.
Teens who might not have found their thing yet. Teens with big ideas who don't know where to begin. Teens who just need an opportunity to discover what they're capable of.
Maybe they'll build a successful business. Maybe they'll make a few dollars and decide entrepreneurship isn't for them.
Either way, they'll have had the chance to try something real, take ownership of it, and discover something about themselves along the way.
And who knows? Maybe they'll have that same moment I had all those years ago:
"I'm good at this."
That's what I hope this kit gives them.
Because sometimes, all it takes is discovering one thing you're good at to change how you see yourself.
Adam Lean, Founder, MFSB
adam@myfirstsmallbusiness.com
The kit is designed primarily for teens ages 13–17. Each business in the Idea Book includes a suggested minimum age, difficulty level, and estimated startup costs to help parents and teens choose an idea that's appropriate for their maturity, interests, and abilities.
Not at all! The kit is designed for beginners. The Idea Book includes 50 teen-friendly business ideas to explore, and the Playbook walks your teen through the process of turning an idea into a real business, one manageable step at a time.
The goal is to help your teen actually start a business, not just learn about entrepreneurship. They'll make decisions, complete hands-on activities, and take real steps toward finding and serving customers. By the end, their completed Playbook becomes a working business plan they can put into action.
Your teen receives two physical books and a Getting Started welcome card:
The Playbook: A hands-on workbook with 10 steps to guide your teen through starting and growing a real business.
The Idea Book: 50 teen-friendly business ideas with practical examples of startup costs, pricing, supplies, potential customers, sales scripts, and more.
Together, they provide a clear path from choosing a business idea to working toward that first sale.
Your teen does the work, but they're not expected to figure everything out alone. The kit encourages them to seek guidance from a parent or trusted adult, and the Playbook includes dedicated Parent Stop checkpoints before certain important decisions.
How much help your teen needs will depend on their age, maturity, and the business they choose.
Absolutely. The Playbook includes a dedicated Safety & Legal Guide, and the Idea Book provides business-specific safety tips.
Topics include equipment, transportation, online selling, working at customers' homes, and other considerations. Teens are encouraged to use good judgment, understand applicable rules, and involve a trusted adult when appropriate.
It depends on the business they choose. Many ideas can be started with little or no money, using supplies or equipment they already have or can borrow.
The Idea Book includes estimated startup costs for each business so you and your teen can explore options that fit your budget before spending money.
That's okay! No sales experience is required. The Playbook breaks the process into manageable steps, including how to identify potential customers and ask for a sale.
The Idea Book also includes sample sales scripts to help your teen practice what to say and build confidence through experience.
Possibly. Requirements depend on the type of business and where you live.
The kit includes a Safety & Legal Guide to help you and your teen identify important questions and research applicable local rules together. It provides general guidance rather than legal or tax advice.
No. Starting a business takes effort, experimentation, and persistence, and results will vary.
The kit provides a practical, step-by-step process for working toward a real business. Regardless of how much money they earn, teens have the opportunity to develop valuable skills in problem-solving, communication, decision-making, and financial responsibility.
Orders placed before 12p ET / 9a PT (Mon-Fri) will ship the same day. Orders usually arrive within 3-5 business days after. We'll send you a shipping confirmation so you can track your order.
Yes, we are so confident that you and your teen will love this kit that we are offering 100% free returns. If you don't like it, we'll send you a shipping label to send it back to us.
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