I WANT TO START MY OWN BUSINESS (I WANT TO... Series)

YOUR CHILD HAS A BUSINESS IDEA. NOW WHAT?

A great idea isn’t a business.

Neither is a catchy name, a beautiful logo, or a box full of products nobody has agreed to buy.

Every day, young people dream about starting businesses. But few know how to turn those dreams into something that actually works.

What if your child could learn those skills at 10, 12, or 15 - instead of waiting until adulthood?

I WANT TO START MY OWN BUSINESS shows them how.

THE BUSINESS EDUCATION MOST KIDS NEVER GET

Written for ages 10–15, this practical, hands-on book takes young readers on a complete entrepreneurial journey.

Not by asking them to memorize business terminology.

Not by promising they’ll become millionaires.

But by helping them build ONE business, step by step.

They begin with a simple question: What problem can I solve for someone else?

From there, they learn to investigate customers, develop an offer, test their ideas, calculate costs, set prices, market responsibly, and determine whether their business can actually work.

By the final chapter, they’ll have something they can hold in their hands: their own BUSINESS BLUEPRINT.

FROM AN IDEA TO A BUSINESS PLAN

Inside, your child will discover how to:

• Find real problems worth solving - not just invent products and hope someone buys them.
• Identify potential customers and discover what those customers actually need.
• Create a product or service with a clear, realistic promise.
• Test an idea BEFORE spending money on inventory or equipment.
• Build a brand that communicates value and earns trust.
• Understand startup costs, profit margins, pricing, and break-even points.
• Find customers and promote a business through safe, approved channels.
• Handle orders, payments, delivery, and customer problems responsibly.
• Separate real sales from guesses, feedback, and simulated results.
• Use evidence to decide when to improve, continue, pause, or stop.

Then comes the ultimate challenge: THE BUSINESS EXPO.

Young entrepreneurs bring everything together to present their business, explain their decisions, and demonstrate what they’ve learned.

When properly authorized, they may even make real sales. But selling isn’t required: a supervised pilot or classroom demonstration can be just as valuable.

ONE BOOK. ONE BUSINESS. ONE COMPLETE BLUEPRINT.

This isn’t a collection of disconnected money-making ideas.

Across 21 carefully structured chapters, readers develop the SAME business from beginning to end.

Along the way, they’ll follow Maya, Leo, and Sam - three young entrepreneurs facing different challenges involving customers, costs, capacity, and business decisions.

The book also includes 33 practical business-planning tools, step-by-step exercises, financial calculations, decision checkpoints, and a culminating Business Expo project.

Every stage builds on the one before it.

The result is more than a business idea. It’s a practical introduction to how entrepreneurship really works.

FOR PARENTS AND EDUCATORS

Ideal for families, homeschoolers, teachers, and youth entrepreneurship programs. Real-world business activities require appropriate adult supervision and authorization.

BECAUSE THE BEST TIME TO LEARN BUSINESS IS BEFORE YOU HAVE TO DEPEND ON ONE.

Your child doesn’t need wealthy parents, expensive equipment, or thousands of dollars to begin learning.

They need curiosity, guidance, and a system they can understand.

Give them the tools to turn “I want to start a business” into:

“Here’s my idea. Here’s my plan. Here’s how I know whether it can work.”