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The Young Entrepreneur's Guide to Starting and Running a Business

Steve Mariotti

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A lot of the books mentioned sound fabulous, but are mostly geared towards adults. Here are a couple of suggestions that I used with my 13 year old. We homeschooled him for a year so that he could develop his game app business. 1. Show Me The Money by Alvin D. Hall: This book is by DK books. It is colorful and a GREAT intro to the basics of finance, business and economics. 2. The Young Entrepreneur's Guide to Starting and Running a Business (Completely Revised and Updated) by Steve Mariotti is another awesome book. He was a teacher in a rough inner-city school when he noticed that he could keep the kids attention when he taught math in the context of running a business. He then developed a course around that idea. Your daughter may not want to read the entire book. It's one of those books where you can read different chapters based on interest. 3. One of the homeschool writing classes my son took was How to Write a Business Plan. The teachers used the book The One Page Business Plan for the Creative Entrepreneur by Jim Horan. Great way for kids to learn the aspects of a business. The book is VERY EASY to follow.…