Oct 17 2006
Female Teens Tap Entrepreneurial Initiatives
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More and more we are seeing women in business making news. Often they are seasoned CEO’s, entrepreneurs and even small business owners. In a positive move…here is some information on teenagers who are getting a taste of business.
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Female teens are showing interest in starting their own businesses. Programs to help them are sprouting, with participants studying ways to turn shopping, fashion and teaching into income opportunities.
(WOMENSENEWS)–Katelyn Benhoff is a 17-year-old with a passion for shopping.
She is also an entrepreneur with a sense of the people who could use a shopping enthusiast like her: busy mothers, elderly people and people who simply do not have the time to run their errands.
“The only thing that came to my mind was shopping, so I kept thinking about how I could form that love into a money-making business,” said Benhoff. “Then, personal shopping came to mind. Later that day, I turned that idea into running local errands.”
Last July, Benhoff participated in the Illinois Entrepreneurship Network’s Camp CEO, a business-training program for 19 high school students: 11 female, eight male.
You’ll find the rest of this story at WomenENews
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