My first "business" was when I was in 4th grade.
Walk to the 7-11...buy 5 unit packs of starburst for a quarter and chocolate footballs from the penny bin.
Break up the Starburst, Sell everything for a nickel each. Footballs were the best margin but fragile long term in a backpack.
Second business was cutting yards for grannies in my neighborhood that had a lot of elderly people. I did it for a while, but was better at talking to get the sale, so my friends ended up doing most of the weedpulling, gutter clean...etc.
Third Idea that almost happened was setting up an arcade in the neighborhood in the basement of a friend's house. I made the calls, got the vendor to send over contracts (they wanted revenue share %, I never found anywhere that would sell a machine outright).
When they found out I was 14, vendors went cold on me. It's when I first learned about setting up LLCs, proof of funds...bank scores (not fico, qualifiers for merchant accounts...etc.).
After about 6 months of that research and groundwork, my family moved to another state and I didn't chase the idea again.
I am so thankful to have been born in 1970. The world was changing quickly by the time I was 11. That to me was golden era. Star Wars, Computer graphics, arcades, Tron in 1982...Comic trade and collecting...
Tech was reshaping the world so quickly...
To be born today with hyperconnected internet social media platforms, or even material sciences and chemistries...well, just isn't as wonderful.
There was such magic in the 1980s.