Over the last few weeks we have been asking you “When did you first realize you had become an entrepreneur?”

Thanks to everyone who entered, the overall joint winners were:

“When i read Rich Dad Poor Dad by Kiyosaki, an uncle gave me that book and changed my way of think …”

“In the pond gathering shanked golf balls. sold them back 2 the golfers at a premium”

So onto the remainder of the results:

• I was at school and I was selling lollipops to kids for $1 and $2 which I was buying for 5cents. LOL
• When I bought my first car at 16 with online profits…”I was like..this is for me”!
• Around age 7 when I was selling baseball cards every weekend down at the corner of my street.
• I’ve always been one. Entrepreneurship is a state of mind, and a fire burning deep within you.
• When I got tired of working for dumbasses and decided to go out on my own…
• When I spent more time reading the busiess classifieds than the sunday comics.
• When my idea had actually been realized by some company, few months later.
• When I bought my 1st car cash from my first fireworks business. Started at age 12 & saved diligently.
• Don’t remember whether it was the summer neighborhood shows or renting comics first.

If you would still like to add your comments, we are leaving the contest open for 1 more week – enter at http://contests.youngentrepreneur.com/ or tweet your answer below.

Next week we will be starting a brand new entrepreneur Poll!

Adam Toren

Time for a Young Entrepreneur poll update! At the beginning of the month we asked you, “When did you first realize you had become an entrepreneur?”

We would love for you to share your story of when you first realized you had become an entrepreneur, and what made this happen? Are you a natural born young entrepreneur, who started in childhood, or did it take you a little longer to make this discovery?

If you would like to take part in our poll and tell us when you first realized you had become an entrepreneur, enter at:

http://contests.youngentrepreneur.com/

Adam Toren

It’s the start of a new poll! This month we’re asking, “When did you first realize you had become an entrepreneur?”

As many of you know, we have recently launched our new book, Kidpreneurs. It’s a kid-friendly introduction to the world of entrepreneurship, where children can learn key business principles in a positive and fun way.

We would love for you to share with us the moment when you first realized you had become an entrepreneur, and what made this happen? Are you a natural born young entrepreneur, who started in childhood, or did it take you a little longer to make this discovery?

If you would like to take part in our poll and tell us when you first realized you had become an entrepreneur, enter at:

http://contests.youngentrepreneur.com/

Adam Toren

What’s necessary to become a truly successful young entrepreneur? The Brothers Adam and Matthew Toren, co-founders of YoungEntrepreneur.com, have stayed the course and prevailed in numerous business ventures throughout their lives. Together, they’ve consistently taken key steps leading to increasingly profitable paths in their highly successful careers, but surprisingly enough, it’s actually their early years of business which have inspired their most recent project: an entirely unexpected book on entrepreneurship written expressly for children! In this new book, the Toren brothers bring a candid, yet illuminative perspective to doing business in this remarkably original piece, Kidpreneurs.

There’s no need to be an adult to be driven towards an entrepreneurial dream, and there’s certainly no reason to wait until becoming an adult to learn – or at the very least to try out, the fundamental principles of business. It’s never too early to get started! Adam and Matthew invariably give their families the credit for continually encouraging all their business ideas from a very early age, and because of this incredible support they’ve received, they’re pursuing a means by which they can give back not only to their community, but to the youth around the world – the entrepreneurs of the future, this life-changing encouragement along with the practical knowledge to begin, expand, and succeed beyond their wildest dreams in their future business enterprises.

These two brothers have each invested several years of their lives researching and collating the very best practices in modern business, with the sole aim of teaching these valuable techniques and insights to others while nurturing their own ever-expanding empire of successful businesses. One of their favorite on-going accomplishments has been to assist struggling businesses by generously giving some of their own personal time to share pertinent details of their accumulated understanding. This entrepreneurial know-how, combined with a truly astounding altruistic nature, put the Torens on the path to found YoungEntrepreneur.com, the largest and most comprehensive social networking forum for young entrepreneurs anywhere.

The day Adam and Matthew decided to find a means for effectively passing on their collective savvy to their own children, the idea for Kidpreneurs began to take form. This book encourages a child’s desire to become involved with business early on by stoking their curiosity in uncomplicated, interesting and creative ways. It distills the complex concepts into the practical, creative, and ethical aspects of today’s business world; and with clear and expressive language, it conveys the crucial facts of modern business by using bright colorful illustrations, thought-provoking facts, exciting quizzes, and a variety of easy-to-understand sample business plans.

The fundamental philosophy that runs like a red thread throughout this book is simple: The future of our children, and all future generations for that matter, begins with us! Children of all walks of life have the right to have access to the skills and tools by which they might someday – through their own hard work and perseverance, obtain financial freedom.

If you’d like to begin an exhilarating business journey with your young children, order a copy of Kidpreneurs today!

We look forward to your orders, and if for any reason you’d like a particular copy signed or dedicated, please use the contact form located here http://www.kidpreneurs.org/contact/ and just let Adam & Matthew know!

If you personally know anybody with children 6-12 years old, Kidpreneurs would make an excellent gift – one which just keeps on giving! Please help us to tell others (via Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, Your Blog etc) as now is the time to provide the leaders of tomorrow with the Entrepreneurial skills and know-how that’s available today!