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    Starting Young

    Hi

    I'm 12 years old nearly 13 and I would like to set up a small business but I don't know what to do. If anyone has any ideas please give me a post.

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    What do you like to do?

    If you're looking for ideas, the best place to start is yourself. Decide what you have experience with, and then use that knowledge to find some way of making that better. That's your first business idea.

    I think I was a little older than you when I started my first business, not that you should let that stop you, and my idea for it came from my hobby. I took something I enjoyed and did well, and figured out how I could use that skill to give other people something they want.

    Feel free to bounce ideas around here and we'll see what we can come up with.
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    Sit down and write out your interests/hobbies/pastimes/what you are good say drawing if that is the case have a arts and crafts website.Do you collect comics/cars/anything that sparks that business idea flowing

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    Quote Originally Posted by jfeldstein View Post
    What do you like to do?

    If you're looking for ideas, the best place to start is yourself. Decide what you have experience with, and then use that knowledge to find some way of making that better. That's your first business idea.

    I think I was a little older than you when I started my first business, not that you should let that stop you, and my idea for it came from my hobby. I took something I enjoyed and did well, and figured out how I could use that skill to give other people something they want.

    Feel free to bounce ideas around here and we'll see what we can come up with.

    Well I do cycling and I like listening to music, but I cannot see how to make that into a business idea.

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    Do your friends like cycling as well? What do they seem to not like about their hobby? If you can find a way to make that better you're golden.

    As far as music, have you ever considered dj'ing?
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    You say you like cycling,all bikes need tyres and all the other bits and pieces that wear out.Why dont you supply those bits by opening a free Amazon shop i would think you would have to get your parents to open a free amazon account and you set the shop up.

    This is only a suggestion on what you have mentioned in post no 4.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jfeldstein View Post
    Do your friends like cycling as well? What do they seem to not like about their hobby? If you can find a way to make that better you're golden.

    As far as music, have you ever considered dj'ing?

    My friends don't really do cycling but I have considered DJing I would like to be a CD DJ and i'm saving up for some stuff at the moment.

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    My advice would be to talk to your parents before you come to a public forum and talk to total strangers. Talk to your parents. Get their advice first. I'm sure they'd like to know what you're doing, since you're under-aged.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dale King View Post
    My advice would be to talk to your parents before you come to a public forum and talk to total strangers. Talk to your parents. Get their advice first. I'm sure they'd like to know what you're doing, since you're under-aged.

    Dale King
    I have told my parents what I would like to do and things like that and my mom and dad don't hav e a clue what advice to give me so my dad told me about this website and I'm trying to find out what ideas other people suggest.

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    Thats great that your starting so young. I'm 17 and I make money buy creating web sites that offer free content to visitors and then sell ads to other companies. You could apply that same teqnique to a web site about cycling. You don't need to actually sell anyting on the site as long as you can get a lot of traffic and are able to make money of selling ads to other cycling related companies. Just an idea but you may want to try somthing like that if you need an idea.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fwn122 View Post
    Thats great that your starting so young. I'm 17 and I make money buy creating web sites that offer free content to visitors and then sell ads to other companies. You could apply that same teqnique to a web site about cycling. You don't need to actually sell anyting on the site as long as you can get a lot of traffic and are able to make money of selling ads to other cycling related companies. Just an idea but you may want to try somthing like that if you need an idea.
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    Well I was thinking of maybe making a blog on either cycling or music and putting some things on it

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    Quote Originally Posted by AlexH View Post
    I have told my parents what I would like to do and things like that and my mom and dad don't hav e a clue what advice to give me so my dad told me about this website and I'm trying to find out what ideas other people suggest.
    Good. I'm happy to hear you talked to your parents first. A good first step would be to start a blog, and start blogging about things that interest you - things you're passionate about. The simplest way to get started with a blog is through Blogger.com.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dale King View Post
    Good. I'm happy to hear you talked to your parents first. A good first step would be to start a blog, and start blogging about things that interest you - things you're passionate about. The simplest way to get started with a blog is through Blogger.com.

    Dale King
    I will probably do blogging but I cannot find out how you make money though blogging, so if you know any information on that please keep me posted


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    Adsense ads on your blog is a way to make money

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    I've started DJing and im having a blast. Try something like that....

    Also, adding Adsense is stupid unless you have the right traffic coming to your site. You have to wait till you build an audience before you go and put ads all over your site.

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