I read an article about Cameron Johnson who started his first business at the age of 9. He was creating greeting cards for his family for special events, and before he knew it he had friends asking him to make some for them and they were willing to pay him for them. He used the money he made from that to buy Beanie Babies and then sell them on ebay. He was 12 years old when he started doing this and made his first $50,000. As Cameron got older he began to get involved in some other business ventures, things that required more technologically savvy people. One of which he ended up selling for six digits.
As I read about Cameron it was very clear to him that he had a knack for making money and selling things. An entrepreneurial spirit is not always something that is taught but an instinct you are born with. It appears to me that Cameron was born with this knack for selling things and making money. It is also cool how at such a young age he was selling to his peers. He was selling those beanie babies to kids his own age on the internet, it is just mind boggling to me that at such a young age he was selling to people the same age as him. It just goes to show us that we can be entrepreneurs wherever we are and to whoever is around us!
I agree completely, Kevin! Entrepreneurial spirit doesn’t seem to be anything that can be taught. Rather, it’s a gut instinct that helps drive innovation forward.