The big clothing trend around the middle school this year is bright colored rock band T-shirts with “skinny” jeans. (Pictured shirt is the band Relient K.)
John has created an accessory to go along with the new style. Always an “in your face” type who isn’t afraid to be different, he made a necklace out of mardi gras beads and a cassette tape, and began wearing it to school. Suddenly all his friends want one! Not only that, even kids he doesn’t know have been asking to buy them. So, with $8 of his own plus a $3 advance on his allowance John has launched his cassette necklace business! He says he is going to make it big.
Hey, it could happen. Have you ever heard of a fellow by the name of Kevin O’Connor? Maybe not, but I’ll bet you’ll recognize the name of the company he started; DoubleClick. Well, I knew Kevin as an ordinary kid, back when he was John’s age. Kathy used to be married to his brother. So, I have personally witnessed an enthusiastic teenaged entrepreneur become a billionaire!
Maybe someday John will be interviewed at his own multi-million dollar company and he will tell the media that he owes his success to the fact that his mom floated him $3.00 to start his first business. Anything is possible! :)
(Son, it's OK if you become a millionaire, but be a GOOD millionaire.)
8 comments:
Too cute!
He could string beads along the tape from the cassette as a variation, but I think his idea will take off.
Good story Stella, and a smart use of venture capital.
Those look like blank tapes for recording. Perhaps John should cruise garage sales and pick up some old cassettes embossed with actual band names, album titles and song titles? Kind of a retro thing, since anything on a factory cassette tape wouldn't have ever been heard by kids John's age.
Rob
I have a bunch of used tapes I can send to John if he wants to go with Rob's idea. Now that I think of it, most of them would be for singers that would make the average teen wince, but the offer stands.
Oh, and if he takes me up on it, then someday when he's all famous and rich and stuff, he can remember the kindness "that lady" showed his family and how "that lady" helped him out and so perhaps a philanthropic gift could come my way?????
Just kidding, of course, on that last part, but TOTALLY serious on the casette tapes.
(Reposted because of bad typos!)
Thanks, y'all!
Sally, the beads sound like a neat variation.
Rob, retro is in, so that seems like a good idea. What he has done so far is write the person's name or whatever they want on the label, but the retro one would already be printed.
Nancy, you are very sweet and generous! We'll wait until after your wedding is over, then maybe John will want to work something out with you. (Or maybe by then he will have lost interest as kids often do! LOL!)
At any rate, I'm passing all of your ideas on to him. I's always good to have a team behind you in any business venture! :)
Interesting! John sounds like a very enterprising entrepreneur! :) Stella, I'd like to invite you to join us at www.womenetcetera.com, a site for 50s women who live life to the brim, embrace changes and come out stronger than ever. You definitely qualify! See you there: SOON!:)
Hey Stella, my daughter Femke (14) would love to buy one too! Can you let your son know that he has to ship one out to Phoenix? :-)
Tanja
I LOVE this stella! What a great kid! Think about it, he sits around making these rocking things... he could be doing so much worse! :) I think you could send that picture to reliant K and John could become famous among Christian rockers? Just a thought!
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