Seminar at City Hall Focuses on Teens Who Need Cash

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Are you a teenager who knows everything about setting up and using a "Smart" phone? Do you know how to download songs onto an I-Pod. Can you set up a home computer for someone. Are you a great babysitter? "Ca-chinggg!" Then, your skills may be money in the bank.

Here are 14 more ideas to make money, courtesy of the SIU Small Business Center.

1. Fresh produce stand. 2. Dog cleanup service. 3. Petsitting service. 4. Snow removal service. 5. Yard maintenance service. 6. House cleaning service. 7. Car cleaning and detailing service. 8. Computer tutoring and repair service. 9. Catering service. 10. Painting service. 11. Errand and delivery service. 12. Educational tutoring service. 13. Freelancing service if you are gifted in services people want and need. 14. General maintenance service.

These were only some of the ideas from a unique seminar held Monday.

The Illinois Small Business Development Center hosted a workshop Monday, "Business Ideas for Teens" at the DuQuoin Library. Ashley Henderson, SIUC MBA student and graduate assistant in SIUC Entrepreneurship, along with Caitlin Williams, SIUC undergrad in English Education, and Erica Lincoln, SIUC undergrad in Elementary Education, who both work as student workers in the Entrepreneurship Division, created the program. The presentation included advice on legalities of starting a business, free and low-cost marketing tips, and a variety of viable business ideas that would be ideal for teens to start on their own with little capital resources needed. The presentation also included some business-related exercises and resources. The event was hosted by the DuQuoin Library, provided for by a Penny Severns grant.