Virtual Entrepreneur

Springwise: Remember the excitement you felt receiving mail as a child? That’s the inspiration behind San Francisco-based Little Passports, a new educational subscription service that aims to turn 5-to-10-year-olds into world travellers, one country at a time. Little Passports delivers monthly... More

Squidoo.com: Chores – have them do some extra chores around the house for pay (I wouldn’t recommend paying them for the chores they are already supposed to be doing, unless that’s part of your current allowance system) Babysitting – hey, no matter how technical our world gets,... More

Success Magazine: Teaching your children about money gives them a lifelong legacy. “The more control we have over our money, the less control it will have over you,” says financial expert Sharon Lechter, member of the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Literacy, author and founder of Youthpreneur,... More

If you know what kids want to see in their books and software, sell it. Home Based: Can be operated from home. Part Time: Can be operated part-time. Franchises Available? No Online Operation? Yes Entrepreneur.com: Business Overview The name says it all. In terms of a specialty retail business, this... More

Business Opportunities: An Austin entrepreneur plans to turn a parent’s struggle to keep up with baby gear into a new Web-based business. Jeff Chambers, the founder of two technology companies, has launched Babyslist. The venture is designed to help parents save money with an online marketplace for... More

MSN Money: Call it the ultimate Christmas gift for your child or grandchild: a cool $1 million. It’s a lavish gift, but not a prohibitively expensive one. A monthly contribution smaller than your current cable TV bill, made faithfully until the child turns 18 and then left to simmer until retirement,... More

Great Falls Tribune: Candy Maxwell manufactures and markets Candy’s Colorland products from her Cascade home. The products are made of lightweight plastic, which can be colored on and then erased. The products are manufactured using laser-cutters and silk-screen machines. All of the playhouses are... More

Times Argus: Ashlyn Barcomb, wearing a jazzy black-and-white T-shirt with her blue jeans, carried a poster illustrated with her own cartoon drawings to the front of the guidance class this week. At the top of her poster was the legend, “What I Might Do.” “I have three major ideas of... More

The Maui News: After leaving the construction business to become a stay-at-home mom – now, of four – Bonnie McCarthy found life could be hectic. She didn’t need all-day care for her kids, but she did sometimes want brief relief. “I would go to the grocery store with a list of necessities... More

Springwise: Tikatok is an online community any child can use to write and illustrate stories, share them with friends and family, and even print them out as real paperback and hardcover books. Children can create a book free-form, or they can use the site’s “StorySpark” templates to... More