Design fun stickers and sell them. Your design is the value.
Kids and teens put stickers on everything. Water bottles, laptops, phone cases, notebooks. What they're buying isn't vinyl, it's the design, which means this business runs on your ideas more than your money. Come up with something people want on their stuff and you can print it for pennies and sell it for a couple of dollars.
Design four or five stickers using a free app on a phone or laptop. Print them on regular paper, just to show them.
Then walk around with them and ask:
"I'm printing these next week. They're [your price] each, or three for [bundle price]. Which ones do you want?"
Write down names and orders. Once you've got fifteen or twenty stickers pre-sold, place your print order. Now you're printing what's already sold.
Your design work is free. Your only real cost is the printing.
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Sophie's whole edge was noticing what other people wanted before they said it out loud. That's exactly this business. Anyone can print a sticker. The money is in seeing the joke, the phrase, or the design your school will actually want on their laptops. Pay attention to what people laugh at and repeat, and design that.
The full Young Founder kit walks you through everything Andre and Sophie learned: how to turn an idea people want into orders, pricing, and repeat customers. The book, the workbook, the videos, and more.
See what is inside the kitA kid walking dogs in their own neighborhood usually starts between $10 and $18 for a thirty minute walk. Professional walkers average about $21 for the same walk.
Read the answerLess than almost anyone expects, and for a lot of these ideas the honest answer is nothing until somebody has already said yes to a price.
Read the answerTen people who already know them, one prepared sentence, and an easy way for each of them to say no.
Read the answerFind out whether this is not working or just not fun right now. Those look identical from outside and they need opposite responses.
Read the answerThey are not buying feeding. They are buying a holiday where nobody is quietly worried about the cat.
See the ideaSmall money that arrives every single week without anyone having to be asked again. The cleanest lesson in recurring revenue there is.
See the ideaNobody puts it on the list, and everybody notices once it is done. The before and after photo does the selling.
See the ideaForty minutes, a bucket, and a customer who can see the problem from their front door.
See the ideaA program from Founder's Best Friend. Built for kids 8 to 18 who want something of their own.