What is Biz in a Boxx?

Biz in a Boxx is an innovative business tool designed for kids and teens ages 7 and up that teaches the practical fundamentals of business ownership and entrepreneurship.

Biz in a Boxx is not weighed down in theories that leave young entrepreneurs thinking, "Now what do I do?" The workbook is a working business plan that helps your child develop her ideas so that she can turn them into something she can take to the marketplace.

All children can do it either independently or with a friend. Each Biz in a Boxx is age-appropriate, taking into consideration varying levels of comprehension and attention spans. The goal is to teach children business acumen in the most simple and effective way possible so that they can sharpen their new skill sets through real-world application where they will learn best.

What Makes Biz in a Boxx Revolutionary?

Allows for Unrestricted Idea Development

All children can take any product or service idea and create a business around it. Today's youth can think well beyond the average lemonade stand and Biz in a Boxx encourages them to follow their passions and talents. Most youth entrepreneurial guides limit a child's idea causing an overall lack in interest because the business is not focused around the child's own interests.

Teaches How to Apply Skill Sets and Knowledge

People in general learn best when they are able to directly apply their skill sets and knowledge. You can provide all the instruction you want on how to run a successful lemonade stand, but unless your child is out there applying what she has learned, she will have no idea how to implement her skills.

Biz in a Boxx is designed for application and provides the tools to get your child out there and implementing his new skill sets and knowledge.

Decreases the Amount of Trial and Error

All business owners make some mistakes when running their business. Mistakes aren't necessarily failures, but learning opportunities. Everyone can start a business, but the less you know how to do it successfully, the higher the probability of mistakes you will make. When your child learns the practical fundamentals of entrepreneurship, he is able to adapt those practices to his own business, skipping over the basic trial and error. And when he learns how to run a business the right way from the start, he is less likely to believe that his mistakes are failures.

Why vs How

Most entrepreneurial information available teaches why the business concepts are important, but they don't necessarily teach how to apply them to a specific idea.

Biz in a Boxx not only teaches your child the why, but also teaches her how to implement her ideas. For example, your child will learn why people buy certain products or services that meet their needs and wants, solve their problems and make their lives better. But, Biz in a Boxx takes it one step further by having your child discover how they can apply that knowledge to their own business so that people buy from them. This is done through a series of relevant questions, and the answers your child determines become relevant to their application of the concept.

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Gives a Sense of Ownership

Biz in a Boxx encourages your child to take ownership over his ideas and it accomplishes by making the material easy to comprehend. Your child can do it all on his own. There is more than one way to run a business and when independence and ownership are restricted, creativity is decreased and unnecessary boundaries are imposed. By allowing your child to take ownership over his ideas and run his business his way, he is able to build his self-esteem and strengthen his skill sets.

Lasts a Lifetime

The practical fundamentals your child learns through Biz in a Boxx lasts a lifetime. Since the workbook is a working business plan, your child will be able to start any number of businesses he desires over a lifetime. He may start a business now and run it for a while only to spot other opportunities later on that he can develop. When new ideas and opportunities are presented to your child, he will know how to take those ideas to the marketplace - all because Biz in a Boxx gave him the foundation to do it.