Kidtrepreneurs

The Longest Shortest Time

Hillary Frank | QCODE

Health & Fitness, Sexuality, Parenting, Kids & Family

4.8 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2018

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Kids today have the chance to become real entrepreneurs and sell to the masses thanks to the internet. We’re going to explore who some of these kids are, what they’re selling, and how they become successful. To join the conversation, go to longestshortesttime.com! Sign up for our newsletter. Follow us on Instagram. This episode is brought to you by Google Play, WGU, Land’s End (code: SCHOOL40), Kind Snacks (code: LONGSHORT), Grove Collaborative Also, Hillary Frank's Weird Parenting Wins book is coming! Many of you are in it. Pre-order here.

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0:00.0	Okay, Hillary, I'm gonna show you a picture that my mom just sent me.
0:11.8	POT HOLDERS!
0:13.8	Oh my god, these are just like the ones that I made when I was a kid.
0:17.8	Like the ones that you weave on the little loomie thing.
0:20.6	Add it to the list of things we have in common.
0:23.4	Except that my mom doesn't have mine anymore.
0:27.6	You know why?
0:28.6	Why?
0:29.6	I had a POT HOLDER business.
0:30.8	I sold them at the end of my driveway when I was like seven years old.
0:35.0	Huh.
0:36.0	What's the going rate for a POT HOLDER when you were a kid?
0:38.3	I mean, it's hard to remember, but I'm guessing like 50 cents, 75 cents.
0:45.7	So I learned years later that my mom would like set up the table for me with all the POT
0:52.2	holders.
0:53.2	I'd be making POT holders on the spot too.
0:55.8	And she would go in the house and she would call it the neighbors and be like,
0:59.3	so Hillary's out at the end of the driveway selling POT holders.
1:02.8	You might want to walk by and buy one.
1:07.2	Wow.
1:08.2	And you thought this was organic foot traffic.
1:10.9	I did.
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