{"id":9649,"date":"2015-10-29T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T16:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ttinvent.com\/?p=9649"},"modified":"2015-11-07T07:51:18","modified_gmt":"2015-11-07T15:51:18","slug":"059-teen-microbusiness-with-carol-topp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/developinginnovators.com\/education\/?p=9649","title":{"rendered":"059 – Teen Microbusiness with Carol Topp"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/a>In This Episode<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

What is a microbusiness?\u00a0 What lessons can teenagers learn by running a microbusiness?\u00a0 Can teens run successful, money-making microbusinesses?\u00a0 Join us today to discover more about teens with microbusinesses.<\/p>\n

This is the podcast where we discuss success and innovation for teenagers.\u00a0 No spoiler alerts today, but if you are interested in teenagers getting a jump start, stay locked in here! \u00a0<\/p>\n

I remember reading an article several years back that discussed the dilemma of being a modern teen. In ages past, societies considered teens to be adults, and expected them to step up into the adult world and prove their worth to the society.\u00a0 If we observe the teenager, we see the deep desire for significance.<\/p>\n

Yet in the modern system of education, teens are asked to solve problems and challenges with little or no lasting value.\u00a0 With apologies to my own fields of study, solving for x or finding the equations of motion of an already well-known set of differential equations just feels hollow and thin.<\/p>\n

How do we navigate this juxtaposition between a teenager’s internal drive for significance and the typical 4 years (and possibly another 4 year in college) of knowledge gathering which seems disconnected from reality?\u00a0 I’ll look up the article and post it in the show notes, but the conclusion of the article was to restructure our expectations and opportunities we offer during these years filled with passion and purpose.<\/p>\n

On the podcast we discuss an alternative to our modern conundrum of how to keep teens engaged in meaningful education.\u00a0 Carol Topp<\/strong> is an Engineer turned accountant–I know that’s an unusual shift.\u00a0 In the last few years, she has worked with many teens in her accounting practice, helping them structure what she likes to call a “microbusiness”.\u00a0 The experiences and learning that occurs in a microbusiness can be a great catalyst toward adding significance to the otherwise “dry learning” teens dread.\u00a0 Let’s find out more about Carol’s experience and explore some new possibilities.<\/p>\n

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About Carol
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\"Carol<\/a>Carol Topp, CPA (MicroBusinessForTeens.com) is an author and accountant who has mentored dozens of teenagers to launch a micro business. She is the host of the public television show Micro Business For Teens: Starting a Micro Business and the author of 11 books including the Micro Business for Teens series, Business Tips and Taxes
for Writers and Teens and Taxes. Carol makes frequent appearances at entrepreneurship education and parenting conferences. She owns her own accounting business specializing in tax preparation, small business start ups, and non-profit
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She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio with her husband and two daughters, who both had several micro businesses as teenagers.<\/p>\n

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What is the Purpose of an Education?<\/span><\/h2>\n
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\u201cThe purpose of an education is to use the gifts you\u2019ve been given for the greater good.\u201c\u00a0 –<\/em>-Carol Topp<\/strong>
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\u201cEducation is life learning experiences that take you to the next step in your life to whatever you\u2019re called to do next.\u201d<\/em> —Carol Topp<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Carol<\/strong>‘s Favorite Quote<\/span><\/h2>\n
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“There is no failure. Only feedback.” –<\/em>Robert Allen
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About Teachers<\/span>\u00a0<\/h2>\n

Some of the teenagers I work with teach me a lot. They teach me creativity, clarity, and perseverance.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\u00a0Something Carol<\/span> has made recently:<\/span><\/h2>\n
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A watercolor painting of pumpkins.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Something Carol<\/span> has learned recently:<\/span><\/h2>\n

Podcasting!<\/p>\n

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<\/a>Additional Notes<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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<\/a>Full Text Transcript –\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Coming Soon!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
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\"042\"<\/a>\u201cI don\u2019t remember (Carol’s parents) them emphasizing education, it was just assumed.\u00a0 It was just assumed that you were going to college.\u00a0 And I think I did that with my own kids too, well when you go to college, not if.\u201d —Carol Topp<\/strong>

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This is the podcast where we discuss success and innovation for teenagers. No spoiler alerts today, but if you are interested in teenagers getting a jump start, stay locked in here! <\/p>\n

On the podcast we discuss an alternative to our modern conundrum of how to keep teens engaged in meaningful education. Carol Topp is an Engineer turned accountant–I know that’s an unusual shift. In the last few years, she has worked with many teens in her accounting practice, helping them structure what she likes to call a “microbusiness”. The experiences and learning that occurs in a microbusiness can be a great catalyst toward adding significance to the otherwise “dry learning” teens dread. Let’s find out more about Carol’s experience and explore some new possibilities.<\/p>\n

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