Seminars Offer Food For Thought

Foundation Targets Young Entrepreneurs

Kids way inc., a foundation created in 1994, helps young entrepreneurs learn how to start a business.

The foundation's retail store in Atlanta's Kids Village is staffed entirely by youth aged 16 to 18. The store includes an old-fashioned soda fountain, a "clubhouse" selling books and video products, and a section offering environmentally friendly merchandise; many of the products sold benefit nonprofit organizations.

Young people aged 8 to 18 can join a national group called Kids Way Presidents Club, a sales organization where kids learn through selling catalog products door-to-door how product delivery systems work. Kids Way also publishes a bimonthly newsletter, Young Entrepreneur, with business tips and examples of successful young entrepreneurs; it's available free to kids and educators. And this summer, Kids Way plans to host 12 entrepreneurship camps in Atlanta, Houston and other major cities nationwide.

For more information on any of the programs, call (888) KIDS-WAY, or visit (http://www.acornsw.com/kidsway.com/)

This article was originally published in the April 1997 print edition of Entrepreneur with the headline: Seminars Offer Food For Thought.