Top Ten Books for Teen and Kid Entrepreneurs

This post was inspired by Sarah Cook of RaisingCeoKids.com.

I’ve been following Sarah on Twitter for quite awhile and recently won a copy of Kidpreneurs: Young Entrepreneurs With Big Ideas! by leaving a comment her website.

Raising CEO Kids website is a great resource, one of the best I’ve found for parents raising entrepreneurial kids and teens and for teaching them about money. It’s informative, fun and inspiring. Check it out: raisingceokids.com

I love everything related to entrepreneurship and self-employment and want to encourage and support the entrepreneurial mindset of my nieces, nephews and other young people I come into contact with by providing books they can read to give them ideas, educate them and inspire them, as well as, supporting their efforts.

Listed below are a few of my favorite books for young, aspiring entrepreneurs and few that are on my wish list.

Top Ten Books for Teen and Kid Entrepreneurs

1. 

Bitten by the Business Bug: Common Sense Tips for Business and Life from a Teen Entrepreneur

Jason O’Neill is the creator and founder of Pencil Bugs. He started Pencil Bugs when he was nine-years-old. Over the last five years he has created a whole line of themed products and now has written a book.

I discovered Jason on Twitter and have been following him, watching him and reading about his accomplishments for over eighteen months. He is a very special young man and an inspiration for both teens and adults.

Jason’s book just came out at the end of June and my copy will be arriving any day now.

2. 

Reallionaire: Nine Steps to Becoming Rich from the Inside Out

Farrah Gray’s personal story is both entertaining and inspiring. His entrepreneurial spirit began to show itself when we was only seven years old. I’ve not only read and enjoyed this book, but have recommended it again and again and have purchased it as a gift for the children of friends.




3. 

You Call the Shots: Succeed Your Way– and Live the Life You Want– with the 19 Essential Secrets of Entrepreneurship

Cameron Johnson started selling beanie babies and moved onto being a internet/software entrepreneur. He is a great storyteller and wraps his personal story around each of his ‘essential secrets’. This is an inspiring book for teens and adults alike.




4. 

The Richest Kids In America: How They Earn It, How They Spend It, How You Can Too

I purchased Mark Victor Hansen’s book a few months ago as a birthday gift for my nephews. Of course I had to take a peak at it before I gave it to them and was delighted with the number of teen entrepreneurs profiled and how they told their own stories in their own words.




5. 

The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens

This was one of the other books I gave to my nephews for their birthday this summer. Sean’s father, Stephen R. Covey wrote the classic The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People




6. 

The Success Principles for Teens: How to Get From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be

Although I have not read the teen version of Jack Canfield’s The Success Principles , I did read the original book in 2006. It provided many new insights and activities to help me begin going after the life of my dreams. This new teen version may be just the perfect gift.




7. 

Rich Dad, Poor Dad for Teens: The Secrets About Money–that You Don’t Learn in School! (Miniature Edition)

This is another book I’ve enjoyed that has been re-written for the teen audience. Robert Kiyosaki is an excellent storyteller and should be able to hold the attention of any teenager interested in being his/her own boss.




8. 

Prepare to Be a Teen Millionaire

This book is from the founders of Millionaire Blueprints magazine, one of my favorites (but, I believe, out of print now since the founder, Tom Spinks, past away).




9. 

Inventor McGregor

This book was introduced to my by Barbara Winter, and although it technically isn’t a book about how to start a business it is a story about how important it is to follow your heart and do what you love.




10. 

Tyler & His Solve-a-Matic Machine (Future Business Leaders’ Series™)

I discovered this book on Amazon and was not only captivated by the title, but this description as well:

“Tyler, the boy in this book, a kid who has trouble getting his homework done and spends too much time daydreaming. What kid doesn’t deal with those challenges from time to time? Tyler also longs to travel the world and have great adventures. He’s tired of his everyday life and he also happens to be an orphan so he feel particularly alone and hopeless. Making his dreams come true seems a very remote possibility until..one day.. Tyler finds a wishbone, makes a wish and…pooof! he gets in touch with the Great Spirit of the Entrepreneurs, who guides him as he learns the basics of becoming an entrepreneur, from his dream of a Solve-a-matic machine to actual production and sales.”

What book’s are your favorites for aspiring teen and kid entrepreneurs? Leave a comment and share your recommendations.