Lauren Inazu isn't your average 13-year-old girl. When she was 8, she recruited friends to sell and market her lemonade stand, Lauren's Sweet Treats. In 5th grade, she started a school newspaper. And now, she recently launched a cottage food business.
Lauren lives in St. Louis, MO and sells all sorts of baked goods with her new business, Count It All Joy.
Between school, homework, piano lessons, sports, youth group, clubs, and Bible study, Lauren is somehow finding time to fulfill baking orders. Sometimes she likes to surprise her classmates with that fact: "I think it's always kind of fun to be like, 'Oh yeah, I just have to go make four dozen cookies tonight for an order.' And they're like, 'An order?'"
Lauren may be one of the most ambitious and mature 13-year-olds I have ever met, but she is not unique in wanting to make a little dough from her baked goods. Many kids reach out to me to ask if it is legal for them to sell their creations.
In this episode, Lauren shares what she's learned about legally starting her cottage food business as a 13-year-old, in hopes of inspiring other young entrepreneurs to try it out as well.
Get full show notes and transcript here: https://forrager.com/podcast/23
