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BuildASign.com has created a special store for Lemonade Day! AND is offering 50% off for you and your lemonade stand creations; from bumper stickers to big banners, it’s a cinch to create professional and funky advertising for your unique lemonade. AND, on top fo the 50% discount, a portion of the proceeds are being donated [...]

It’s been a few weeks since we checked in with superstar entrepreneur Shea. She’s back from her kickoff in Colorado … and we’re pretty sure Mr. Trump is kicking himself for missing out on this opportunity.  An update came through today … Cops Dump Donuts for Lemonade by Maureen Dowling Haymarket, Virginia As you may [...]

We sat down with Claire Smith, woman, chef and entrepreneur in Houston to get her advice to our budding entrepreneurs embarking on their Lemonade Day business. Did you have a lemonade stand as a child? A couple of times when my father was involved with Fleming Park in Southampton and we raised money for the [...]

Meadow Bob at Boys and Girls Country of Houston In the wee hours of the morning … or late last night, we received a wonderful shout out in the Wall Street Journal;  a piece about youth entrepreneurship when summer jobs for teens were expected to still not recover from record lows. Of course, Lemonade Day [...]

Image care of Creative Commons license from Christine Tremoulet www.flickr.com/photos/tedxhouston/4701131732/ We’ve been talking with some entrepreneurs to get their story on owning their own business and advice for youth who will be opening their first business, a lemonade stand, across the nation this year. Our first talk is with Monica Pope. Lemonade Day [LD]:  Did [...]

This week was National Entrepreneurship Week. I reflected all week on what that means: How entrepreneurship impacts our nation; How Lemonade Day inspires entrepreneurship, teaches our youth skills that they carry throughout life  and instills a sense of purpose, pride and accomplishment they might not have experienced in their life yet. With President Obama‘s recent [...]

If you haven’t been following along, here’s the short of it: Shea is a young entrepreneur planning her Lemonade Day stand and her mom agreed to share her story with everyone. We’ve been posting her savvy business journey as she asks Donald Trump to set up her stand on his golf course, chooses to donate [...]

Donald Trump's next Apprentice for sure! Shea’s been busy creating her marketing plan and business plan since we last checked in with her. No word from Donald Trump yet. So as a responsible business owner, Shea scurried to make a “back up plan.” Shea’s mom had to explain that although she continues to work hard [...]

Meet Shea – she’s a 6 year old student who has an awesome plan for her Lemonade Day stand. Her mom has agreed to let me tell you her story. I’ll share her journey over the next 3 months. If you have a story to share – drop me a note at mystory@lemonadeday.org Over the [...]

It’s so great working at Lemonade Day. Literally every day I hear a heart-warming new story — a child who has found purpose and been inspired by setting up their first business; a future entrepreneur who wants Donald Trump to review their business plan . . . and so many that want to know how [...]