Entrepreneurship

4-H members doing what they love and loving what they do:

• Earning money from a 4-H project or hobby
• Creating their own part-time job
• Making their community and world a better place to live
• Exploring what being an entrepreneur in today's world is all about!

For youth - start something!

• 4-H entrepreneurship project
  Project materials, business start-up guides, and more to help youth start their own business or just explore what entrepreneurship is all about.

• E-commerce for kids
  4-H youth can learn how to sell their projects or other items online or start a home-based business.

• Summers @ Mizzou Build-a-Business Camp
  Annual camp on the University of Missouri campus to learn more about entrepreneurship while having fun with new friends!

• Show Me 4-H Wares
  4-H youth can apply to sell their products and services at the Missouri State Fair.
  
   
• MADE in Missouri Entrepreneurship Competition
  Youth (and adults) receive professional advice and compete for cash awards by entering their business ideas in this statewide competition

For adult volunteers - be a leader!

Your county may be seeking adults to volunteer as project leaders for the 4-H entrepreneurship project.  You do not need to be an entrepreneur yourself, only to care about youth as they do, reflect, and apply!

If you would like to volunteer, contact your county MU Extension center and ask your 4-H youth specialist how to become a Missouri 4-H volunteer in your community.

4-H youth "cloverpreneurs"
Youth (4-H members) developing mini-enterprises and ventures from their project work.

Find Cloverpreneurs on Facebook!

• Non-allergenic soap
   
• Babysitting
   
• Clover country cakes
   
• Bunnies galore

• Handmade dishcloths
   
• Young DJs
   
• Eggs into gold
   
• Katy Trail Goat Soap 

• Clothesline poles

• Pumpkin patch

4-H alumni entrepreneurs
Examples of successful adult entrepreneurs who got their skills and start in 4-H!

• Pogue Quality Construction
   
• Shatto Dairy
   
• Special Occasions, Inc.
   
• Piggy Paint
   
• A.B.R. (All "Bout You") Photography
   
• PET - Personal Energy Transportation

• Burger's Smokehouse

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