Fantastic Lives

R. Prather Michelle

Description

Read the inspiring stories of 5 young entrepreneurs who worked hard to turn their ideas into real businesses. This nonfiction reader features TIMEA(c) content to keep grade 7 students engaged in reading as they build their critical literacy skills.

Sujets

• Employabilité, métiers et formations

Informations

• Publié par: Teacher Created Materials
• Date de parution: 01 août 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780743921053
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

Michelle R. Pr ather , M.A.
 

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Conni M edi na, M . A. Ed. , Managing Editor
Nik a Fabienke, Ed .D., Series D eveloper
June Kikuchi, Conten t Di rec to r
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mad e by the au tho r or the p ubl ishe r .
Library of C ongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Nam es: Prat her, Miche lle R ene?e, 1 975- au thor.
Ti tle: Fantas tic li ves : bus iness s ense / M ich elle R . Pra ther.
Des crip tion: H untin gton B each , CA : T each er Cre ated Ma teria ls, [201 9] |
Incl ude s inde x.
Ide ntif ie rs: LCCN 20 1 70584 8 4 | ISBN 9781 4258500 43 (pbk .)
Subj ec ts: LCSH : Busin essp eo ple - -Juvenil e liter atur e. |
Entrepreneurship- -Juvenile literature. | Succ ess in business--Juv enile
liter ature.
Class if icat ion: LCC HC29 . P73 201 9 | DD C 658.1 /1-- d c23
LC record a vailable at https: / / lccn.loc.g ov /20 1 705848 4
 

T able of C o nt ents
Great Minds .........................................................................4
Max Ash ...............................................................................6
Ne ha Gu pta......................................................................... 1 2
Be l l e Pan ............................................................................22
Cory Ni e ves ........................................................................28
Be l la T ippin g ......................................................................34
The T akea w a y.....................................................................40
Gl ossar y ............................................................................. 4 2
Inde x .................................................................................. 44
Chec k It Ou t ! ......................................................................46
T r y I t ! ................................................................................. 4 7
Abo u t the Au t ho r ................................................................48

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G reat M i nds
Do y ou w ant to kno w some thi ng tru l y e mp ower i n g ?
There is n o ag e requireme n t wh en i t comes t o ha ving
a bril liant i dea. T rans f orm ing a co nce pt in to a su cces s
st ory isn ’ t j ust f or tech and corporate gian ts. An y one can
brainsto r m an in no va ti v e wa y to ma ke the w or l d better . B ut
peop l e wh o ha v e bu sine ss se nse o f ten sh are a fe w esse nti al
ch a racteris tic s. The y pa y attenti on to the w orl d around
them, are often creati v e, kno w ho w to so l ve pr ob lems , and
a re g oo d at see ing things through .
The y oun g peop le f eatured in t his book pos ses s a b l end
o f these quali ties—a nd m ore . T hese en trepreneurs s aw
needs and used their imaginatio ns to create oppo rt un i tie s.
Af ter bringing the ir ideas to fru it io n , t he y a ll fo und w a y s
to gi ve b ac k to their co m muni tie s. And the y’ v e done i t a ll
while s t ud ying and, w ell, j ust bein g k i ds. R ead on to l ear n
abou t t heir co mpe lling and inspirati onal storie s.
Are Y o u Savv y ?
When you are sa vvy about something, you
know how to do it well. It means you use
your knowledge to help you know wha t to
do . When you are business savvy , you use
your instincts to guide you in business.
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Max A s h
Ha v e y ou e v er hea rd the sa ying “Im i tatio n is the
sincerest f orm of  attery”? W ell, w hen M ax Ash w as eigh t ,
he l ear ned that wh en y our f rien ds tr y to cop y y our i dea,
ma y be y ou ’ re on to s ome thi ng .
In 20 1 2, the Bos ton-area s tuden t w as c raft ing a m u g in
a rt clas s w hen a s t rok e o f creati v e ge niu s str uc k h im: W h y
no t add a bas ke tb all hoop to the bac k of the m ug ? T here ’ s
no be tter wa y to g et marshma llo w s int o a mu g o f ho t
ch oco la te ! Ash, an av i d spo rt s f an, w en t with his instincts
and did j us t that. Then, o ther kids added h oops o n their
mu gs, too .
A Slam Dun k
Ash ’ s p arents lis tened to him wh en he to ld them a bou t
the popul ar ity o f his id ea. He t o ld the m that he migh t w a nt
to tur n it in to a bu s iness . The y con t acted l ocal e xperts a nd
f am ily fr i en ds to he lp g et the ball ro lli n g .
Ash’ s original mug
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