Adopreneurship and Rising Tides
I love mashups and remixes - like when Jay Z and Linkin Park collaborated on the Collision Course album? Or when Heath Ledger remixed The Taming of the Shrew ( 10 Things I Hate About You )? Oh - and when P Diddy, I think that's what he was calling himself at that time, sampled The Police? Yes. Please. My term, Adopreneur, is no different: it's an inspired mashup of adolescent entrepreneur. Inspired by and now a resume line item for my 12 year old hustler. About a week ago he told me that he wanted to earn some extra money (to support his Fortnite habit) and was posting an ad for his lawn mowing services on Nextdoor . And while independence and initiative is EXACTLY the behavior I reward in my home, I was apprehensive about the willingness of neighbors to hire such a young kid. And I was right in my concern - there was no response. He kept chirpily checking his post for responses - to crickets. Until this. We reached out to the husband who tells me how he has gr...