Moneymaking enterprise. Over the years, weve introduced you to teens who started their own businesses. There was maddie, who sells jewelry made from bottle caps, and mary grace has Stores Selling her various embroidered items. These young entrepreneurs all have two things in common a good idea and the passion to implement it. You dont need to be a genius to become the next steve jobs or mark zuckerberg. Plan. And to tell us more about that is terri liselle. Shes an author and an expert on youngadult entrepreneurs. Hi. Hi. What got you interested in teen entrepreneurship . Well, funny story. When i was really young, i started a bake sale with my friends. And we actually made a profit from it. And later on down the road, when i was an older teen, i decided to start my own electronic tshirt business, which was a lot of fun. So, an entrepreneur is someone who starts a business, and a teenpreneur is a teen own business, makes their own money, and they solve a reallife need. So, lets say i want to create a business. How do i start . Well, the first thing i like to ask is what is your hobby or talent. Are you good at dancing . Are you good with computers . Well, also take a look at your environment. Is there something in your environment that, if you came up with a solution, it will fulfill a need . You recommend creating a fivepoint Business Plan. Lets walk through that, step by step, starting with the idea. All right. The idea. The first thing you need to do is figure out the who, what, when, where, and why of your business and how youre gonna do it. So, write down who you are, what youre doing, and how youre gonna do it. And what i would like to recommend is create a onesentence Mission Statement of your company and what youre gonna do and how its gonna help so many people out there. The second point in your Business Plan is something we already do for school projects, yes, research. Researching your business is a lot of fun. Its like being a detective. First, you may want to find out who your competitor is, what theyre good at, and how you can do it even better. Also, find out your customer. Talk to your friends and family of what youre doing, and Start Building a list of customers for your new business. The next is the daily plan. Yes, the daily plan and what i like to call operations. You want to work on your business every day. Its like a plant. You want to water it every day to see it grow. And then you want to find out what you need to do and how youre gonna do it. Do you need to make a video . Do you talk to more friends about your business . Or do you want to make a cool gadget . What about the fourth point, the future . The future now, youre gonna be in business for the long haul. So you want to project what youre gonna be doing over the next five years. Write down your goals for the fourth, and fifth year, and this will help you see your growth over time. And that brings us to the last and possibly the most important part of the plan the cash. Every Business Needs cash, and we like to call it startup capital. Talk to your friends and family about them investing into your company and reassure them that youll pay them back. Look into your savings or your allowances. And i like to say focus on very three important things in your business. The first thing is the price what youll sell it as the cost that itll take to make your product, and also the quantity of products that youd like to sell. With these things, youve figured out your profit. Okay, so now we have our Business Plan. Any suggestions on some of the ways teens can become teenpreneurs . Absolutely. The first thing to do is take a look at your skills and hobbies. If youre really good at piano, create piano lessons as your business. If youre good at writing, theres plenty of opportunities and if youre computersavvy, you can create websites as a business. You can take a look at more opportunities and ideas on my website. Of course, once money starts rolling in, we need a way to manage it. What do you think about setting up a student paypal account . There are a lot of benefits, but i would suggest talk to your parents about that first. Thanks so much. Your advice certainly makes sense and, hopefully, lots of dollars, too. Thank you. No question starting your own business takes lots of work. But it can be lots of fun and great for your college application. In fact, it might even help you pay for college. For teen kids news, im eden. Ill tell you why some kids may be dancing their way into dance is a beautiful form of art, but make no mistake it takes as much training and physical effort as any sport. And as daniella reports, on the rise. I have a crack in my big toe from breaking that and never letting it heal. Lindsey competes in irish dance. Shes been to eight world championships. But shes also been to the doctor a lot. I have hip problems. My most recent injury was my upper quad. I had a sprain there. Any aches or pains, anything new that showed up . Her athletic trainer says lindseys injuries are typical for kids who are serious dancers. There could be a lot of impact, particularly feet. Thats a very big one. But it works up the chain. Everything connects through. So, as the feet are affected, it becomes work its way into the shins, the knees, the hips. And those injuries are mounting up. Researchers at nationwide Childrens Hospital studied dance injuries. In 2007 alone, over 8,000 children and teens were treated for a dancerelated injury. Thats about 23 children every day or almost an injury an hour. Even more worrisome is the fact that these kinds of injuries have been increasing why the increase . It could be that young dancers are pushing themselves harder than ever. I practice, basically, every day for an hour at least. Usually 1 1 2 hours is our practice times on mondays and thursdays, and then i practice two hours, usually, on the weekends. The most common injuries are sprains and strains. Thats why experts recommend you stretch properly both before and after practices and performances. Also, get plenty of rest. And if you do have an injury, give it time to heal. Little faster, michaela up whether you do irish, tap, jazz, ballet, or any other form of dance, remember its up to you to take the right steps to avoid injury. For teen kids news, im daniella. This Important Message is brought to you by the National Road safety foundation. So, how was your drive . Interesting. Theyre one of the top predators in the ocean and yet one of the most friendly sea creatures. Coming up, we get very upclose im about to have a Close Encounter of the dolphin kind. Hello. Hi, scott. Im carolina. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. Welcome to the National Aquarium. Well, thank you. Ive always wanted to be here. Excellent. Are you excited . The National Aquarium in baltimore, maryland, is right on the harbor leading to the Chesapeake Bay and atlantic ocean. Thats where some of the aquariums star attractions come from. Bottlenose dolphins are crowd favorites. Theyre not fish. Theyre mammals. The babies get milk from their mothers, and just like us, theyre sociable. And how smart are dolphins . Dolphins are very smart. Its kind of hard to categorize exactly how smart they are because theres no true way of knowing, but theyre very socially complex animals. They learn pretty easily. With them. I was soon going to find out just how true that is. But one more question first. Each other . They communicate in a lot of different ways. So, most of the time, when people think of dolphins and communication, they think of vocalizations, like clicks and whistles. And that is part of it. We dont know, obviously, what theyre saying. But the other ways they language. So, a lot of times, they will jump out of the water, make really big splashes. Theyll kind of hit their pectoral or flukes against the surface of the water, and thats all communication among the dolphins. Dolphins have something in common with us teens. We both time in. Schools. Yeah, so, schools is the term that we use when dolphins hang out together in big social groups. It can also be called a pod of dolphins. And it can be a different range of numbers, anywhere as few as about 10 or 12 to as big as a time. But school has an extraspecial meaning for these dolphins. They get lessons. First, theyre taught by following a pole. But soon, they learn to respond to hand signals. And thats how the trainers guide them through their show. Carolina introduced me to the family sisters maya and chesapeake, and chesapeakes were gonna go ahead, and were gonna meet maya first. All right. Okay . So, i want you to come down next to me on either side, whatever is the most comfortable for you. Were gonna go ahead. [ slaps water ] all right. So, this is maya. Maya is 12 years old. [ maya clicks ] just like a puppy waiting to be petted, maya stretched out so i could run my hand along her back and her tail, or fluke. What do you think she feels like . Like a dolphin, i guess. Like a dolphin . Yeah. Sometimes people describe it as like a hardboiled egg, like, with the shell taken off. Yeah. Exactly. It seems maya didnt like that comparison. All right, scott. Are you ready to ask her for some behaviors . Yes. All right. So, were gonna ask her to applaud. So, what i want you to do is put both hands straight up and just wave to her really big. Good job. Very nice all right, now were gonna ask her to do some vocalizations on cue. So, what i want you to do is put your hand like a fist. And just show it to her right in front of her face. Just like that. [ maya squeaks ] lets try it again. [ maya cackles ] [ laughs ] good job very nice now were gonna go ahead and ask her to twirl around in a circle for us. Okay . So, what i want you to do is actually stand up with me. And just twirl around in a circle, and you can do it once or twice, and you can actually stop and watch her. Good job [ blows whistle ] good job and i let her know she did a great job by actually blowing on my whistle. Thats exactly what that means to a dolphin. They also know theyll be rewarded with a snack. Thats why maya responded right away when i signaled her to wave her fluke. Now, are you okay with getting a little wet . Yeah. Just a little bit . All right. So, what i want you to do is just go ahead and reach in the water and just splash her. [ laughs ] good job. Very nice you can never win a water fight with a dolphin. Trust me. I dont think so. No. And i got the wet shirt to prove it. Coming up, well find out why it was awesome, and i love seeing the dolphins. They are, like, awesome. Were at the National Aquarium in baltimore, home to some very cool atlantic bottlenose dolphins. Now, they seem friendly cause they look like theyre smiling. Are they . Well, thats actually one of the most deceptive things about them that theyre always smiling because of the way their mouth is shaped. They can be friendly, but the thing is it takes really a lot of time to develop a bond with them. Thats why the only time you should try to touch a dolphin is in a supervised program like the dolphin encounter here at the aquarium. And now were gonna go ahead and meet our youngest dolphin at this is bayley. Bayley just turned five, and she likes to play fetch. Take this basketball. And, scott, what i want you to do is just go ahead and lob it right at her. Dont worry. Shes good at catching. And now get ready. Put both hands straight up. Bayleys a basketball natural. She does her own version of dribbling around the court. Good job very nice. So, right now, what were gonna ask her to do is do an aerial, so its a big jump out of the water, okay . So, what i want you to do is put your right hand straight out. And bring it down. And across your body just like that. And youre gonna see bayley come up out of the water really high. Thats awesome it is awesome. [ blows whistle ] very nice good girl that was exciting now, what can we learn from dolphins . We can learn a lot from dolphins. Theyre as you probably just saw, theyre really cool animals. They can teach us a lot about but most importantly, what we can do to help them. Are dolphins endangered . So, atlantic bottlenose dolphins, which are the dolphins that are here at the National Aquarium, are not endangered. But, as always, with any animal species, really, its kind of human intervention sometimes that can threaten them. As teen kids news has often reported, all kinds of marine life can be harmed by pollution and debris like fish nets. Dolphins are no exception. One way we can help protect dolphins is by learning more about them. We have a link to the National Aquarium on our website. For teen kids news, im scott. And i think im gonna need a new shirt. Its a dish developed by the ancient aztecs, easy to make, and fun to eat. Ill show you how to whip up a nicoles in the kitchen getting some tips from an expert, chef johnny prep. This week, shes learning how to make a mean guacamole. About this, because i love guacamole. So, whats first . Well, first, we got to talk about avocados, cause, basically, guacamole is predominantly avocados. So, what you want to make sure is you buy as perfectly ripe as an avocado as you can get or buy them underripe and let them ripen at your home. cause, you know, if its not ripe, its too hard, it doesnt make good guacamole. If its overripe, its brown and yucky looking and it just doesnt make good guacamole. So, you really want to kind of feel. So, its just just soft. It doesnt want to be real soft, but just soft. It starts to look wrinkly and stuff thats too ripe. If its too hard, thats underripe. Just a little pinch. These are in pretty nice shape. And then what you got to do and be careful with your knife, okay . But you want to cut it in half, okay . Remember, you always need your parents permission before you use a knife. So, i like to take my knife and put it between my fingers like this and then just so, you dont want your fingers anywhere near it. Thats exactly right. And you can actually then rotate it. Once you get your cut in, you can just rotate it like that. Okay. The pit. And then you just twist it and open it up. See how its nice and green and soft . Oh, thats beautiful. Yeah. Now, theres different ways of getting that pit out. A lot of chefs will take a knife. If youre gonna make guacamole, okay, where its gonna end up being smashed up anyway, you can just take it and squeeze it and pop it out. [ chuckles ] okay . Thats an easy way to do it. Okay. And then you can also just take a spoon and just. Scoop everything out . Scoop right out like that. Now, if the avocados are a little bit firmer, sometimes if you take them and you just roll them like this before you cut them, it actually makes them nice and soft and mushy, too. So, i should roll it . Yeah, just roll it gently. See how it softens up . Oh, yeah. Softens right up, doesnt it . For you. [ chuckles ] all right, so, im gonna let you go ahead and finish off knocking off those avocados. Okay, and im going to talk about how to cut an onion, because basic guacamole is gonna be just avocado with some lime or lemon juice, some salt, okay . And a little bit of pepper. Thats it. Thats traditionally how its served. But you also can dress it up and make it more flavorful by adding some tomato and some jalapeo and some cilantro. You can also put some finely diced onion in it. And im gonna show you a technique for cutting an onion. Now, this is a nice, refrigerated onion, which is a cool thing. cause you know how onions kind of can make you cry . You know . Right. I dont like chopping onions because they always make me cry. Everybody says that. If you refrigerate them, it makes them less likely to do that. Mmhmm. So, now we take the very edge of a knife. And remember how i showed you . Were gonna rotate the onion. Instead of pushing the knife, out. Mmhmm. Were gonna cut out that part right there. Were going to leave the root end attached at the back and cut it right in half. Now, see that . I put the i put the flat side that i cut immediately down. Because thats the side with the juice thats gonna burn your okay. Okay . Now, this is already kind of got a little bit of a harder surface on it, so im gonna take that outer layer off. cause sometimes thats not nice. All right. So, now i have a half of an onion with the root end back here. And im just gonna take my knife, and ill put little slits through it like this. Almost to the back, but not cutting all the way through. Mmhmm. Okay. Just like that. When i get to the other side, i turn it so im not cutting down a round slope into my hand. Mmhmm. That would be bad. And im gonna do one cut like that across. And then all you have to do it goes into a perfect dice. Mm. Wow. Just like that. Look how easy that looks. See . Youre not crying, are you . No, im not. But im all the way over here. All right. So, we got our avocados going here. Why dont you get one more in there, and well get the rest of this made up. All right. Im working on it. Youre doing great with that. You were meant to work in a kitchen. I can tell that. [ chuckles ] im trying here. Youre doing wonderful. There we go. See that little dark thing right there . Mmhmm. You want to pull that out. Okay. Okay . Is this also part of that . Thats just a little skin. And then you just take a fork okay . Mmhmm. Now, avocados are gonna turn brown on you really quick. They oxide is the word for it. Right. How do you prevent that . Well, you add some acid to it, and traditionally in mexico, they take lime juice, and they just squeeze limes in it. Mmhmm. Some people will tell you if you leave the seed in it, it keeps it from browning, and that does work a little bit. And restaurants will actually ooh. And the sour cream not only keeps it from turning color, it actually gives it a little lighter, brighter color. To it. So, thats kind of a restaurant huh. Okay . Okay, im gonna season this with just a little bit of sea salt. Mmhmm. I like sea salt cause its got some minerals in it. Flavor. Mmhmm. Bit of it. Were gonna sprinkle it in there so we dont put too much in. And were gonna add some diced jalapeo for that pepper. So, i dont necessarily need to pepper. So, im gonna put that finely diced without the seeds, so theyre not too hot. Im gonna put a little bit of im gonna put a little bit of finely diced tomato in there. All right. Last one . Okay. Let me get that off the spoon. Avocado. All right. Lets mash that up. Heres the last little bit left. Okay. Were gonna put some finely diced onion in here. Okay . Our avocado . Thats how we dress up our guacamole. On it. [ chuckles ] just got some fancy guacamole here. Event. It is. This is like blacktie guacamole here. It makes it a little bit brighter. Youll see. It adds a little more complexity to it. Mmm its got a nice thickness to it. Oh, it does. And, you know, avocados are so healthy for you. Its one of the few fruits that actually have a healthy saturated fat in it. Mmhmm. You know, youve got your tomatoes in here. I mean, this is a nice, healthy dish. And its filling. Here you go. Dip some in there and try it. See what you think. Mm. It looks so good. Nice and fresh with the tomatoes and the cilantro and the onions in there. Mmm mmhmm. Bit. Wow thats really good there you go. Thanks, chef johnny. My pleasure. Guacamole has become very popular in the u. S. In fact, the sale of avocados rockets to 30 Million Pounds on two days each year the mexican holiday Cinco De Mayo and super bowl sunday. For teen kids news, im nicole. That sure looks delicious. For all us here at teen kids news, have a great