{"id":13251,"date":"2019-07-08T06:52:47","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T11:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/?p=13251"},"modified":"2019-06-24T12:07:48","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T17:07:48","slug":"youth-business-idea-phone-clinics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/2019\/07\/youth-business-idea-phone-clinics.html","title":{"rendered":"Youth business idea: phone clinics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_13271\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13271\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13271\" src=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Cell-phone-help-senior-Photo-by-Apid-via-Depositphotos.jpg\" alt=\"Young man helps abuela with a cell phone\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Cell-phone-help-senior-Photo-by-Apid-via-Depositphotos.jpg 500w, https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Cell-phone-help-senior-Photo-by-Apid-via-Depositphotos-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Easy summer business for teens: helping seniors with their cell phones.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Looking for the perfect instant summer business idea for young entrepreneurs? Try phone clinics.<\/p>\n<p>I saw this idea pop-up in a meeting that involved a cross section of the town of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.townofcathlamet.com\/\">Cathlamet, Washington<\/a>. People of all ages were there: students from the high school, county commissioners, chamber of commerce members. One of the adults was lamenting that they didn&#8217;t know how to fix a certain annoying problem with their phone.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s easy,&#8221; one of the students said. &#8220;I&#8217;ll help you after this is over.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Immediately other adults spoke up. They had phone issues, too! Could they get help?<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a business idea! With just a sign and a couple of chairs, any tech savvy person could set up a booth at an event. Set a price by the job or by time.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s plenty of demand from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/craigsilverman\/old-and-online-fake-news-aging-population\">older adults who are online and need some tech support<\/a>. Maybe not a full time class, just a quick solution.<\/p>\n<p>Especially in small towns, there aren&#8217;t a lot of established alternatives, so there&#8217;s not too much competition.<\/p>\n<h2>More help with Youth Engagement<\/h2>\n<p>Deb Brown and I are sharing what we&#8217;ve learned from working with students and youth in small towns. <a href=\"https:\/\/saveyour.town\/kids\/\">Learn more about our Connecting with Kids video here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Looking for the perfect instant summer business idea for young entrepreneurs? Try phone clinics. I saw this idea pop-up in a meeting that involved a cross section of the town of Cathlamet, Washington. People of all ages were there: students from the high school, county commissioners, chamber of commerce members. 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