I started my own private landscaping business (originally called Arizona Landscaping) to fund my desire for new shoes. I originally began at around the age of nine knocking door-to-door asking for any possible work and by senior year of highschool, my business had amounted an estimated $1500/month of summer. I managed to start a personal business, command a workforce of friends, and make $22/hour. For a kid with no marketing expierence, a lack of resources, and never having worked at a payed position outiside my own business endeavor, I would say, "not too shabby".