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November 30, 2007

GirlMoguls - Encouragement for High Achieving Girls

Hi, this is the home blog for the GirlMoguls.  Who are the GirlMoguls?  We're four girls who have joined together to learn more about things that interest us.   We have big dreams and we’re lucky enough to get the opportunity to explore thos dreams and find out what it would be like to be a rocket scientist or a CEO (that’s someone who runs a business – big or small).
Of course, we don’t do this all alone.  We have help.  Lots of it!  In fact we didn’t even know each other until recently, even though we all live in Riverton.   You can find out more about how we met here.
Anyway, so we started the GirlMogul club, a place that allows us to explore our dreams and the future possibilities.  Sometimes we go on fieldtrips, and sometimes we do a lot of research in out clubhouse.  Other times, we get to go out into the community and do a fun project.
We each have different talents and interests, and when we combine them we come up with some pretty cool ideas and have some fun adventures.
Want to meet us?
Lily
Daisy
Poppy
Rose
Want to find out why we named ourselves the GirlMoguls? Click Here.
Want to find out more about GirlMogul.com? Click Here.
The Parent Note – Just so they know everything is ok

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November 29, 2007

MoneyGirl - Check out these great sites

Hi, everyone, it’s me Lily Again.  I just wanted let you know I have been doing research in my role as the Money Chick.  I found some great sites and books to help you find out more about how to save money, manage your allowance and even start a business.  I am just brimming with great ideas that I am going to go share with the other GirlMoguls, but I wanted to put this post up right away.

Send me a comment if you have any questions, or if you know of another site I should feature.  T

 

This list is also here on the GirlMoguls’ Community Page.

 

Cheerio!

 

Lils

Here is a list of sites and books that help explain things about money and starting a business.  Or check out my tips here

Money Tips

Save, Spend, Invest & Share – My own guide to managing your money (even if it’s just your allowance)

Money Talks – A financial management website for kids and teens. With games and quizzes and tips to help
you become a saver.

The Mint – A great site with lost of basic information about money and saving and being your own boss.

Teen Analyst.com  - A website that helps explain the stock market and investing


Want to be an Entrepreneur (that means running your own business)?

The GirlMogul Guide to Being a Girlpreneur – This is my own handy guide

Mind Your Business – Think you want to be your own boss when you grow up?  Here are some thoughts and
guides from the Small Business Association.

The National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) -  NFTE provides entrepreneurship education
programs to young people from low-income communities, focusing on kids 11-18.  Great ideas for starting
your own business big or small.

Youth Ventures – Building a global movement of young change makers.  Have an idea to change your
community?  Youth Ventures has lots of ideas for making the idea a reality.

YoungBiz.com – Lots of resources for starting your own business and links to some great businesses
already out there.

Kidpreneuer Club – Dallas Crilley is a kidpreneur and he’s only 15 – he has great ideas on how you can
make money before you’re ready to go to college.  

SCORE -  This organization pairs retired business executives with budding entrepreneurs.  This page has a
lot of links to great sites for young entrepreneurs.



Games
Hot Shot Business – Want to try you hand at opening a business – whether it’s a candy store, or a pet spa,
you get to play the game and see if you can be your own boss

Pretend to be a CEO   - this is cool online game that allows you to pretend to be a CEO (Chief Executive
Officer) of a company and allows you to make business decisions – and see if they were the right ones

Books

Mama Money and the Three Little Pigs – A book about a Mama Pig and how she teaches her three little
piglets how to save, share and spend.

Kidpreneur – Genius Ways for Kids to Pay their Way through College

Noom and Raj’s ABC Of Money – It’s a picture book for kids, so maybe it’s best to share with your little sister.

Tyler and His Solv-a-Matic Machine – Tyler needs a boat to sail around the world, but in order to get the boat,
he needs money.  So what doe s he do  - he invents a machine to sell to make money.  

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November 28, 2007

Note to Parents

The Parent Note
This is a note to all parents.  GirlMogul.com is a company and site founded by Andrea Stein, a mother.  The concept for GirlMogul began when I was buying clothes for my niece and then my own baby girl.  Everything was for a princess.   And it didn’t seem to get any better as they got older.  Do I really want my daughter to grow up to become Lindsay Lohan or Paris Hilton?  Not at all.
So I started to think.  The phrase GirlMogul popped into my head and it took awhile to take its present shape.  At first I thought that there was a need for financial education for kids, especially girls.  Well there is, and there are a lot of sources for it.  Then I thought about how when I was little I wanted to do it all – magazine editor, publisher, star athlete, astronaut, explorer, secret agent, detective and explored.  I loved reading fact and fiction books about great adventures, mysteries, nature and history.
And slowly the idea of the GirlMoguls came to me.  Instead of t-shirt that said Future Princess on it, how about one that said Future Rocket Scientist.  And so the girls grew into the four characters, Lily, Rose, Daisy and Poppy.   A website was born, so too were some designs and t-shirts.  And soon a book!
GirlMogul.com is meant to be the home of the GirlMoguls, a safe place for girls 6-12 to learn, explore and share their interests, talents and dreams.  We hope you will sit and stay, explore our resource pages.  We hope you will read the adventures of the Girls as they do really neat things and learn that the future is limitless. 
We hope you might buy a t-shirt from our partner Café Press to help support the site and combat the Princess Brigade.
Have comments?  Email me here: andrea@girlmogul.com.
Want to find out more about me and the GirlMogul – see here.

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November 27, 2007

Meet Lily -- GilrMogul's Money Chick

Lily
Hi, my name is Lily.  I live in suburb of Carson City with my Mom who is a real estate agent and my Dad who works at a bank.  He travels a lot for work, so during the week, it’s mostly me and my mom.  And my Auntie who watches me if my mom needs to run out and meet with a client.  I’m 11 and I go to the Carson Heights School.  Mostly I like school.  I like Math better than history or reading, but every subject is ok.  Sometimes I just don’t understand what all these stuff in books has to do with everyday life.
I mean my mom loves to read, but I don’t see her reading textbooks.  My mom says I have to do well in school so I can go on and be something someday. Not sure I get what being something.  I mean what do I want to be?  
Abby says not to worry, that I will figure it out, and that being a GirlMogul will help me figure it out.

Stayed tuned.  Abby says I am going to have some homework to write more about. She says it will be fun and I will like it.  Ha – we will see. I am going to go read a magazine.

Check out GirlMogul.com for more about us.

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