Your parents or guardians should be involved in your decision to start some businesses because of the physical and mental maturity that may be required for any business. Some young entrepreneurs decide to start businesses that they can't possibly handle because of their age and physical abilities. Avoid businesses that depend too much on your physical strength. In addition, if you are under 18, avoid businesses that require that you have any kind of intimate contact with customers. You may be chuckling right about now but think of cases where a young entrepreneurs may want to give pedicures, manicures, and other services that involve touching customers.
Some young entrepreneurs take on too many customers.
They first figure out how much money they want to make, and then calculate how many customers they will need to meet their goal. One high school entrepreneur started his own desktop publishing business. He bought some expensive computer equipment and started looking for writers who wanted to get published. He took on two writers and then the nightmare began. All of the administrative work he needed to do in order to publish the books was his undoing.