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Micro Business Ideas, Blog · December 12, 2011

Micro Business Idea: Shoe Designer

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It all began one summer for 16 year old Tara Haughton while at a family wedding. After throwing colored confetti in the air for a photo, Tara noticed that the confetti stuck to the soles of her high heels. This sparked the idea that led to her successful micro business! Tara thought it would be neat to buy a product that customized the soles of high heels to match an outfit. So, she started her own business, Rosso Solini, which sells her inexpensive, DIY product to bring high fashion to any pair of heels. Today, Tara sells her product throughout the United Kingdom, with plans to expand to Asia, South America, and Australia! Her entrepreneurship earned Tara the Enterprise Award 2011 for teen ingenuity. What a micro business!

Inspired by a great idea? Turn it into reality through my book, Starting a Micro Business, today! 

Carol Topp, CPA

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Thank you for your e-book on teen micro businesses. Your valuable experience and wealth of knowledge is vast.

Your presentations at Cincinnati homeschool conferences and sharing with us over the years have benefited us well.

I can hardly believe we are at this point in our life-and here he is a young man ready to try his fortune with the world.

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