Jim Risser

I've been taking risks since I can remember. I started my first business at age four - I asked my mom if I could sell lemonade outside our house on the sidewalk. Instead she gave me oranges to sell. At age eight I made my own haunted house business, unfortunately the timing was off and I made it during the summer.

I got my first job at age 11 - and now I've had a job for every year I've been alive! Sign of a true entrepreneur.

My business now is making and selling novelty signs at the Aloha Stadium Swap Meet.

Why is the "lemonade stand" entrepreneurial spirit not encouraged as we grow older? Instead we are taught to be employees.