In The Loop With Andy Andrews

ITL178: A 14-year-old entrepreneur? How Andy’s son successfully launched his first business!

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On this week’s episode, I talk about the business that my son, Austin, started based on lessons he learned in the garden.    I often ask people what they would do with their lives if money were no object, and then what value that activity has for other people. These are the kinds of things that Austin, my oldest son, has heard me talk about at the house over the years. Around 10 years ago a hurricane wiped out all the trees at our house. Austin was just a little boy then, but when we were figuring out what we were going to do, he said, “Plant trees that will do Like orange trees.” He was 13 years old when he came to me with the idea of helping other people grow their own citrus trees.   One of the most important lessons people who want to make money need to learn is that they must adopt the mindset of wanting to solve some kind of problem. Austin told me, “Most landscapers treat citrus trees like any other tree and that’s why they don’t have fruit.” A woman from Dallas, TX, contacted Austin because she wan