

Money Really Does Grow On Trees
Season 6 Episode 604 | 29m 43sVideo has Closed Captions
This episode explores ways make money if you're too young to get a job.
Opportunities to make money are all around you. From products to services, offline to online, and the basics to the bizarre — this episode explores ways to bring in the bucks if you're too young to get a job.
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Money Really Does Grow On Trees
Season 6 Episode 604 | 29m 43sVideo has Closed Captions
Opportunities to make money are all around you. From products to services, offline to online, and the basics to the bizarre — this episode explores ways to bring in the bucks if you're too young to get a job.
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>> Mom, Dad, can I borrow some seed money for a business I'm starting?
>> Isn't your allowance enough?
>> But -- >> Son, I think it's time you look around and try to think of some ways to make some money on your own.
>> But I have been looking around, and I have found a way to make money on my own.
Look.
[ Train whistle blows ] ♪♪ >> ♪ When makin' money is the aim, these kids, they bring their game ♪ ♪ They're the ♪ >> ♪ Biz Kid$ ♪ >> ♪ Can you dig it?
♪ >> ♪ Mm-hmm ♪ >> ♪ They know what's up and let you know just how to make that dough ♪ ♪ They're the ♪ >> ♪ Biz Kid$ ♪ >> ♪ Right on ♪ >> ♪ So learn a little more about bringin' money through the door, they're the ♪ >> ♪ Biz Kid$ ♪ >> ♪ Right on ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] >> Hello, and welcome to the show.
Now, who here is too young to get a job but who is ready to start making some cash?
>> We're talking like 10 to 15 years old.
Okay.
>> Me!
>> Me!
>> All right.
>> Okay.
Even if you think you're too young to make some money, there are financial opportunities all around you.
>> If you really think about it, there are opportunities all over the place to make some extra cash.
>> It might take a little work, but there's money to be made if you're willing to seize the opportunity.
>> Yeah, unlike this guy.
>> [ Sighs ] Man, I wish there was some way I could make some money.
I'm too young to get a job.
It's not fair!
>> Hey, little bro.
Do you want these new shoes?
Too small for me, but maybe you can sell them online.
>> Mm, no thanks.
Sounds like a bunch of work.
[ Cuckoo clock chimes ] >> [ Sighs ] Oh, man.
[ Cash register dings ] >> If I could only find some sort of opportunity.
>> Oh, hey, Kyle.
We need to hire someone to babysit little Timmy this weekend.
What do you think?
>> Okay.
I'll let you know if I think of anyone.
See ya.
[ Cash register dings ] [ Baby wails ] ♪♪ [ Bird caws ] [ Lawn mower whirring ] >> [ Grunting lightly ] Hey!
Hey, Kyle!
I-I'm getting a little too old for this, you know what I mean?
>> Yeah, looks like work.
[ Cash register dings ] [ Bicycle bell rings ] [ Tires screech ] >> Sweet ride, Taylor.
Where'd you get that?
>> Just bought it myself.
[ Bicycle bell rings ] >> How the heck did you do that?
>> Easy.
I've made some extra money selling stuff online, babysitting, and mowing lawns.
Well, see ya.
[ Bicycle bell ringing ] >> Wish I could find work like that.
[ Cheers and applause ] >> You know, some people just don't get it.
>> I guess he thinks money grows on trees.
>> And, in way, he's right.
Money does grow on trees if you think of the saying as an expression for finding ways to make money from even the most basic of things.
>> Apples for sale.
>> Like trees.
>> O-kay.
Uh, what's the deal?
>> Old Mrs. Crabtree posted an online ad looking for someone to -- >> Excuse me.
Did you just say "Old Mrs. Crabtree"?
>> Yeah.
>> Wait, the Old Mrs Crabtree?
>> Yeah, Old Mrs. Crabtree.
>> Wait.
Old Mrs. Crabtree who lives on the large property with all of the apple trees?
>> Yeah, the apples that nobody picks, and they fall to the ground and just all spoil -- that Old Mrs. Crabtree?
>> Yeah, that Old Mrs. Crabtree.
What about it?
>> I think we're just impressed that Old Mrs. Crabtree has computer skills.
>> Yeah, and the ability to post online ads.
But go on.
>> So, anyways, there I was picking apples for Old Mrs. Crabtree when it hit me.
>> What, an idea?
>> No, an apple.
It fell on my head, and just like Isaac Newton, I was inspired.
>> You discovered gravity.
>> No, I realized I could also sell the apples.
So now I pick and sell the apples.
>> There you go.
Adults love hiring kids for odd jobs.
>> And there are tons of products and services that people need in your neighborhood.
I mean, just think of all the ways you could make money.
>> You could babysit, shovel snow, wash cars, walk dogs, paint fences, pick fruit, even help old people with technology.
>> Who do you think got paid to teach Old Mrs. Crabtree her online skills?
>> That, too.
Just think of a product or service that you feel you could provide for a fair price.
>> Exactly.
Sometimes business opportunities present themselves in the strangest of places if you look at it through the eyes of a Biz Kid.
>> Problems create opportunities.
Hi, I'm Rachel Zietz, and I'm the C.E.O.
and founder of Gladiator Lacrosse.
I started Gladiator Lacrosse because I saw a need in the lacrosse market for high-quality, low-cost lacrosse practice equipment.
I'd buy my competitors' products, and I'd be completely frustrated with the quality out there.
>> Rrr!
[ Laughs ] >> I mean, after just a month or so, they would be completely destroyed.
I went out to my coaches, and I talked to my coaches, I talked to my fellow teammates, and I asked them like, "Are you having the same problem?"
I mean, really, that was serving the market, but I didn't really know what I was doing at the time.
I was just being logical and asking my friends what they thought.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
I was able to create a business plan, get the money after pitching the investors for funding, and then starting a company.
I began the design phase where I had to create a website, design the products, and find out what I wanted to include in my ideal rebounder and goal, which was 20% thicker steel, as well as thicker netting.
The first time my products came in all their packaging was super-exciting -- all the colors I wanted, my logo, everything that I worked so hard for.
I was able to set it up and use it, and it was just amazing.
I guess I'm kind of an odd [Chuckling] 16-year-old.
♪♪ [ Chuckles ] When we first started, we sold one unit a week, then a couple units a week, until we started selling 9, 10 units a day.
This is our 20,000-square-foot warehouse.
Growing this fast is very difficult, especially while I'm still in school, playing lacrosse.
I've hired employees to take on these day-to-day aspects of the business.
That allows me to be the strategic visionary in creating new products.
We've done, so far, well over $1 million in revenue, which is great for us, especially for a starting company.
This year, we're looking at doing over $10 million.
You need to identify a need for something and then figure out if you can make a profit.
1, 2, 3.
>> All: Gladiator!
>> Whoo!
>> Hey, Biz Kid, if you want to make money, start a business.
[ Cheers and applause ] >> Hey, if she can identify an opportunity in the lacrosse community, so can you.
>> We'll be right back after this.
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>> Tonight on "The Super Late Night Show"... >> Too young for a full-time job?
Why not learn to babysit?
I've heard there's a load of good opportunities for young diaper-changers.
[ Laughter ] ♪♪ >> [ Rapping ] ♪ After school, like, what up?
♪ ♪ I got a new job ♪ ♪ Opportunities everywhere ♪ ♪ Just open up the doorknob ♪ ♪ Shovel the driveway when it's cold and frosty ♪ ♪ The people like, "Dang" ♪ >> ♪ What's it gonna cost me?
♪ >> ♪ Rolling in Super "D" ♪ ♪ Nature is my cash machine ♪ ♪ Waiting on the Sun ♪ ♪ Mowing grass when it's growing green ♪ ♪ Unclog the kitchen sink ♪ ♪ Granny standing next to me ♪ ♪ I'm offering to wash this ♪ ♪ Kitty's got some major fleas ♪ [ Cat meows ] [ Breathes deeply ] Hey.
It's got a lemon-fresh scent.
[ Cat screeches ] ♪ Fixing it, washing it ♪ ♪ 'Bout to go on babysit ♪ ♪ Passing up on TV bingeing ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm taking dogs and walking ♪ ♪ Bathroom's grungy ♪ ♪ I'm earning and charging ♪ ♪ Saving money ♪ ♪ And you'll soon be rich!
♪ ♪ I'm a-washing Grandpa's car ♪ ♪ I'm a-washing Grandpa's car ♪ ♪ No, for real ♪ ♪ Ask your Grandpa can I wash his Cadillac?
♪ ♪ Well, teach him how to use it ♪ ♪ If he's packing on the pounds ♪ ♪ Teach him how to lose it!
♪ ♪ I made $1,000 just sitting at my keyboard ♪ ♪ I'll sell your stuff on eBay ♪ ♪ I'll even sell your snowboard ♪ ♪ Selling it, yelling it ♪ ♪ My soft drinks are chill-a ♪ ♪ Ramsey ain't got nothing on my fridge-game Jell-O ♪ ♪ I can take some cold wings ♪ ♪ Make 'em hot, sell those ♪ ♪ Vegetarians will be like ♪ >> ♪ Oh, I like to smell them ♪ >> ♪ I'm gonna find some work ♪ ♪ Gonna put $20 in my pocket ♪ ♪ I-I -- I'm huntin' ♪ ♪ Looking at my options ♪ ♪ Make my money blossom ♪ ♪ I'm gonna find some work ♪ ♪ Gonna put $20 in my pocket ♪ ♪ I-I -- I'm huntin' ♪ ♪ Looking at my options ♪ ♪ Make my money blossom ♪ >> ♪ Oh!
♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> Welcome to my store!
>> Hello.
My name is Eric Vasquez, and I'm 12 years old.
I have a business called Connect the Brick & More.
I sell new and used Legos at my store.
Kids can come in, and they can trade their Legos if they don't have money or they just have a little bit of allowance, or they can come and buy, or if they don't want their Legos anymore, they can sell it to us, and then we can buy it from them.
When I was 9 years old, I got this idea to sell new Minifigures, old Minifigures -- you know, all sorts of stuff.
My first sale was actually at a sidewalk sale.
One of the local business owners, they were having a sidewalk sale, and everybody was there, and she invited me.
I always wanted to sell Legos, and she wanted to give me opportunity, you know, to get my first sale.
I came up with the idea because you can't get always Minifigures, you can't get Legos.
You can get them on eBay, but sometimes you have to pay for shipping, you have the weight and handling and all this stuff, and then you get stuck, so this is kind of like a one-stop for getting all your Legos that you need -- either you need new sets, Minifigures, collectibles, Polybags, open stuff -- whatever.
The first day I opened my shop, I was nervous, but it was really exciting.
There was all these emotions flowing through my head.
We didn't really sell a lot.
It was okay, but then once I came out in the newspaper, that day we got enough to pay rent.
Everybody came.
There were people waiting in line, and everything was just coming.
We sold, like, half of the store that day.
It was just like, "Whoa!"
This is like an unknown idea to them, and then ever since then, it's been steady.
It's been, you know, flowing well, and everything's been okay.
I've learned so much from this.
You know, you learn from customers.
They give you advice, and they say, you know, do this and that, and then you have other people that are also business owners from the community.
They give you good advice -- like, do this, and you're like, "Oh, I never noticed that," you know?
And so that has really changed and evolved.
My advice to other Biz Kid$ is that you should always pursue your dreams.
There's a lot of possibilities out there.
There's food.
You can sell toys.
You could sell action figures.
There's always that kind of stuff that you can't really find at the store and just buy it.
It's a really good place to start, or at market, selling things and stuff like that.
The best thing about having a business is that you can actually learn to have -- you know, save up and learn to manage your money, but if you do it in a good, organized fashion, then it's really gonna be easier for you.
[ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ >> So now you figured out a couple ways to make money from selling a product or service.
>> Here are some strategies to keep that money rolling in.
>> Let's say that your apple business is paying, but now all of your neighbors have apples.
>> Then it's time to practice a little networking or word-of-mouth advertisement.
>> Like standing on a street corner and yelling, "Apples!
Apples for sale!"
>> Apples!
Apples for sale!
>> Now, technically, that's called advertising, and maybe you hire someone to do that for you.
>> Another way to network is by asking your clients for referrals.
>> A referral is simply when a client refers your service to a potential new client.
>> So just asking, "Do you know anyone who might want to buy apples?"
may lead to more work?
>> Well, I hear that Old Mr. McIntosh loves to bake, so maybe you can sell him some apples for his pies.
>> That's not a bad idea.
>> Look, do that with all of your clients, and soon your business will be growing in no time.
>> Another trick to keep your money growing is to focus on what you're good at.
>> I'm good at selling apples, but I also love technology.
>> Then try to grow your business using the skills you love.
>> In your case, you'd be asking for referrals for apples and computer work.
>> Exactly.
Maybe match your computer skills to another hardworking Biz Kid and create a positive business relationship.
>> Maybe you could even strike a deal where you sell apples across town or across the state.
>> Maybe we create an online site and export exotic varieties of apples all around the world.
>> I like your thinking.
Online sales are a great way for a kid to make extra money.
>> Like really good extra money.
>> Hey, Biz Kid.
>> Selling online is a great way to make money.
♪♪ I'm LeiLei, and I'm a student at the University of Virginia.
Since 2012, I've made over $200,000 selling on Etsy.
I started making jewelry around 7th grade with really basic knotted friendship bracelets.
My friends loved them, and we would just sit outside in the summer and make them together.
When I started out, I was just doing it for fun.
I really loved the process of it, and I didn't even think about selling jewelry until the summer after my 10th grade.
I think that online marketplaces have really made it easier, especially for our generation.
We've grown up with it, so it's super easy to navigate, and it just creates so many more opportunities.
You could sell your products online in a variety of different places -- Etsy, eBay, Amazon, Craigslist.
I make a variety of different wire designs, chain necklaces, wire-wrapped rings.
My most popular products are the very simple wave ring, heart earrings.
It takes me around 5 minutes to make each pair of earrings.
When I first think about selling something online, I will have an idea in my head of what I want to make, I'll make it, and then I usually photograph it.
Then I'll go online and create a listing on Etsy.
I'll think about the title and what goes into the different tags and description, and all while I'm doing that, I'm looking at other listings that are very similar to see what is coming up in the search results for that.
Then I'll write up my description and my title, put my pictures in, and then I'll list it online.
My best advice for kids that want to sell something online is to really look at something that you enjoy, because at the end of the day, you're the one that's doing it, so it's important that it's something that you enjoy.
Another thing is that I really think it's important for you to do the initial research before you start selling online.
It's really important to really dig in deep and invest that time initially, so then, in the long run, it will really pay off.
Hey, Biz Kid.
You can make money doing something you love, too.
[ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ >> If you're a kid between 10 and 15, and you want to make some cash, you can sell products like Annie here.
>> Or you could sell a service like Sandwich-Board Boy here.
>> Sometimes a service job is the best thing for a young kid with little resources to spend on products to resell.
>> Yeah, your product then is you and your ability to do a job.
>> Sandwich-Board Guy is offering a service of standing on corners and yelling.
>> Apples!
Apples for sale!
>> Pretty easy.
Other service jobs can be things like babysitting, housecleaning, dog-walking, [Accelerated voice] lawn-mowing, computer training, mother's helper!
[ Normal voice ] The list can be quite long.
>> Maybe you're into henna art, and you figure out a way to make money by offering both a product and a service.
>> Well, then you're thinking like a Biz Kid.
>> I'm Sugandha, and I make money off both a service and product.
♪♪ Henna, to my culture, is something that is known to bring luck.
During bridal events, the bride will wear henna to bring luck in her marriage.
In different cultures, it's known to have medicinal properties.
It's known to keep away evil.
Growing up as an immigrant in the U.S., I didn't feel included in the conversation because of my culture, but with henna, that was something that connected me with my classmates.
That was the conversation-starter.
When I wore henna, people would automatically ask, "What is it?"
They would be amazed.
Talking to people about my culture and educating them on what it is, I wanted to use henna as that medium.
With henna, I began to appreciate my Nepali heritage.
Once I started doing henna on other people, they always suggested that I start my own business and that I could make a lot of money out of this.
With henna and my business, I wanted to tell people that this is something that I'm proud of.
♪♪ The purpose of my business is to spread the beauty of henna.
I feel that many people don't know its meaning, and I think that past its physical form, that meaning, its history, and what it is is what really makes it beautiful.
Hey, Biz Kid.
Money grows on trees, but you've got to make a profit.
The Possible Project is a youth entrepreneurship program that allows students to build their own business and manage it.
The service business that I have with henna body tattoos, it's something that's very intimate, but I'm also restricted to only local people.
I wanted to incorporate a products-based business.
With a product, I'm able to sell it worldwide.
When I joined The Possible Project, I was able to learn about cost per one unit.
I definitely do think that it's important to calculate and keep track of your profits so that way you can invest in your business.
It's a very important skill when having a business.
The way I calculate my profit is, first, I calculate the cost per one unit, and for this process, I could take into account the labor time, as well as the materials that I need and how much I would need for one unit, and then once I calculate the total, I subtract that from the price that the customer would have to pay, and then that difference would be my profit.
It's important to have a profit because that's the only way that your business can grow.
If you just break zero, you're not really having any sort of money that will expand your business.
Ever since learning henna, I've learned that this is a passion of mine, and to be able to transform this passion into a business, it definitely makes me proud.
It's a lot of hard work, and sometimes it's very difficult, but you have to persevere.
You have to keep on trying because you never know.
One day you might succeed.
Hey, Biz Kid.
Money grows on trees, but you've got to make a profit.
[ Cheers and applause ] >> Now, there's a lady who knows how to think about ink.
>> Aah.
>> Apple pie!
Who wants some delicious, mouthwatering apple pie?
>> Yeah, Yep.
Sure.
I'll take that.
>> We partnered up with Old Man McIntosh to make some apple pies.
>> Oh, thank you.
I guess you could say your business is really heating up.
>> [ Chuckles ] We'll be right back.
Wait.
Save me a piece.
>> Mmm.
I'm good.
>> Hey, that's enough.
[ Cheers and applause ] >> Timmy?
[ Gasps ] Timmy?
>> Mom!
[ Electrical buzzing ] >> Timmy?
>> Mom!
>> Timmy!
>> Mom!!
>> Where were you?
>> Mowing Mrs. Johnson's lawn.
She posted it on the online community board.
I just made 40 bucks.
>> [ Gasps ] 40 bucks?
>> Uh-huh.
>> Oh!
[ Breathes heavily ] Ask her for 50 next time.
>> A Biz Flicks original series.
"Stranger Earnings."
♪♪ ♪♪ >> Bizo!
>> Kids, you don't think there's any way out there for you to make money?
[ Horn honks ] Well, let me tell you.
There are a million ways kids like you and you and you can make money.
Look at this list right here.
Look at all these.
They're going, they're going.
There's even more.
Huh?
Never-ending jobs.
One for every one of you out there, you hear?
That's right.
You can do any of them -- one, two, three, four, or five -- all of them if you got enough time.
Who knows?
The point is, you just need to get off your butt, get out there, start looking for work before the work comes looking for you.
Huh?
Now, that's some good advice.
Bizo's here to give you the business.
>> Bizo!
>> ♪ She's Biz Witch ♪ >> Aha!
Let's see what the Biz Witch sees.
[ Laughs ] [ Twinkle! ]
Hmm.
Oh.
Ahh.
>> Hey, sis.
I was thinking of making extra money with an after-school job.
>> That's a really great idea.
>> Yep.
Uh... >> Maybe you can sell stuff online like witches costumes or something.
>> What?!
I'm the only one who sells witches costumes!
>> Wow!
Selling stuff online sounds cool!
>> I sell stuff online all the time.
It's easy.
>> Really?
Easy?
>> Oh, no, it's not easy!
It's really hard!
>> I've sold clothes, shoes, toys, stuff for my friends all online.
I've actually made really good money, and it doesn't take a lot of my time or whatever.
>> No, no, no, no!
Don't teach him how to make money online!
No, no!
Oh, why is this happening?
>> You really think I can do this?
I-I'm just a kid.
>> I know you can.
I'll bet you'll sell a ton of witches costumes for Halloween.
Just make them look like that ugly Biz Witch.
She's such a witch.
>> No, no!
Noooo!
♪♪ >> Hey, what you working on?
>> Uh, well, I'm looking up some flights on Priceline.
>> priceline.com -- that's a very innovative company.
>> Yeah.
It's pretty incredible.
>> You know, that company was founded by a group of people that learned to seize opportunity.
Some of the world's most innovative companies and most successful entrepreneurs are the people that realize that every night while we sleep, something happens somewhere in the world that the first person to see that is the one that's gonna capitalize on that opportunity -- new technologies, new trends.
For example, auctions were brand-new, eBay was brand-new, the Internet was brand-new.
Priceline came up with this idea for a reverse auction, harvesting consumer demand on the Internet, asking people where they want to go, how much money they have, and then instead of you going out and trying to buy something, we'll sell the demand.
Putting all those opportunities together into one place was what created priceline.com.
>> How do you know so much about Priceline?
>> Oh, I'm Jeff Hoffman.
I'm the cofounder of Priceline.
>> [ Thinking ] O.M.G.
a millionaire!
[ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪♪ >> Since the beginning of time, people have tried to communicate with the unknown... >> Weeji, how can I make some money?
>> Did you feel that?
>> ...searching the paranormal for answers.
>> "S," "E"... "L"... "L." Are you moving it?
>> I thought you were moving it.
>> Now with the Community Weeji Board, you can tap into a hidden world of earnings.
>> We can sell bottled water at the marathon this week!
>> Oh, my gosh!
Why didn't I think of that?
>> The Community Weeji Board -- finding ways to make pocket cash in your neighborhood.
>> Weeji, is Chad from 6th-period Chemistry gonna ask me out next week?
Oh!
Really?!
[ Cheers and applause ] >> [ Australian accent ] G'day.
Croc here with a tip just for you.
You can make money even if you're a kid.
One of the best ways is to start a business.
Your business can offer a product or a service or both!
Just make sure your business makes money.
>> Cut!
>> That went rather well.
>> That's a wrap!
>> I'm hungry.
>> Uh, Mr. Croc, sir, do you really think we should be telling kids how to make extra money?
>> That's exactly what I should do.
>> Kids can make money?
>> They can make more than I pay you.
>> Ohh.
>> Am I the only one working?!
>> I'm Brandon Niederauer.
I'm 14 years old, and I play the guitar.
♪♪ When I was 8, I was inspired by the movie "School of Rock," and I asked my dad, "Can I get a guitar?," and he said, "Sure," and he bought me one, and I've had it ever since.
You can do anything you want with it.
You can play any style of music.
I mean, it's my best friend, and it has been ever since I started.
♪♪ The first time that I ever made money was when I was about 10 years old.
This guy had a guitar in his hand, and I was like, "Can I play it?"
He said, "Sure."
And there were people around, and I was playing, and one guy came over, and he gave me a buck or two, you know, as a tip.
♪♪ I mean, I still have that little dollar in a bag.
It represents all that's happened in these last four years.
It's been a crazy ride.
When I auditioned for "School of Rock," I didn't know that I would actually be getting paid for it.
It's never work, so I'm happy to be there.
♪♪ Making a living from "School of Rock" is crazy.
I get to rock out eight shows a week for three hours each show.
Basically, I used to start with small gigs at clubs with my friends, and then we would get called to go around the country playing gigs, and they would start paying us.
People would call me to be a musician at large, which means that they would fly me out to play with different bands at a festival.
Then I landed "School of Rock" by auditioning, and since that, I've been promoted a lot more.
So more festivals want me and more clubs want me to play for them, and, I mean, that's translating into even bigger gigs.
I mean, that's basically how it all happened.
Who I've played with is people like Gregg Allman or Warren Haynes, Lady Gaga.
I've been on "The Ellen Show," "The Harry Connick Jr.
Show."
I've played with George Porter Jr., a band called Lettuce.
I'm very happy and very fortunate that these people let me play with them.
The fact that at 14, I can make money is just surreal.
I mean, I never thought that a kid who was just dreaming of being a rock star could actually make this like a living.
I never thought I had a chance.
I believe that all this has happened because I have a roaring passion for music.
My advice for kids who want to make money in what they're doing is just work hard and make sure it's your passion because I don't think you should be spending your childhood doing what you don't want to do.
When you follow your passion, you work hard for it because you really want it, and, eventually, things will come.
[ Final guitar notes play ] >> Now, that kid can shred.
Well, that's our show.
Thanks for watching.
>> Hey, so, how's the apple business?
>> Oh, business is great.
With the help of my partner, we now offer apple pies delivered worldwide.
Here comes the drone now.
>> Wow!
>> Ohh!
>> Wow!
>> Great packaging.
Very impressive.
>> Yeah.
Easy as pie.
>> Well, if she can find a way to make money at this young age, so can you.
>> Now, get out of here.
Make some extra cash!
See ya!
[ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ >> ♪ Come on, come on, Biz Kid, come on ♪ ♪ Come on, come on, Biz Kid, come on ♪ ♪ Come on, come on, Biz Kid, come on ♪ ♪ Come on, come on, Biz Kid, come on ♪ ♪ Come on, come on, Biz Kid, come on ♪ ♪ Come on, come on, Biz Kid, come on ♪ ♪ Come on, come on, Biz Kid, come on ♪ ♪ Come on, come on, Biz Kid, come on ♪ >> ♪ Biz Kid ♪ >> ♪ Biz Kid ♪ >> ♪ I'm a Biz Kid ♪ >> ♪ Biz Kid ♪ >> Well.
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