ENTREPRENEUR BIZ TIPS: Never too young to be an entrepreneur | Yash Semlani | TEDxYouth@Houston

Here’s Great Tip: Never too young to be an entrepreneur | Yash Semlani | TEDxYouth@Houston

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Starting with a simple lemonade stand, Yash Semlani set a new national sales record for Lemonade Day. In this talk, he shares how he did it, how he was able to donate funds to Texas Children’s Hospital by bringing in a matching donor, and his plans to help other entrepreneurial minded kids.

Yash is an 8 year old 3rd grader, honor roll student and cub scout. He won the 2014 Ernst & Young Youth Entrepreneurship award and Lemonade Day Entrepreneurial Excellence Award. Starting with a simple lemonade stand, Yash set a new national record of $5,056 in sales and $4,535 in profit at a lemonade stand. He donated over $6,000 to Texas Children’s Hospital by bringing in a matching donor and helped raise an additional $59,000 by launching a fundraising campaign.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at