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"My 10 year-old has an agent. I found this out at Back to School Night from the mother of his agent and fourth grade classmate, Kyle. She said that Kyle is helping Nick sell his artwork to fellow classmates. Meanwhile, I&amp;#039;m having flashbacks. My son is just like his Uncle Scott. When my brother was in fourth grade, he began running his own annual carnival on our property. By the time Scott was in sixth grade, his carnival had grown to include pizzas donated by a neighbor in the business, pony rides courtesy of our babysitter and her horse, a magic show, a puppet show, a Haunted House in our aunt&amp;#039;s basement next door and homemade carnival games with prizes. Our dad had posters printed at work, and Scott persuaded our school&amp;#039;s principal to let him post them \u2013 every 10 feet \u2013 in the halls of our school. Scott and his friend Michael ran the carnival, enlisting help from all of their friends.  In the end, they made about $200 \u2013 not a small sum for a bunch of kids in the 70&amp;#039;s. Scott and Michael netted $50 a piece, while the other kids got $9 each, causing a small uprising while simultaneously teaching my brother, who later majored in Entrepreneurial Studies, a little something about employees and, perhaps, why unions are formed. So when I found out that Nick (who, by the way, even looks like his Uncle Scott) is selling his drawings to his classmates, I thought of my brother. Just like Scott, my son found a demand and filled it, along with his wallet. After all, at last year&amp;#039;s Back to School Night, several moms told me they had Nick Singer originals posted on their refrigerator doors. Only, back in third grade, Nick drew for free. Not anymore. My boy is in business. This morning, I told Nick to draft up a contract with Kyle so there are no misunderstandings. As Nick&amp;#039;s agent, Kyle should get his rightful 15% of each sale.  His Uncle Scott might have other advice for the budding entrepreneur who looks just like him. I&amp;#039;m just grateful his agent hasn&amp;#039;t called about running a carnival in my backyard...yet. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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