Young Entrepreneur – Eddie Lopez
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Five dollars a week just wasn’t enough allowance for 12-year-old Eduardo Lopez, so he started his own business.
Eddie’s OH’ Fudge, named after Ralphie Parker’s famous “Oh, fudge” line in A Christmas Story, was created in early January to supplement Lopez’s meager allowance.
But, there was a bigger purpose behind the business.
Lopez hopes to attend culinary arts school to realize his ultimate goal of opening a New York City restaurant and puts back a large portion of his profits into a bank account dedicated to his tuition.
Using a family recipe handed down from his grandmother, Lopez quickly gained a client base at Premier High School, where he attends seventh grade.
“My teachers are some of my biggest sales,” says Lopez.
This one particularly appeals to me, because I went through a phase of searching for exactly the right fudge recipe, experimenting, and developing a range for fudges which get rave reviews – and can all be made in one bowl in the microwave!
I, too had problems with the vanilla fudge (Eddie talks about this later in the story) – maybe I should send young Eddie my recipe!
Eddie recently turned 12, and he’s well on the way to success in business!
