CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS
RASPBERRIES LEAD TO ENTERPRENEURSHIP
bramble: a collection of a group of plants — such as blackberries and raspberries — that have thorns.*
They contain dietary fiber and high levels of antioxidants— substances that health experts believe protect cells in the body from damage that they say can lead to diseases such as cancer.
Production and consumption of blackberries, in particular, have been increasing in recent years,…*
Ahh—that last part, that production and consumption of blackberries…have been increasing…would have been good news for a young child who lived in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, at the time when the 20th century was changing decades from the 1940s to the 1950s.
That child was me.
At the upper end of Spring Street, my home, there was a thick rambling thorny fruit patch. At some point I discovered its succulent blackberries and raspberries, and also discovered there was a market for them. I started picking blackberries and raspberries and selling them.
That was the second step in my entrepreneurship.
I had already discovered, at the age of 7-years-old, that I had another marketable item: a scar received from a severe appendectomy.
I don’t remember this marketing ploy but my older sister Nancy does. She tells me that after I recovered I offered to show the scar to people for a couple of pennies.
Inflation has raised the price in today’s world. Today I’m willing to show you my unique scar for (more…)
CAROLYN'S COMPOSITIONS
Raspberries Lead to Enterpreneurship
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CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS
RASPBERRIES LEAD TO ENTERPRENEURSHIP
bramble: a collection of a group of plants — such as blackberries and raspberries — that have thorns.*
They contain dietary fiber and high levels of antioxidants— substances that health experts believe protect cells in the body from damage that they say can lead to diseases such as cancer.
Production and consumption of blackberries, in particular, have been increasing in recent years,…*
Ahh—that last part, that production and consumption of blackberries…have been increasing…would have been good news for a young child who lived in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, at the time when the 20th century was changing decades from the 1940s to the 1950s.
That child was me.
That was the second step in my entrepreneurship.
I had already discovered, at the age of 7-years-old, that I had another marketable item: a scar received from a severe appendectomy.
I don’t remember this marketing ploy but my older sister Nancy does. She tells me that after I recovered I offered to show the scar to people for a couple of pennies.
Inflation has raised the price in today’s world. Today I’m willing to show you my unique scar for (more…)