Candle Pop Co.<\/a>, a home-based candle business she runs with help from her parents in San Antonio. She selects the scents, colors and jars, buys the materials, melts the wax and helps market her creations at local farmers\u2019 markets.<\/p>\n\u201cYou take off the lid and pour it in here about, like halfway,\u201d Madison said as she carefully measured the wax.<\/p>\n
Her mother, Jessica Miele, said the idea sparked after Madison watched her older brother earn extra money by helping neighbors with their trash.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was like, \u2018Well, Mom, I want to do something,\u2019\u201d Miele said. \u201cShe started really small, you know, a little 10\u2011pound thing of wax, and it just kind of snowballed from there. She\u2019s basically working six to seven hours like an adult. <\/p>\n
\u201cThat can get a little hard for her because she\u2019s only eight, you know, but once the markets pick up, she gets energetic about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Madison admits the toughest part has not been the hot wax or long hours.<\/p>\n
\u201cTalking to people, especially people I don\u2019t know,\u201d she said, has been the biggest challenge. \u201cBefore I started, I was really shy, and it\u2019s really brought me out, so now I can actually speak to people\u201d.<\/p>\n
Even though she\u2019s years away from getting her driver\u2019s license, Madison has already started saving for a very specific goal.<\/p>\n
\u201cHer goal right now is she\u2019s saving for a car when she\u2019s 16,\u201d Miele said, laughing. \u201cAnd then she says she\u2019s going to buy me a house.\u201d<\/p>\n
Madison said she plans to keep Candle Pop Co. going \u201cfor like a long time,\u201d and her parents hope her story inspires other young entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust get it started for them and watch it explode,\u201d Miele said. \u201cIt really does bring kids out, and it teaches them.\u201d<\/p>\n
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