Even better - 4th graders in my school ran the cookie business as part of the curriculum. Each week, one student was the "manager" who would supervise the bakin

Even better - 4th graders in my school ran the cookie business as part of the curriculum. Each week, one student was the "manager" who would supervise the baking of cookies in one corner of the classroom. Initially, shares were offered to the class for $5 each, 2 per student maximum. I thought it was a dumb idea so I didn't ask my parents for the $10. That capital was used to purchase the ingredients (by that manager's mom, reimbursed), and the manager and his/her deputy would supervise the baking of the cookies each morning and would sell them at lunchtime for 15 cents each. The assets of the company were liquidated at the end of the year and each $5 share was worth $70. I've been overoptimistic about entrepreneurship ever since, probably to compensate for missing out on having $140 of fuck-you-money in 4th grade.