The eight year old daughter of actor and producer Steve Carell is making the big bucks selling lemonade to the paparazzi and even the police in her Los Angeles neighborhood, giving us an interesting look at the business that can be created from media that has nothing to do with the sale or production of media. Carell explains, "She went down to the corner. ... I figured she'd come back in half an hour or an hour with 75 cents. She came back with $36 in half an hour.
"Billy Ray Cyrus (came) by walking his dog and drops $20 on a cup of lemonade, so she keeps the $20. Then the paparazzi who had been following Billy Ray Cyrus, they all came and bought lemonade as well. And then the police who were called to chase the paparazzi circle back and bought lemonade. Now she thinks she can do that for a living."
I generally find that Americans are rooting for the small entrepreneur. Although we love the bargains at Wal Mart, the thought of just one giant retailer left standing scares most thinking people. The fact that this lemonade stand was in the heart of "star country" probably didn't hurt either.
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