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Teenager Startups - Layla Wallace, 15, running cupcakes and other baked goods business

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Layla Wallace

15-year-old Kalamazoo entrepreneur runs bakery business

Layla Wallace
Image Credit: mlive

Entrepreneur Name: Layla Wallace, (Age: 15)

Business Name: Layla's Cool Pops, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

“I feel like I’ve gotten what I’ve needed and wanted, and they don’t get what I get to have,” Layla said of her desire to help homeless people. “I care about them because we’re all people and we all need certain things and sometimes they can’t get what they need.”

Source (mlive): https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2020/05/kalamazoo-bakery-runs-on-ideas-cooked-up-by-15-year-old-entrepreneur.html

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