Starting a business usually entails a million and one details. At your young age, you seem to be doing a good job in the first step of opening your own business -- research.

We have prepared an article on starting a clothing manufacturing business written by Jenny Fulbright. You can read it at http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol66/clothing.htm . We have also answered a number of similar questions in our Consult Your Guide section at http://www.powerhomebiz.com/guide/starting.htm .

As for starting a business at your age, your main obstacle will be in dealing with other people, including banks, sources of funding, suppliers, landlord (if you're going to have a shop). Banks, particularly may not deal with you since you still do not have the earning capacity and may not have assets to cover your loan.

To overcome this obstacle, you and your friend must have an adult acting as your adviser and "mouthpiece" to help sell your business idea to your would-be partners, suppliers and financiers. This adult could be your parent, relative, teacher or a business mentor.

Or another way is to make sure that your business gets a lot of publicity -- you can highlight the fact that this business is being started by teens ages 13-15. If you are mentioned in a newspaper article or your local television, other people will stand up and take notice. You can then leverage this attention to your advantage, thus turning your "weakness" into an attractive strong point.

Good luck and thank you for being part of Power HomeBiz Guides.

About the PowerHomeBiz.com Guide: 

Nach Maravilla is the Publisher of Power Homebiz Guides. He has over thirty years experience in sales and marketing of various products, which covered as he jokingly describes, "from toothpicks to airplanes"  He also had extensive experience in International trading and he always excelled in special promotional ideas for  retail outlets. 

The opinions expressed in this column are those of the author, not of PowerHomeBiz.com. Users should not treat the Guide's response as legal, accounting, or professional advice as all answers are intended to be general in nature. Such advice can only be properly given by qualified professionals who are fully aware of a user's specific geographical areas or circumstances, such as an attorney or accountant.