Alabama teen launches Quarantine Essentials Shop Share Updated: 11:45 AM EDT May 26, 2021 Aaron Burrell Share Updated: 11:45 AM EDT May 26, 2021
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Show Transcript need a teenager who found a way to help people out during quarantine and start his own business. Here is it s old and it s really messed up. It s messy, but it was, it was my first plan for the business. Jaden. A high school student from Birmingham Alabama was looking for ways that he could help make people s lives easier. So he asked his mom for advice what would be a service that you would need that will make your life easier. She said it was really hard to find cleaning products. He s always wanted to start a business and that sparked an idea to start the quarantine essential shop. His shop is a hub for people who are looking for cleaning supplies. It makes it easy for them to find the items they need. It s really something that like my mom and still to me
Alabama teen launches Quarantine Essentials Shop
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By Caleb Jones
For the Birmingham Times
Building a business from the ground up can be strenuous. The dedication and sacrifice required are hard enough for most people to manage under normal circumstances, but 17-year-old Jaiden Smith is doing it during a pandemic and doing it well.
The Ramsay High School senior is owner and founder of Quarantine Essentials Shop, an online shopping hub for sanitation products and personal protective equipment (PPE), including hand sanitizer, disinfectant sprays and wipes, and latex gloves.
“I’ve always wanted to have a business,” he said in a recent interview with the Birmingham Times. “I had a whole bunch of ideas … [that] I just wrote down but never actually [pursued]. So, I sat down with my mom, [Shatoya Brown], when the quarantine started [this year in March] and asked her, ‘What’s one thing you wish was easier?’ She was like, ‘I cannot find cleaning products none.’ That’s where I got the idea, and I just went from ther