About three years ago, 15-year-old Rylee Hoffer started a pumpkin-painting business in the Topeka area. And after taking an introduction to business course this past semester at Seaman High School, her young business really began to take off.
Now, using the knowledge and skills she picked up through that course, the freshman is looking to expand her operation, with a little help from her business teacher and her own entrepreneurial mindset.
Hoffer s business is called Creation Station. It is a name she and her business teacher came up with recently, and it is also a nod to her future ambitions. For now, pumpkins are the sole commodity on which Hoffer relies, but she has begun considering other possibilities that would allow her to sell creative items year round.