Thin mint munchies: Girl Scout entrepreneurship.

AuthorMangu-Ward, Katherine
PositionCitings - Brief article

"When a Girl Scout sells you cookies," declares the official website of the Girl Scouts of America, "she learns goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills, and business ethics--aspects essential to leadership, success, and life."

Mission accomplished in the case of 13-year-old Girl Scout Danielle Lei, who came up with the clever plan to set up shop outside a medical marijuana clinic in San Francisco to sell the organization's delicious cookies.

Two hours later, the peckish customers of Green Cross had blazed through 117 boxes of Thin Mints, Samoas, and everything else the Little Brownie Bakers had to offer. Lei soon became Internet famous, declared "brilliant" by The Huffington Post, "enterprising" by National Public Radio, and the "smartest kid ever" by Slate.

While California scouts have the go-ahead...

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