I came home to find my teenage son on the computer entering a contest on one of those sites that sell funny t shirts. I guess that whoever could design the best of the best funny t shirts, would win some money and a free t shirt. I could not believe when he called me at work the following week to let me know that he had won a hundred dollars and they were printing his design on a t shirt.

I was so proud of my son for winning the funny shirts contest that I told everyone in my office by the end of the day. They told me that he might have a career in designing funny t shirts. I laughed at them, and then got to thinking. I wondered how much it would cost to get a website for him, and what kind of computer equipment it would take to get him started on the road to a successful funny shirts business.

I called a few of my friends that know how to design websites and asked them all the questions that I thought I needed to have answered. I compiled all the figures of the startup fees. I was so excited to go home and tell him, and when I did, he said ‘no thanks mom, it was fun the first time and I just really wanted to win and that is all.”