Alina’s Candy Corp.

After she created her candy, Alina had to learn how to run a business. “On the way to school, my dad and I talk business updates,” explains Alina. They may discuss plans for launching a new candy. “After school, depending on if I have any extracurriculars like dance, I’d go straight to the office or work from home depending on what I have to knock out before the end of the day,” says Alina. She talks to retailers to get her products in their stores. Another big part of her job is creating videos for Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and Twitter to share the Zolli story.

“It’s really important to me that everyone on my team is organized,” she explains. “This involves really laying out how we want the day, the week, or the month to look like.”  Alina manages a team of 10 that includes people working on research and development, marketing, and operations.

Creating her candy was only the first step. Alina also had to learn how to run a business. “On the way to school, my dad and I talk business updates,” explains Alina. They may talk about plans for launching a new candy, for example. “After school, depending on if I have any extracurriculars like dance, I’d go straight to the office or work from home,” says Alina. She might need to talk to stores to convince them to carry her products. Another big part of her job is creating videos for social media.

Alina has a team of 10 people working for her. They help with research and development, marketing, and operations. “It’s really important to me that everyone on my team is organized,” she explains. “This involves really laying out how we want the day, the week, or the month to look.”

Alina’s learned a lot from running her own company—especially since she hasn’t finished high school yet! “Asking questions is really important,” she says. “I feel like once you stop asking questions, you stop being curious, and you stop growing.” Alina constantly asks questions to learn from her team and the retailers she’s partnered with to sell her candy.

Alina has learned a lot from running her own company. She constantly asks questions to learn from her team and the stores she partners with. “Asking questions is really important,” she says. “Once you stop asking questions, you stop being curious, and you stop growing.”

KEY MATH IDEA: Sales Tax

Many online retailers like Amazon sell Zolli candies. When creating an invoice, the seller needs to know where the buyer lives in order to calculate sales tax. Each state has its own general sales tax. This is a fee charged to consumers when they purchase a product. Sales taxes are expressed as a percent of the cost of the item purchased. This is then added to the cost of the order to find the total payment.

KEY MATH IDEA: Sales Tax

Many online retailers like Amazon sell Zolli candies. When creating an invoice, the seller needs to know where the buyer lives in order to calculate sales tax. Each state has its own general sales tax. This is a fee charged to consumers when they purchase a product. Sales taxes are expressed as a percent of the cost of the item purchased. This is then added to the cost of the order to find the total payment.