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34 GoodLifeFamilyMag.com JULY AUGUST 2015 goodKIDS OH THE PLACES HELL GO... Austin Fuller is a man with a plan. Well that is a young man with a plan. The seventeen-year-old is the owner of Austins Detail of Texas a car and detailing service here in North Texas. Austin has always had a passion for cars and about two years ago began helping out at local detailing place. He learned some great cleaning and detailing skills. He then started washing cars for his neighbors and friends and decided to start his own business. Austin offers ser- vices from a main- tenance cleaning and detail to a showroom qual- ity detail. Jessica Kile a Frisco resi- dent says Austin does a great job on my car. He is very meticulous and takes pride in his work. The Hebron High School rising senior says he would advise upcoming young entrepreneurs to share ideas with friends family and fellow entrepreneurs to choose the best way to start and expand your busi- ness. Austin relies heavily on Facebook Twitter and his website to get people to notice his business. Austin plans on continu- ing to expand his business and someday would like to own detail shops around the country providing his customers with top quality employees and fabulous customer service. Austin lives in Plano with his parents and younger brother. When he is not working on cars he is playing varsity golf for school or working on expanding his watch collection. austinsdetailoftx.com by Melissa Chaiken Section Editor vices from a main tenance cleaning YOUNG CEOS CHILD EXECUTIVE OFFICERS When you hear the word entrepreneur what comes to mind It could be any number of thingsbut its not likely to be a kid. Watch out world Here are some amazing kids with bright ideas an incredible work ethic and the juice to make big things happen. If you know an child entrepreneur email us at TriciaGoodLifeFamilyMAG.com. THIS KIDS GOT GAME by Madison Cook StaffWriter Its late at night and Jacob Cordeiro can be found in his room intently focused on defeating yet another mission in his Minecraft Survival Mode. Stereotypi- cal video game addicted teenage boy you say Well not exactlyCordeiro Plano 18-year-old author of Minecraft for Dummies Portable Game Star Me- chanic for Dummies and Redstone for Dummies is just completing yet another nights work. Jacobs interest in computer games began at an early age but he did not write his first book until his freshman year in high school. Wiley Publications in need of a young author pursued Jacob after he spoke on a panel at the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards about a game he designed using the website Game Star Mechanic. Influenced by one of his mothers friends also a Dummies author Jacob decided to accept the writing opportunity and nine months later Minecraft for Dummies Portable Edition was published. Since then Jacob has also successfully authored two similar titles. The path to publication was not easy for the inexperienced teen- ager who was already burdened with a rigorous academic course load as a student of Stanford Online High School. Taking all of his classes and tests from his computer at home Jacob had a flexible schedule that allowed him to pursue his interests in computer science while also ful- filling his writing commitment to Wiley. Jacob admits it was definitely hard to strike a balance but kept a goal to write everyday no matter what was going on in high school. This perseverance paid off as Jacob juggled tight deadlines and long nights to produce a perfectly organized 160 page final product. While he does not have plans to continue his writing career Jacob plans to pursue a joint major in math and com- puter science at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont California in the fall. He hopes to eventually design his own video game specifi- cally one with an educational aspect to use in schools. Jacob lives in Plano with his parents his 15-year-old brother Adam and two hairless cats. When he is not busy writing Jacob en- joys game design video games and CrossFit training.