Please bare with me my situation is a little complicated. Any advice is appreciated.
last year my friend and I founded the Entrepreneur club at our school with the goal of creating an environment for entrepreneurial ideas. Since then we’ve grown to about 7 members (I know it’s not much but we’re planning on recruiting more members this fall) and have had guest speakers, done an investment simulator, and had discussions. Most recently we decided to make our own custom sticker business as a club. Here’s where it gets complicated: We were not able to start the business through the club as it would cause many logistical problems. For example, any time we wanted to make any purchases for the business we would have to gain approval for said purchase by ASB/the administration. So we decided to start the business and make it technically unaffiliated with the club.
For the past few months, we have been producing lots of stickers for students and clubs around school, and our business has enjoyed relative success. However, all of this is done under the table without the approval of the administration. Now, it’s not like we need approval from the administration to start a business, but they may frown upon us making transactions on school property. Technically, the business is outside of school, but we make orders for students at the school. Plus, our club advisor (a teacher) knows about the business and has no problem with it. In the near future, we plan on expanding our sales outside of the school.
This fall when I apply to colleges I plan on including my role in the founding of the Entrepreneur club, and I would really like to include the sticker business as well. But here’s my problem: should I mention it on college apps if all the transactions thus far were done under the table on school property? I mean I could still discuss Entrepreneur club but I would really like to discuss the sticker business as a successful outgrowth of it.
