Is Age a Barrier or a Boost? How to use your status as a teen entrepreneur to your advantage

(YoungBiz.com) - Sometimes, one of the most difficultparts about being young is getting people older than you to takeyou seriously. And since most people are older than you whenyou're a teenager, that's a lot of people.

It's frustrating--sometimes downright annoying--when thepeople in question are your older siblings or parents. But imagineif it were a customer.

That's what happened to K-K Gregory, the inventor ofWristies, afleece warmer that's worn between the coat sleeves and glovesto keep the snow out. Even though she incorporated her Bedford,Massachusetts, business and trademarked her product, Gregory sayssome of her customers still didn't take her seriously."People just couldn't believe someone my age could own abusiness," she says.