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make profit. The high school student is
providing individual baseball lessons to
local children in hopes of giving them the
opportunity to improve their skills and
appreciate the sport.

“One thing that I’ve always noticed
when I’ve taken lessons is that sometimes
they are never geared towards the kids,”
says Weiner. “I really want to gear my
lessons to these [elementary school] kids
who are [8 - 11 years old], where they can
really grow and get so much better in a
short amount of time.”
Weiner uses personal connections,
online listservs and social media platforms
to help publicize his lessons and encourage
kids to enroll. Each lesson is catered
towards Weiner’s individual students,
focusing on their technique, form, pitching
and more. Baseball lessons also are
anywhere from an hour to two hours long.

The price for Weiner’s lessons all depends
on the length of the practice and the number
of students. For an hour-long lesson with
one student, Weiner charges $30.

Because his lessons are interactive,
Wiener adds that he constantly has to be
aware about his students’ safety as well as
his own. He’s readily stocked with plenty
of hand sanitizer, masks and disinfecting
wipes. He’s also mindful of social
distancing protocols and makes sure that
he and his students maintain at least 6
feet in distance.

“That’s really a setback when you’re in
a pandemic, just in general,” he says. “If I
were to do this when it’s not quarantine,
I can basically meet up with my clients
wherever.” And Wiener mentions that he does
plan to continue his lessons even after
quarantine passes.

“This is something that can help a lot
of kids,” Wiener says. “I want to be a role
model to these kids and I think this is a
great way to be [one].”
Compared to the other young
entrepreneurs, David Renbaum’s own
business initiative doesn’t focus on a
single service, but rather many. The
college student’s Baltimore County-
based task service, Clock In, completes
routine errands for individuals within the
COVID-19 high-risk demographic. Errands
include grocery shopping, car washing,
dog washing, moving furniture, restaurant
pickups and delivery and dump runs.

Like many students, Renbaum was set
to work as a camp counselor at sleepaway
camp for the summer. But his plans were
cancelled due to the pandemic and his
own autoimmune condition. Devoid
of work and unable to find local jobs,
Renbaum began creating his own jobs to
make money over the summer.

“I forecasted a pretty empty summer,
and I was brainstorming ways on how to
fix it and how to create work for myself,”
he says. “So, the first thing that I came up
with is an employment agency. ”
After completing a few grocery runs
for his grandparents, Renbaum and his
friends developed their business idea
and organized the task service startup.

Clock In was officially launched on May
26 with a strong staff entirely made up
of Renbaum’s friends, family and family
friends. The startup currently has 10
independent employees.

Clients first sign up for a specific
service(s) on Clock In’s official website.

Employees then coordinate amongst
themselves to determine who will serve
each client and what specific services
they’re requested to provide. After
errands are run, employees continue to
keep in touch with their clients to ensure
that any future requests or services can
be completed immediately.

“People don’t necessarily know what
they need until they need it,” Renbaum
says. Such tasks, like grocery shopping or
food pickup, are both simple and routine
in nature. And for those who are wary of
stepping outside during this time, having
these tasks completed for them is greatly
beneficial. Staying true to the startup’s principal
mission, Renbaum adds that 10 percent
of Clock In’s profits in the month of
June was donated to Johns Hopkins’
COVID-19 Response team. Another non-
profit organization or local charity will
be chosen for the month of July, says
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