- Age 17
- Service Entrepreneur
Justin will be a senior in Fall 2008 at William Taft High School in Woodland Hills. He is co-captain of the
boy's varsity basketball team and has worked his way up through the ranks since his freshman year as a
varsity reserve player to a starter within two years. Justin has learned the importance of leadership and
being a team player
For Justin, being a leader means setting the bar of excellence for others to follow, to facilitate the
execution of plays, to get others involved in the game plan. Being a team player means contributing ideas,
learning and executing the game plans of others and being supportive of others to keep them in the mix.
Justin is also a member of Young Black Scholars.
The Summer after his freshman year, Justin has the opportunity to participate in a leadership program
held at American University in Washington, DC. Part of the program involved his working within a group to
develop a business plan to reorganize a failing business. He learned a lot about developing a business model
and working within a group in which everyone shared their individual expertise, knowledge and energy to
work toward the goal of saving the business.
Justin has been working on his own business of washing neighbor's cars and collecting recycled items. His
brother, Marcus, works with him occasionally and is also a young entrepreneur attending the 2008 Summer
Buzz on Biz Academy. He has certain customers who save recycled containers that he has provided to
them. Justin has weekly pick-ups, which provides him with a steady stream of income.
Justin will attend the University of Nevada at Las Vegas (UNLV) in Fall 2009 on a basketball scholarship,
and plans to major in Hotel Management. His plan is to become a property owner while in college.
Justin learned about the 2008 Summer Buzz on Biz Academy through his mother, Carmen Hawkins, and
brother, Marcus, as he accompanied them at the orientation. During the orientation, his entrepreneurial
energy began to flow. He saw how participating in the program would provide him with the foundation to
jump start developing his business plan for owning rental property and running summer sports camps. Justin
also works with his brother, Marcus, in his special events support services business.
Justin looks forward to learning what it takes to develop a successful business, as well as developing a
website and producing a commercial. He will bring his ideas, energy, and wit to help other participants and
himself in the pursuit of their respective dreams, aspirations, and goals.
| 2008 Academy of Stars |
| Justin Hawkins |
| Justin's Strengths/Talents |
- ADAPTABILITY: The
genius of Adaptability
talents lies in the way you
respond to chaos: You can
quickly change and respond
in circumstances that would
be frightening or
intimidating to others.
- DEVELOPER: The genius of
Developer talents lies in
your ability to see the raw
potential and incremental
progress of others, and to
actively invest in furthering
that development.
- IDEATION: The genius of
Ideation talents is in your
spontaneous creativity.
You have a natural sense
of innovation that can defy
conventional thinking.
- RESTORATIVE: The
genius of Restorative
talents is in your love of
problems. While others
shy away, your solution-
oriented mind naturally
gravitates toward these
challenges.
- STRATEGIC: The genius of
Strategic talents is found
in your ability to quickly
weigh various alternative
paths and determine the
one that will work best and
most efficiently.
Sometimes you think
backwards - visualizing the
outcome you want and then
generating multiple ways of
reaching that goal.
