BEATING THE FRESHMAN 15
A COOKBOOK FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS
B Y: C L AU D I A B R I D G E S
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About $4,000 year
$2,000 a semester
$200 a week
$28.50 a day
Between $9.50-$13.75 a meal
John Paesano
• Masters in business
administration
• Marketing degree
• Has worked in sales
• Creative
• Very helpful
• Gather recipes
• Test the recipes out
• All recipes under 500 calories
• Publishing cookbook
• Finally found the perfect
publishing website
• Purchased 50 cookbooks for
$360
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Selling cookbooks
Cost to make: $7
Sold 46 cookbooks for: $15
$340 profit  my college fund
• Who: students already
in college and high
school seniors about to
enter college
• Where: at my high
school, and Gordon
State College
Gordon State College
• Don’t deal with complications
well
• Very stressed, very easily
• Easily frustrated
• Unfortunately, nothing to do with
my senior project
• Entering honors program at
Georgia Southern University
• Civil engineering major
• John Paesono for being a great
facilitator
• Ms. Tillery and Ms. Robinson for
answering all of my many questions
• The Judges for taking the time out of
your busy day to watch my presentation