FOR THESE FOLKS, SMALL CHANGE PRECEDED BIG SUCCESS
Bill Cosby-- With a box he made of orange crates, little Cos made money shining shoes in downtown Philadelphia. At age 11, he spent his summer vacation of 1948 working as a grocery store stock boy, earning $8 a week.
Colin Powell-- As a child, the future general earned a quarter a week. His job? Powell, an Episcopalian, turned the lights on and off at his South Bronx neighborhood's orthodox synagogue so worshippers could observe the Sabbath ban on activity.
Martha Stewart-- While still in grade school, Stewart ran a birthday party planning business. And it wasn't long before she added catering to her enterprise.
Steven Spielberg-- Long before his Hollywood successes, young Spielberg made money whitewashing fruit trees to repel desert pests in his Phoenix neighborhood.
