Stephan Hall and a friend launched their business, D&S Snack and Catering Services, in the sixth grade with a $150 third place prize they won in a business-plan writing contest.  The contest was part of an after-school entrepreneurship program called Entrenuity's Creating True Wealth.  The Entrenuity program incorporates biblical and free-market principles within the context of entrepreneurship instruction in order to develop students' business aptitude, individual character and spiritual knowledge.  It also encourages godly stewardship in the areas of time, talent and resources.

The two young men started selling candy and chips in their own school, Roseland Christian School on Chicago's South Side. With guidance from their parents, the young entrepreneurs began to direct their profits towards the purchase of a $1,000 vending machine.  D&S averaged $250 in sales each week.  Earnings were used to support the boys' school activities and personal expenses and to invest in stocks and mutual funds. 

Stephan and his friend closed the business after a successful six-year run, and are now off to college.