If, in order to start a business, he has scrimped and saved for business capitol, purchased everything himself, gotten everything himself, paid for it himself, moved everything, repaired it all, renovated the store, etc etc etc...all himself (for the most part), then YES! I agree he truly deserves credit!!
If it was majority done through donated money and items, friends' and relatives' finances and hard work, etc....NO, sorry but I can't commend that. ANYBODY of ANY age can stand up and 'say look at me and what I did' if someone else made it happen.
I WILL commend him for having an interest in something like this, and trying. Far too many kids don't want to do crap or even have good, healthy interests/hobbies.
Sadly, it's is hard to get fed bs lines and watch many people in community get talked smack to (Directly or indirectly), etc. by same person over last couple years on multiple platforms.
Yes, young people definitely have things to learn....but sometimes, when you see people trying to explain things just to help and it is on deaf ears, it really shows arrogance and/or ignorance very quickly...and can just as quickly lead to the downfall of things if not realized and corrected sooner than later...
We will see...