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Entrepreneurship

Our educational program is designed for K-12. We use innovative techniques and materials to teach basic concepts about mindset and business. Young participants learn about mindset, the power of brainstorming, problem-based learning, types of entrepreneurship, creating a business idea, writing a business plan, company formation, marketing, starting and managing a business.

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Youth entrepreneurship benefits an economy by creating jobs, competitiveness,  innovation of goods and services, strong community and cultural identities all while producing income and creating wealth.

Many young people grow up without opportunities to learn entrepreneurial and industrial attitudes and skills. Poverty with persistent unemployment and underemployment is the result. Entrepreneurs trigger and drive a nationwide process that enables the bottom billion to climb up the wealth ladder, transforms economies and enhances industrial development. It is the result of the entrepreneurs’ assessment of business opportunities, calculated courage and mindset.

Young people acquire personal qualities such as the ability to take initiatives, innovate, pursue creativity, have a willingness to take calculated risks, build self-confidence and use the power of collaboration to reach their goals. With this students learn to save, invest and grow. They enhance their technical thinking and learning capabilities. These competencies help them select and shape their career path, as employees or entrepreneurs.

The curriculum is built on virtual and action-oriented learning: more than 50 percent of the program time consists of practical research into identifying business opportunities with growth potential in their community, assessing resources for setting up and steering a business, and learning from successful entrepreneurs in their companies and in the classroom.

Our program is designed to help students explore their talents and current market needs to create viable business models.

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The Challenge

While society innovates, our K-12 schools have remained stagnant.

As a result, they are not graduating the doers, makers and cutting-edge thinkers the world needs. Certainly, some public and private schools are modernizing — having students work in groups to solve problems, learn online and integrate science with the arts.

But most institutions do not teach what should be the centerpiece of a contemporary education: entrepreneurship, the capacity to not only start companies but also to think creatively and ambitiously.

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.” Everything else is secondary.

—Steve Jobs

Unenthused

of the students feel their school is built upon their strengths & has at least one teacher who makes them excited about learning.

Disengaged

of students were either not engaged or actively disengaged.

The Statistics

Entrepreneurship among younger generations is dwindling.

This has serious long-term repercussions for the market, as previous generations of older entrepreneurs start to retire or shut down their businesses:

47.5

of the workforce employed by small businesses

400

Small businesses operating in the US

30.2

Small businesses operating in the U.S.

3.6

of households headed by adults younger than 30 owned stakes in private companies, as compared to 10.6% in 1989

”“Endangered Species: Young U.S. Entrepreneurs– The share of people under age 30 who own private businesses has reached a 24-year-low."

Wall Street Journal
The Solution

Unlock the creative genius in children

Entrepreneurship education benefits students from all socioeconomic backgrounds because it teaches kids to think outside the box and nurtures unconventional talents and skills. Furthermore, it creates opportunity, ensures social justice, instills confidence and stimulates the economy.

For Teachers
  • Empowerment Freedom
  • Fewer disciplinary issues
  • Fun & Creativity
  • Insights into students
  • Less paper work
  • Inspiration
  • Stronger academic outcomes
  • Student & caregiver engagement
For Students
  • Ownership of learning
  • Students engagement
  • Self-efficacy
  • Empathy
  • Relevance
  • Universal leveler
  • Engagement
  • Desire to persevere
  • Teamwork
  • Leadership

of children between the ages of 4-5 fall into the genius category.

of children, by age 15, demonstrate creative genius.

Why Entrepreneurship Education?

Entrepreneurship vs. Entrepreneurial Mindset

Elements of an Entrepreneurial Mindset
Entrepreneurship
  • Method for discovering opportunities
  • Use of ambiguous restrained resources
  • Iterative process (interaction, observation, experimentation and adaptation
  • Student-centric, requiring “soft skill” utilization Empowerment Freedo
Entrepreneurial Mindset
  • Mental model
  • Ability to discover problem-solving opportunities
  • Intersection of personal interests and empathy for others
  • Cultivated through the entrepreneurial process
  • Beneficial to everyone, not just those that start a business