by Julie Wood | May 13, 2017 | blog, entrepreneurship education, kid entrepreneur, Lemonade Stand, parenting, Parents, Teachers, young entrepreneur, youth entrepreneur, youth entrepreneur camp, youth unemployment
You have an aspiring entrepreneur in your house or classroom; the one setting up a lemonade stand and sitting out in the front yard until dark or the one that is making bracelets and selling them to their friends at school or the one that is always asking their...
by Julie Wood | Mar 4, 2017 | blog, Economic Development, Parents, teaching business, Uncategorized, young entrepreneur, youth entrepreneur
If we invest in teaching young entrepreneurs we can help our small towns survive and even thrive. If you look down the Main Street of any small town across the country, you will see that small local entrepreneurs make up the majority of businesses. They have passion...
by Julie Wood | Sep 15, 2016 | blog, entrepreneurship education, kid entrepreneur, Parents, teaching business, young entrepreneur, youth entrepreneur
I have been working young entrepreneurs for the past decade and have found the 7 steps below to be successful in working with kids. 1. Choose a business idea. Kids can’t start learning about how to start a business if they don’t have an idea. Have your young...
by Julie Wood | Aug 14, 2016 | blog, entrepreneurship education, kid entrepreneur, Parents, Teachers, teaching business, young entrepreneur, youth entrepreneur
Mini-Lessons for Entrepreneurs – Are they the wave of the future? You may have heard that the attention span of a human being has been compared to that of a goldfish. A recent article by a colleague of mine, Jenna Atkinson, in In Business Magazine (our local...
by Julie Wood | Jun 4, 2016 | author, blog, Camps, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship education, kid entrepreneur, Lemonade Stand, Parents, teaching business, young entrepreneur, youth entrepreneur
Spring is only a month away (even though in Wisconsin it keeps snowing every other day) and summer will be here before we know it. So it is time to start thinking about your kid’s summer camp. If you haven’t taken advantage of providing a summer camp...
by Julie Wood | Apr 9, 2016 | author, blog, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship education, kid entrepreneur, Parents, Teachers, young entrepreneur, youth entrepreneur
Last week I finished directing a production of Fame Jr with my son Ryan at our local community theater group. As I reflect back on the experience, I realize that both entrepreneurship and theater have a lot in common when it comes to the life skills they teach. Here...