by Julie Wood | Feb 2, 2022 | blog, entrepreneurship education, kid entrepreneur, parenting, Teachers, teaching entrepreneurship, young entrepreneur, youth entrepreneur
A fun and engaging way to teach entrepreneurship to youth is to host a pitch competition for young entrepreneurs. Organizing and holding a pitch competition for young entrepreneurs is a great way for kids to get the word out about their potential business ideas and...
by Julie Wood | Jun 22, 2021 | blog, Camps, kid entrepreneur, Lemonade Stand, teaching business, teaching entrepreneurship, young entrepreneur, youth entrepreneur
If you are a parent, you have probably heard the two words “I’m Bored”! One way for kids to prevent this and earn some money during the summer is to start a business. With school just getting out it is a great time for them to learn about entrepreneurship and...
by Julie Wood | Jun 30, 2020 | blog, entrepreneurship education, kid entrepreneur, parenting, Teachers, teaching entrepreneurship, youth entrepreneur camp
When COVID-19 started causing many activities to be cancelled or changed to being virtual, I was not sure if I was going to be able to hold our in-person summer youth entrepreneur camp. Entrepreneurship is one of those things that you learn best by doing. As it got...
by Julie Wood | Apr 10, 2020 | blog, entrepreneurship education, kid entrepreneur, teaching entrepreneurship, young entrepreneur, youth entrepreneur
Even though we know it is for the good to be “safer at home”; if you are anything like myself or my family – we are all getting a little stir crazy. Did you ever imagine that at the beginning of 2020, this is what our year would be like? This is the perfect time for...
by Julie Wood | Aug 5, 2018 | blog, business operations, Economic Development, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship education, kid entrepreneur, parenting, Parents, Teachers, teaching business, teaching entrepreneurship, young entrepreneur, youth entrepreneur
How to utilize local entrepreneurs to teach kids entrepreneurship. Parts 1-4 of the series included: an overview of the 5 things to successfully teach kids entrepreneurship, how to choose a business idea, how to create a feasible business model and what business...
by Julie Wood | Jul 21, 2018 | blog, entrepreneurship education, kid entrepreneur, Parents, Teachers, teaching business, teaching entrepreneurship, young entrepreneur, youth entrepreneur
In parts 1-3 I discussed an overview of the 5 things to successfully teach kids’ entrepreneurship, how to choose a business and how to create a feasible business model; this post will focus on teaching business basics for starting and running a successful business. In...
