by Julie Wood | Oct 22, 2017 | blog, entrepreneurship education, kid entrepreneur, Teachers, teaching business, teaching entrepreneurship, young entrepreneur, youth entrepreneur
I often get asked, what should I start with when teaching kids entrepreneurship? After teaching kids, ages 9-14, entrepreneurship over the past 10 years I’ve come up with five things that have proven to be successful. I use these 5 things in the More Than a Lemonade...
by Julie Wood | Sep 23, 2017 | blog, entrepreneurship education, kid entrepreneur, Lemonade Stand, parenting, Parents, teaching business, young entrepreneur, youth entrepreneur, youth entrepreneur camp
Did you know that kids all over the world start and run lemonade stands to raise money for something they believe in? I’m sure you have read articles or have seen news stories of young entrepreneurs running lemonade stands for the recent hurricane and earthquake...
by Julie Wood | Jun 28, 2017 | blog, Camps, entrepreneurship education, kid entrepreneur, Lemonade Stand, teaching business, Uncategorized, young entrepreneur, youth entrepreneur camp
“Just because you’re a kid doesn’t mean you can’t start a business”. ~Sophia, youth entrepreneur camp attendee That was what Sophia said to me during our youth entrepreneur camp. And the best part is she was right! It is amazing the ideas that kids come up with during...
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...
