by Julie Wood | Jan 24, 2015 | blog, Economic Development, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship education, kid entrepreneur, Parents, Teachers, teaching business, youth entrepreneur, Youth Organizations
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to talk to local 8th graders at a career day event. They asked a lot of great questions and were very engaged – I was very impressed with the school as they have a special program that helps kids who want to go to college. Many of the...
by Julie Wood | Oct 11, 2014 | blog, Camps, entrepreneur, kid entrepreneur, Lemonade Stand, Teachers, teaching business, youth entrepreneur, Youth Organizations
I often get asked why you don’t use a more complicated business in your youth entrepreneur camps. My response is usually something like: who doesn’t love to visit a lemonade stand on a hot summer day. They usually shake their head in agreement and then go on with...
by Julie Wood | Jun 14, 2014 | dropout rate, Economic Development, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship education, kid entrepreneur, Parents, Teachers, youth entrepreneur, Youth Organizations, youth unemployment
Disengagement and Drop outs I’m sure if you have a school-aged child, you have asked them “how was your day?” The reply is usually (if they are a boy anyway), “fine”. So of course you probe a bit more and you find out that in 3 of the 6 classes they watched movies. ...
by Julie Wood | Apr 9, 2014 | author, blog, book writing, entrepreneur, marketing, youth entrepreneur
More Than a Lemonade Stand is what youth entrepreneur programs are all about. Have you ever been someplace and all of sudden that light bulb goes – you know it – that ‘aha’ moment. When I was at Brendon Burchard’s Experts Academy a few years ago – I was working in a...
by Julie Wood | Mar 6, 2014 | author, book writing, entrepreneur, kid entrepreneur, youth entrepreneur
From what all the experts say, writing a book is the number #1 way to build your credibility. When I was thinking about starting a youth entrepreneur camp business, it never occurred to me that I would be writing a book. Then I went to Experts Academy with Brendon...
by Julie Wood | Oct 24, 2013 | entrepreneur, kid entrepreneur, youth entrepreneur
Since this e-seedling is a business about cultivating tomorrow’s entrepreneurs. I think it is only fit to start with a post of documenting my entrepreneurial journey of getting this new business going. It’s exciting to start a business in today’s...
