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Teaching the Next Generation ofEntrepreneurs
Digital Kids Education Conference || Museum of Children’s Creativity || 10/18/2013
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What is 8 and Up?
• A company teaching entrepreneurship to kids in a fun way.
• Launched a pilot Spring 2013• Parents invest $50 in their child’s business• Expanding to NY, SF and London
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Our inspiration . . .
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So who’s next?
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How we define entrepreneurship
An entrepreneur changes the future by asking . . . .
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Inventions are just things people made up!
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Two rules for kid entrepreneurs
Make Mistakes
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How it Works
$50 Budget6 Weeks
Design a Product And Have Fun!
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Dreams of a 7 year old
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Week 1
What is an Entrepreneur?
Week 2
What the Big Idea?
Week 3
Just Jump In!Miskates
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Week 4
Build a Prototype
Week 5
Tell yourstory
Week 6
Showtime!
Share the
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Education changes when kids ask “What If ?”
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The Big Picture
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The Bigger Picture
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Why this matters
• Education has changed in the Google Age. • Knowing answers matters less than asking
interesting questions.
• What will skills will matter in the world of 2023?
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What the experts say. . . .
“Today, what you know matters far less than what you can do with what you know.”
“Our goal shouldn’t be to make every students college-ready but innovation ready.”
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The Long View
“My generation had it easy – we got to “find” a job”. Increasingly, kids will needto invent their jobs.”
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We’re Small but Growing
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Questions and Ideas
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Thanks!
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