There is a great program run by a solid Aussie entrepreneur Creel Price called;
http://clubkidpreneur.com/ Creel is a great speaker and we should try and get him to an event one day. I'll ask. I've been trying to go back to my old school for a while and talk. I'll put that back on the list -thanks. Nice topic though, tempted to dive in more... later. Mick "Doin it for the kids" Liubinskas On Jun 4, 8:07 pm, Brendan Quinn <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah that's a good point, I'm not sure what made me sign up in the first > place. > > I was a science and music kid, didn't do economics or accounting, and > wasn't into business apart from maybe admiring people like Dick Smith. > > Maybe the temptation was that I was at a catholic boys school and in > the programme we would be mixing with kids from a few local girls > schools! > > We probably had some kind of guest speaker come along and talk about > the programme, how much fun it was, how it taught you useful skills > for the real world, how you got to create something and then bring it > to real people, . Just something as simple as that would probably be > enough to get kids started, as long as you take the momentum / > excitement and sign them up for a practical programme straight away! > > There's no point learning about entrepreneurship in a classroom unless > you're actually trying to run a business at the same time -- otherwise > it's another boring lesson. > > Brendan. > > On 3 June 2011 21:09, Shane Greenup <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks for that Brendan, you reminded me of that all happening at our school > > too (Matthew's and mine) - I remember some guys trying to sell car care kits > > around school for an entrepreneurial program, I suspect it was exactly the > > same thing as a few people mentioned Young Achievers already. > > > A point I want to make on this though, is that there are two things at play > > here, and it gets back to my very first comment where I sort of went 'off > > topic' by talking about teaching kids how to think rather than what to think > > - there is the 'action' of entrepreneurship, and then there is the > > 'mindset'. It is absolutely great to be able to give kids the experience of > > doing it, but there is a primary underlying issue before that which needs to > > be addresses in my opinion, of simply exploring the concepts of > > entreneurship... ie: What is it, and why would anyone choose to do it, or > > choose to not do it. So this primary element of the issue is about 'how' one > > thinks about these things. > > > I say this, because your description of what you went through, which > > reminded me of these kids at school doing the same thing, made me realise > > that I KNEW that they were doing it, and I knew it was an entrepreneur thing > > (probably organised through their commerce class or some subject which I > > wasn't doing) - and at the time, I didn't care. I didn't think about > > business at all back then. I knew it existed. I knew most rich people were > > 'businessmen'.... but I wasn't interested in that 'boring stuff'. And as far > > as I could tell, everything related to 'business studies' or 'commerce' etc > > in highschool was ALL, VERY very boring. > > > What a shame it was too, because being an entrepreneur is anything but > > boring. It is the most interesting thing I have ever done. The freedom to > > imagine whatever you want to imagine, and even better - to try to make that > > imagining a reality. The freedome to construct your own future... > > > Being an entrepreneur is awesome (well, it can be ;) but our standard world > > does not at all show kids this. It is all focussed on making you > > 'employable' as if that is the only worthy goal. > > > I had to stumble into entrepreneurship through a series of lucky accidents > > during and after university. Not exactly a surefire recipe for success :) > > > Shane -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines on discussion: http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/msg/351e183e1303508d?hl=en%3Fhl%3Den No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
