Teaching the Next Generation ofEntrepreneurs

Digital Kids Education Conference || Museum of Children’s Creativity || 10/18/2013

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

Our inspiration . . .

So who’s next?

How we define entrepreneurship

An entrepreneur changes the future by asking . . . .

Inventions are just things people made up!

Two rules for kid entrepreneurs

Make Mistakes

How it Works

$50 Budget6 Weeks

Design a Product And Have Fun!

Dreams of a 7 year old

Week 1

What is an Entrepreneur?

Week 2

What the Big Idea?

Week 3

Just Jump In!Miskates

Week 4

Build a Prototype

Week 5

Tell yourstory

Week 6

Showtime!

Share the

Education changes when kids ask “What If ?”

The Big Picture

The Bigger Picture

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?

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.”

The Long View

“My generation had it easy – we got to “find” a job”. Increasingly, kids will needto invent their jobs.”

We’re Small but Growing

Questions and Ideas

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Thanks!

• For more info visit us at www.8andup.com or follow us @8andup.com

• Email contact@8andup.com