An essay by John Melonakos
Home Grown Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship is better taught in the home than at school. It’s hard to institutionalize the cultivation of entrepreneurship.
There are parallels between the startup community and the home schooling community. Penelope Trunk maintains a blog that crosses both communities, and here’s a post about teaching kids entrepreneurship.
At its core, entrepreneurship is about production, creating value faster and better than the status quo. It carries with it a sense of belonging to a noble cause. It is full of excitement, terror, and a world of experience.
The childhood experiences in the TED talk below are inspiring. Enjoy!
What tips do you have for teaching kids entrepreneurship?
From the conversation
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Kyle Porter
I think I could adequately play devil’s advocate here. I’m confident that navigating the social landscape of schooling helped build my character and entrepreneurial spirit. They say ‘stay close to your customers, right? Who else was I going to sell all those beanie babies and candy to beside the large number of classmates I interacted with daily?
melonakos
In reply to an earlier comment
I totally agree, when the schools and experiences are appropriate for the child. I should’ve been more clear. I definitely think we’ll send our kids to high school, maybe middle school. Where we live right now, I can’t imagine sending our kids to elementary school. We just are taking it one year at a time.