Creating entrepreneurs from a young age
Bring out your kid's business savvy side by attending the Young Entrepreneurs Market this July.
We caught up with Belinda Smith who told us more about Young Entrepreneurs Market (YEM). Listen below, or read the details under the podcast.
The Young Entrepreneurs Market, taking place on 27 July 2018, is a market for kids by kids. Children have the opportunity to build a brand and market it. Amazing!
Our children don’t realise how hard running a business can be, how long the hours of work are. However, if you find something you LOVE, that comes from your OWN ideas and passions and you apply confidence in your abilities, you will NEVER fail!
Love how this day and age embraces children and their insight, imagination, and creativity. Long gone are the days where children had to be seen and not heard.
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With this market they will have the opportunity create their own product; create the name, the look the feel -exactly the way they want to. We will provide them with the guidelines to do a business plan whereby we show them step by step how to build their own little business and most importantly we teach them the importance of giving back to the community that supports them every day!
Just last week we had 11- year-old illustrator Ethan Smit-Belton in the studio talking about his first exhibition. I attended the event with Mr T and the kids and we left feeling so pumped and inspired.
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This concept also makes me really happy to see a space being made with the belief in the essence of the youth.
Get your children involved today and who knows, they might just be the next Bill Gates!