We are excited to announce the follow up to our successful Economic Literacy Summer Series at Greensboro Public Library with the Teen Entrepreneur Fall Series sponsored by Summit Credit Union.
Here are the events dates:
Tuesday, Nov. 18th [Postponed to February 2015] PUBLIC (FREE) AUDIENCE EVENT PitchPocalypse
6:00-8:00pm Central Library
Downtown Greensboro, NC (Players Chosen from Participants of Teen Entrepreneur Events)
This series is different in two big ways: 1) Each Teen Entrepreneur event consists of our Pitch Drill and Cashless Incubator games held back to back per event to help players learn in a fun environment the basics of developing a business plan, presenting it, developing product ideas, market testing those ideas, and how to trade their skills for resources with little or no money. The Cashless Incubator game will be using headlines from the News & Record to come up with product ideas. 2) After completing a Teen Entrepreneur event, players have the opportunity to submit their own teen business idea to compete with seven others at our November 18th PitchPocalypse contest with $300 going to the winning startup along with great prizes for 2nd and 3rd place winners. Details provided on the entry form available to players of our Teen Entrepreneur Events.
The PitchPocalypse will have judges from the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce,Summit Credit Union, and UNCG’s North Carolina Entrepreneurship Center for the November 18th event at the Greensboro Public Library Central Branch. Shift, the Nussbaum Center’s Entrepreneur Group, is helping organize each of these events.
We’re still looking for judges with business backgrounds for some of our Teen Entrepreneur events so if you’re interested, please Contact Us with which events work best for your schedule.
For those interested in the symbolism of our logo, hope you enjoy this video. It also gives an overview of what we do.
Don’t forget to RSVP your teens for one of our eight Teen Entrepreneur events at Greensboro Public Library branches for their chance at $300 and other prizes for launching their own startup. Click here for details.
We are excited to announce the follow up to our successful Economic Literacy Summer Series at Greensboro Public Library with the Teen Entrepreneur Fall Series sponsored by Summit Credit Union.
This series is different in two big ways: 1) Each Teen Entrepreneur event consists of our Pitch Drill and Cashless Incubator games held back to back per event to help players learn in a fun environment the basics of developing a business plan, presenting it, developing product ideas, market testing those ideas, and how to trade their skills for resources with little or no money. 2) After completing a Teen Entrepreneur event, players have the opportunity to submit their own teen business idea to compete with seven others at our November 18th PitchPocalypse contest with $300 going to the winning startup along with great prizes for 2nd and 3rd place winners. Details provided on the entry form available to players of our Teen Entrepreneur Events.
We’ll be going into more detail as these events approach. In the mean time, please help spread the word about this great series coming to the Greensboro Public Library. Here are the events dates:
PUBLIC (FREE) AUDIENCE EVENT PitchPocalypse
6:00-8:00pm Central Library
Downtown Greensboro, NC (Players Chosen from Participants of Teen Entrepreneur Events)
VentuRealization’s Monthly Meeting, Economy, Jr. at Asheboro Library, Startup Clash, Global $1 Million Pitch Competition, and How to Write a Business Plan Workshop
Show Notes / Mentioned Events: Triad Startup Calendar Wednesday August 13th to Tuesday August 19th
The goal of these events is to teach young adults about real world economics by having them play through the game as a customer spending a month’s paycheck on bills for housing, utilities, child care, groceries, and more for them and their families without going bankrupt. The other half of participants will play as the merchants selling products and services to customers with the aim of covering their overhead costs and posting a profit. Customers and merchants which switch roles half way through the game to experience both sides of the economic coin.
The entrepreneur support group Shift, Nussbaum Center’s Entrepreneur Group, is helping organize volunteers for the Saturday events.
Economy, Jr. was demo’d for the first time for North Carolina Teachers on Thursday, August 7th at the 5th Annual Jumpstart Convention in Charlotte, NC put on by the North Carolina Council on Economic Education (NCCEE). Thanks for putting on a great convention! Here are the pictures: