Why Every Kid Should Be a Startup Founder
In today’s Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan discuss why it’s important to teach kids about entrepreneurship. You know what they say - better to start them young. Teaching about how to become a founder to kids as young as 10 years old will be an eye-o
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Show Notes
In today’s Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan discuss why it’s important to teach kids about entrepreneurship. You know what they say - better to start them young. Teaching about how to become a founder to kids as young as 10 years old will be an eye-opening experience. At this age, kids still have that pure mindset where they think they can do anything, and it’s important to nurture that. Planting the seed early on will bear fruit that will also be able to teach the future generations.
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What to Listen For
- 00:00 Intro
- 00:29 What if we teach kids to be founders?
- 02:20 10 year olds are like a relatively complete processor
- 04:17 Kids have a business idea
- 05:36 They don’t know they can’t do it yet
- 07:59 Explore your interests
- 11:51 There’s a hundred different path
- 16:29 Opening the pandora’s box of entrepreneurship
- 18:28 We have one shot in life
- 21:05 Agency and ownership
- 24:04 Early experience is important
- 26:23 Planting the seed on the next generation