An idea. 💡
Started from scratch. 📝
From a brilliant mind. 🧠
That’s exactly where entrepreneurship begins.
I’m guessing we all know or can think of someone who is defined as an entrepreneur such as Elon Musk, Walt Disney, Steve Jobs, or maybe someone you know personally. For me, it’s my brother.
My brother and his now business partner had a recurring problem and knew there had to be a better way to solve it. So, what was their solution? Create a business that will ultimately fix their problem and hopefully benefit others who might have the same issue. While I am mentioning him, he would be disappointed if I didn’t put in a quick plug for his company, Bungii.
Another example from within the greater Pitsco family: the sons of Pitsco’s founder and CEO Harvey Dean, Barry and Jered, along with their teams and industry partners, have created an incredible and much-needed smart technology for power wheelchairs. LUCI Mobility adds stability, security, and connectivity to existing power wheelchairs to prevent collisions and falls. This revolutionary product is filling a void in the marketplace and can make an undeniable difference in the lives of many.
We are proud to see LUCI come to market and to individuals and families. This invention is the power of problem-solving at work. This is one great example of teamwork and purpose-driven work. And, ultimately, this is STEM and coding for good.
So, whomever you might be thinking of, you know that they had a drive to put their creative, unique idea into action. That’s what entrepreneurship is all about.
The road to becoming an entrepreneur is daunting and difficult but can also be one of the most rewarding opportunities. Whether you’re obsessed with watching Shark Tank, like me, or have an idea that you have always thought would make an awesome product or service – let’s venture into entrepreneurship.
Students who pursue a STEM degree have a wide variety of future career choices, but when you add entrepreneurship into the mix, this opens the door to even more opportunities. Entrepreneurial skills and STEM skills go hand in hand. To succeed in a STEM career, you need to be able to problem solve, be creative, have a growth mindset, and be adaptable – just as with becoming a successful entrepreneur, these are equally suited skills.
STEM education provides a broad range of skills that reach beyond careers in science or engineering. It teaches students how to think, not what to think. While STEM gives students the tools and skills they need to work a problem out on their own, it’s the desire at the heart of students – and entrepreneurs – that pushes them to solve that problem and learn why “It’s really good to fail.”
As students face this changing workforce, these transferable skills are essential:
Entrepreneurship can happen at any age and at any time! Check out these 10 successful young entrepreneurs to get you inspired.
There are lots of ways students can get involved with entrepreneurship at a young age. Explore some of these programs to help nurture that inner innovator in all of them:
Innovation is about creating solutions for challenging problems. It’s a different way of thinking – you break past the barriers of what currently exists and create a new normal. Start creating a new generation of inventors with these activities:
We’d love to know how you are creating entrepreneurs in your class! Comment below activities you do to get students inspired and thinking outside the box.
Or, tell us what inventions you’d love to bring to life! You never know, maybe your hobbies could turn into something more!
Sources:
“STEM Education and Entrepreneurship: 5 Big Skills that Overlap”