“What if our students aren’t interested in starting their own business?"
When I first started engaging with schools around entrepreneurship education, I was often asked “What if our students aren’t interested in starting their own business?”
This notion that entrepreneurship education solely aims to churn out start-up founders has changed over the years, aligned to the shift in social and workforce expectations and emerging research that highlights the broad and deep benefits of training people to be more entrepreneurial from an early age. It was great to see this highlighted in a recent The Australian Financial Review article.
“It isn’t about the start-up. It’s about building the founder for the next start-up or bringing them out into the wider workplace. This is much more about capacity building and employability than it is just solely focused on the business.” Mr Smith said. (Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/47vMBGX)
As the workforce rapidly evolves and the education sector adapts to develop and prepare young people for the challenges that lie ahead, I believe entrepreneurship-based learning will play an ever increasing role in augmenting traditional curriculum.
" It isn't about the start-up. Its about building the founder for the next start-up"
When focused on capacity building, entrepreneurship education can broaden horizons for students, equipping them with the mindset and skills to launch their own ventures and also shape adaptable, employable and productive individuals who will thrive in diverse professional and life settings.
