Business Basics for Young People: Eight Fun Ways to Begin
Explain eight business concepts through familiar objects and short conversations before introducing a larger enterprise project.
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How to Teach Enterprise Without Making It Feel Like School
Make an enterprise session feel purposeful and participatory with a real brief, useful choices and reflection that fits the activity.
Read the article Ten Skills Young People Learn by Running a Small Business
Ten operational skills can be practised in a small project. Use simple evidence to see what the young person actually did and understood.
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Introducing Entrepreneurship to Young People: A Parent’s Guide
Introduce enterprise at home with a manageable first week: notice a need, make a rough version, try it and discuss the decision.
Read the article Building an Entrepreneurial Mindset in Children Aged 6–12
Build early entrepreneurial habits through curiosity, choices and manageable challenges, with support adapted to children aged six to twelve.
Read the article Why Enterprise Education Matters in the Primary Years
Primary enterprise education can connect familiar classroom skills with useful decisions, while keeping participation playful and free from sales pressure.
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How Entrepreneurship Builds Financial Confidence
Build financial confidence through small decisions a young person can understand, explain and revisit without pressure to make money.
Read the article The Future of Enterprise Education: Learning by Doing
A useful direction for enterprise education combines knowledge, practical decisions, feedback and evidence of what learners can apply.
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Young Food Entrepreneurs: Lessons from Three Small Starts
Three food-founder beginnings offer lessons in questions, practice and purpose, alongside the adult responsibilities a real food project needs.
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