How many classrooms have participated?
- We’ve had over 175 classrooms participate from K-12 from across Canada and internationally.
How many businesses are created in a class?
- In grades K-8, we suggest creating one business as a class. Working together as a class on one business ensures the best possible learning experience for your students. In grades 9-12 we suggest classrooms work on one business or operate a few small businesses with a minimum of four students per business. In this case, each business will be given a $100 micro-loan.
Should I have a background in entrepreneurship to run this?
- Not a problem! Our program works so that you help facilitate the learning experience for your students. Our Learning Hub works to guide you through the process.
How much work will this be?
- Our program is directly embedded within the curriculum. By running our program, we’ll help you meet many of your prescribed learning outcomes and requirements for the year. It’s not more work, but it is different work.
What if my students fail?
- 98% of classes who participate in our program are successful in reaching the revenue goal of $500. If you’re not sure if your students’ ideas are viable, we recommend having students conduct research into seeing if there is any interest for their idea. Failure isn't the end of the world. Remind students that failure is actually very important in life and entrepreneurship. It teaches us what went wrong and how we can solve it in the future.
Can we run this program in an after-school setting?
- We truly believe our program works best within your own classroom setting. However, if you’re interested in setting up an alternative program, we do have licenses available for alternative curriculum and programming. Please email us at [email protected] before signing up to run this program outside your regular classroom.
General Advice?
- Our program is designed to be flexible. It is designed to adapt in the way that best fosters entrepreneurial thinking within your classroom. Our program is unique because it also requires you, your personality, and your teaching style to be successful. You don’t need to follow our instructions word for word. You can adapt and tweak what you want to make it the best learning experience for your students!
- Our online learning platform will assist you in facilitating the program while our staff and coaches will help mentor your class. All the while, our strong community of educators and entrepreneurs are here to support you and celebrate your successes.
- As an educator, it can be difficult to give up control to your students. Trust us, in our program, letting your student’s take the lead will enhance their learning experience.