Entrepreneurship for Kids: Start Your Own Business Course

Why should your child take this course?

In an era when AI and automation are reshaping the job market, entrepreneurial thinking isn't just a nice-to-have—it's becoming essential for future success. This course equips your child with the mindset and skills needed to thrive in an ever-changing world.

Whether your child becomes a business owner or chooses a traditional career path, the entrepreneurial mindset they'll develop here will give them a significant advantage. They'll learn to be resourceful, independent, and confident in their abilities to create value—skills that no AI can replace.

Here is the course structure

Unit 1: Ideation and Concept Development

1. How to Find a Good Idea: What’s Your Passion
2. Mindmapping Your Great Idea
3. Mindmapping Your Great Idea (Part 2)
4. The Passion - Problem - Product Cycle
5. How to Refine Your Idea into a Prototype
6. Who’s Your Ideal Customer: Defining Your Avatar
7. Adding Value: How You Improve Someone’s Life

Unit 2: Prototyping and Pitching

1. Receiving Feedback and Why It’s Important
2. How to Pitch Your Idea
3. What If I’m Shy and Don’t Want to Pitch
4. Test, Revisit, Refine, Test Again
5. Is Your Product Ready for the Market

Unit 3: Financial Planning and Budgeting

1. What is the Cost of One Item of Your Product
2. How Will You Fund Your Business Idea
3. How Much Product Should You Make
4. How Much Do You Need to Sell to Cover Costs
5. What Happens If No One Buys Anything

Unit 4: Pricing and Profit Potential

1. What If My Idea Already Exists
2. Setting Your Perfect Price
3. What Would Your Avatar Spend
4. Figuring Out Profit Potential: How Much Could You Earn
5. Revenue vs. Profits: What’s the Difference

Unit 5: Branding and Promotion

1. Let’s Give It a Name: Business or Product Naming
2. How Do You Tell People About Your Product
3. In-Person Advertising
4. Call to Action, Slogans, and Jingles

Unit 6: Product Preparation

1. How Much Product Should You Make
2. Getting All Your Products Finished and Ready
3. The Best Package for Your Product
4. Labels, Tags, and Ties

Unit 7: Sales Strategy and Customer Interaction

1. Finding the Perfect Place to Sell Your Product
2. Table Presentation 101
3. Be Prepared! Safety, Payment Options
4. I’m Shy! There’s No Way I Can Talk to People
5. Strategies Reviewed for Zero Sales

Unit 8: Post-Sales and Business Sustainability

1. What to Do with the Profits and Paying Back Debts
2. Reinvesting in Your Business
3. What If I Don’t Want to Continue with My Business
4. Charity: Different Ways Companies Can Give Back
5. Social Enterprise: How to Build It into Your Business


Instructor: Stacey Piercey