Real-world learning: Entrepreneurial After-school or Co-curricular program.

Is your school ready for a meaningful, skill-rich entrepreneurial After-school or Co-curricula offering for your creative tweens and teens?

In just five interactive (2hr) after-school sessions, students will complete a full business cycle and gain the confidence to bring their ideas to life before sell their creations directly to real customers at the Old Bus Depot Markets and/or Capital Food Markets at a fun, real-world market-day experience, earning $ from their sales. 

They will develop entrepreneurial skills and mindset, confidence, creativity and real-world experience that will serve them long after our program ends. 

Students learn, develop and execute a range of skills:

• Design Thinking in Action – Empathise, define, prototype, and test ideas.
• Problem-Solving & Business Basics – Learn key business concepts while understanding value creation
• Know Your Customer – Identify who you’re designing for and the problem you’re solving.
• Prototype Your Ideas – Interpret a design brief and make a product using simple materials.
• Create a Test Product – Make one hand-crafted item from scratch to market-test with real people.
• Brand It – Design your own logo using online tools.
• Pitch & Market-Test – Practice your sales pitch, present your product, and give + receive feedback.
• Conduct Real Market Research – Gather insights from actual customers.
• Cost & Sell Smart – Calculate product costs, price your items, and sharpen financial literacy.
• Merchandise & Plan – Organise your product display and develop your market-day execution plan.
• Experience a Real Market – Sell your creations at commercial pop-up’s at Old Bus Depot Markets (Kingston) or Capital Food Markets (Belconnen). 

Suits:  Primary school years 5-6 and High School years 7-12.