‘Youth Entrepreneurship’

‘Younger people need more opportunities to create and implement

their own ways of increasing the

community’s options, viability and quality of

life.’(Rural Women’s Advisory Group, (2001)

The Success Factors Managing Change in Regional and Rural Australia)

Consider These FactsAlexander began to conquer the

world at age 20

Mozart composed his first symphony at age 6.

Einstein wrote his first paper on the theory of relativity at age 16.

Joan of Arc lead 3,000 French knights to victory in the Battle of

Orleans at age 17

Ivor Evans designed the Australian flag at age

14.

Young People should never be seen as a burden on any society, but as its most precious asset’

(Kofi Anan – Secretary General United Nations)

‘Youth are the leaders of today, not

tomorrow. We are assets, not

liabilities. We are solutions, not a

problem to be solved’ 

(Sooraya Mentor, South Africa)

Action:

Create meaningful youth

participation and empowerment opportunities

Lead On

Objective: to find ways of engaging, informing and connecting young people to the business and broader community, thereby exposing them to what is possible in their community.

Lead On Outcomes

•Community interconnectedness •Enhanced community capacity•Strengthened personal capacity (confidence, awareness, ability to engage in conversation with adults, enterprise skills....)•Significant community development projects•Employment / career opportunities

The ‘Lead On ‘ name evolved from the notion of what each opportunity ‘Leads

on to’.

R U MAD?

Are You Making A Difference?

- An Initiative of the Education Foundation -

‘It is an important

message to young people

that they can do wonderous

things’(Greg Darnieder)

Action :

Enable all young people to learn

enterprising skills and attitudes

“ Enterprise is not seen in the narrow terms of simply self employment or small business development;

enterprise should be taken to mean willingness and ability

of young people to take a pro-active, self determining

and flexible approach to influencing and shaping their

own futures.”

(David Turner)

Defining Enterprise Skills

“Enterprise skills are generic and transferable skills

necessary to design, manage and review action. They are

the skills necessary for individuals and groups and communities to create and

manage change.”

(David Turner) 

The 12 Enterprise Skills  

Assess strengths and weaknesses Seek information and advice Make decisions Plan time and energy Carry through an agreed responsibility Negotiate successfully Deal with people in power and authority Solve problems Resolve conflict Cope with stress and tension Evaluate your performance Communicate (verbally and non-verbally)

(according to David Turner)

C.R.E.A.T.E.

(Creating Real Entrepreneurial Attitudes

Through Education)

“We as parents and as teachers, must feel the guilt for some of the demise of the rural communities. Too many of us

have been in the business of encouraging our children and our

students to study hard so they can go and get good jobs. We have not

worked hard enough to help them explore the possibilities of returning to their home communities some day, not

in search of jobs, but in search of entrepreneurial opportunities through

which they can offer jobs.” 

(Dr Edwin Nelson, Director , School / Community Revitalisation Program, Nebraska, USA)

Curriculum Themes of the C.R.E.A.T.E. Initiative

(I) Understanding change(II) Knowing oneself(III) Being enterprising

- enterprising individuals- enterprising businesses- enterprising communities

(IV) Exploring our community as a place of opportunity

- auditing the community- appreciating its uniqueness, assets and

“windows of opportunity”.(V) Experimenting with social and business

entrepreneurial ideas- idea generation and critical thinking- social entrepreneurialism- understanding the world of business- testing enterprise options

Action:

Highlight enterprising role models

Case Study Beechworth Bakery 

The Bakery: • Employs 74 people, and another 46 at

‘Beechworth Bakery at Echuca’• Turns over $5.6 million plus per year• Took $30,000 over the counter on one

day (Easter Saturday) • Attracts over 700,000 customers per

year• Offers 200 products• Seats 300 customers• Has won the most significant Regional

Tourism Award in Victoria 3 times

Action:

Support young entrepreneurs with practical

assistance

Tom’s Recipe for Making Dough

1. Love cash flow

2. Practice positively outrageous customer service

3. Banish the bland and dare to be different in marketing

4. Recognise, excite and extend staff

5. Network and cross promote with other businesses

6. Be idea obsessive

7. Be passionate and avoid the dream takers and energy suckers

Summary of actions to enhance enterprising attitudes and behaviours

by young people1.Change our ideas and paradigms

regarding young people2.Create meaningful youth

participation and empowerment opportunities

3.Enable all young people to learn enterprising skills and attitudes

4.Highlight enterprising role models

5.Support young entrepreneurs with practical assistance

‘There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our young people – one

of these is roots, the other is wings’

(Hodding Carter)

‘Give me a place to stand

and I shall move the world.’

 

(Archimedes)