How much time do you have to prepare students for the competition?
0 minutes – If students are already solving problems and creating value in existing STEAM, Service Learning, Science Fair, or Other programming, they can enter with their idea!
15-30 minutes – Use a single session to play Wacky Inventions from VentureLab, where students create a business idea using two objects. Or utilize Extensions with multiple activities grades k-4, or these Extensions with multiple activities for grades 5-8 & 9-12.
30-120 minutes – Use two to 5 session with The Pitch Toolkit from YEI, where students complete multiple activities to create and pitch a business idea.
Have time for more?! Visit Mizzen.org to find their entrepreneurship playlists with 25+ activities to deepen students’ creativity, communication, and problem-solving.
Need help preparing your students for their pitch? Use this session outline to get ready for your submission.
Below are winning video examples from pitch competitions hosted by Young Entrepreneur Institute.
Check out this webinar to learn how it works, how to get your students involved, and to grab ready-to-use resources to spark their next great idea.
Hosted by the Afterschool Alliance, in partnership with the Mott Foundation, Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), VentureLab, Mizzen Education, and the 50 State Afterschool Network.
Supported by funding from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation and administered by NFTE in collaboration with VentureLab, YEI, the Afterschool Alliance and Collaborative Communications.
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