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New course: Entrepreneurial Mindsets for Educators
ByVentureLab October 31, 2022March 5, 2024

We must must practice and model the same entrepreneurial thinking we ask of youth.
VentureLab invites you to join the Entrepreneurial Mindset Course for Educators to practice and grow the same mindsets that you want to see in the youth you serve. The evidence based program uses best practices in adult learning theory and can be used by individuals or groups seeking to imbue their culture with empathy, adaptability, optimism…all the entrepreneurial mindsets and skills.

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The Wyoming Afterschool Alliance, 4-H, and VentureLab reframe the word “entrepreneur”
ByVentureLab September 23, 2022March 5, 2024

The word entrepreneur is often narrowly defined as starting a business. We recognize that it’s more than that and so does the afterschool and 4-H community.

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Classroom sings the VentureLab Entrepreneur Song
ByVentureLab September 20, 2022September 24, 2025

Watch this video of an elementary classroom is singing the VentureLab Entrepreneur Song! It was share with us by Lisa S., an Entrepreneurship Teacher, Nashville, TN. Lisa is teaching our Topics in Entrepreneurship Grades 1-2 curriculum and her class was pretty excited to sing this song about how to be an entrepreneur.

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Vote for our SXSW Panels
ByVentureLab August 16, 2022March 5, 2024

Help us get our sessions on the 2023 programs at the South by Southwest Interactive and Edu conferences! It’s just three easy steps.

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Introducing our all new Story Starter Generator
ByVentureLab August 9, 2022October 15, 2025

Spark creativity, courage and risk-taking with our all new Story Starter Generator! Use this fun online activity to teach and practice brainstorming. It’s flexible and suitable for all ages, or even mixed grade levels!

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Youth Pitches

Meet our panelists from June’s Youth Virtual Pitch night
ByVentureLab August 3, 2022September 23, 2022

Meet our panelists from June’s Youth Virtual Pitch night. We appreciate them taking the time to volunteer their time to give feedback and mentoring for this event. We appreciate and are deeply grateful to our audience participants, volunteer panelists, donors and young entrepreneurs!

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16-year-old Kartik’s pitch for his invention, SugarJet
ByVentureLab July 31, 2022September 23, 2025

Watch 16 year old Kartik pitch his invention to help diabetics: SugarJet, a painless, permanent and affordable insulin pump. He talks about how his grandmother’s challenges with diabetes inspired him to create this invention, about how this device matches up to competitors, and gets feedback and questions from our panel.

Learn more about our Youth Virtual Pitch Events and register today!

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Kellee’s pitch for her customizable jewelry business, Kellee’s Little Things
ByVentureLab July 25, 2022September 25, 2025

Watch 14 year old Kellee pitch her customizable jewelry business, Kellee’s Little Things, and talk about what inspired her to start it. She took part in our June 2022 Live Virtual Pitch Event. Learn more about our youth virtual pitch events and register today!

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13-year-old Myiah’s Mocha Beans Boutique Pitch
ByVentureLab July 21, 2022September 26, 2025

Watch 13-year-old Myiah pitch her idea for hair and beauty products, Mocha Beans Boutique, during our June 2022 Live Virtual Pitch Event! She talks about her beauty business and the unique products that she’s created, and then she receives feedback from our panelists.

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Venture Forward with an Entrepreneurial Mindset
ByVentureLab July 19, 2022September 25, 2025

Entrepreneurship is more than starting a business, it’s a way of thinking and acting. It’s about identifying opportunities, finding ways to solve problems, and taking calculated risks. It is the process of creating solutions, ideation, design, and iteration. It’s about creating, delivering, and capturing value. Entrepreneurship is also a very personal journey of self-exploration and…

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Getting Resourceful with the Egg Drop Challenge
ByVentureLab April 10, 2022September 20, 2024

The observation challenge asks us to complete a simple observation task but reveals a much bigger surprise about our ability to actively take in the world around us!

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3 Tips to Increase Diversity in Entrepreneurship
ByVentureLab April 9, 2022September 23, 2025

Entrepreneurship is essential to our future and, unfortunately, the modern image of entrepreneurship does not reflect our diverse population. This means we are missing out on so many innovations, new ideas, and creative solutions for the world’s challenges. So what can we do to change that? VentureLab’s Founder, Dr. Cristal Glangchai, and Program Manager, Itzel…

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Build a Toy Business Activity
ByVentureLab December 15, 2021September 23, 2025

This activity encourages youth to work through the entrepreneurship process and features ideation, market research, prototyping, and pitching. All of this with a fun twist: making a toy business!

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11 Public Speaking Tips for Youth (and Adults!)
ByVentureLab December 6, 2021September 26, 2025

We’ve compiled a list of public speaking tips that can help both youth and adults become more confident, persuasive speakers.

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Marshmallow Challenge Activity
ByVentureLab November 14, 2021September 25, 2025

This isn’t your ordinary marshmallow challenge! This activity takes an in-depth entrepreneurial look at the design process and inspires reflection on each stage. Youth will work in teams to complete a challenge to build the tallest free-standing structure out of dry spaghetti noodles that also supports the weight of a regular-sized marshmallow. Along the way,…

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Free Resource: Empathy Coupons
ByVentureLab October 24, 2021March 5, 2024

This activity asks students to be mindful and “walk in the shoes” of someone they know by considering what makes that person happy, creating a coupon, and then carrying out the action to deliver happiness and take empathy to action.

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