Free Entrepreneurship Education Resources

Ignite entrepreneurial thinking with VentureLab’s free entrepreneurship education resources! Discover hands-on activities, downloads and printables, and ESTEAM-based challenges that empower students of all ages to develop essential skills, think critically, and collaborate effectively.
Elevate your teaching and help shape the next generation of diverse innovators with these free entrepreneurship education resources. Dive into our collection of inspiring, engaging, and free educational tools!

Inside the Mott Million Dollar Challenge: 6 Things We Learned Mentoring Young Innovators

By Nick

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VentureLab served as room captains and mentors for K-4 teams at the Mott Million Dollar Challenge. Here’s what we saw, and what it taught us about entrepreneurial mindset in early elementary classrooms.

Our Students Are Heading to the National Stage: VentureLab at the Mott Million Dollar Challenge

By Nick

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The Mott Million Dollar Challenge is exactly the kind of opportunity that brings that mission to life in a visible, meaningful way.

Why AI Literacy and Entrepreneurship Education Belong Together

By Nick

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Most schools are already asking the same question: How do we prepare students for a world that keeps changing faster than our curriculum can keep up?

2026 Ready, Set, Startup!

By VentureLab

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Help us bring VentureLab to more under-resourced communities and change the face of entrepreneurship!

Engineering Confidence: Raising Girls to Build Companies

By VentureLab

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The Power of a Parent’s Belief: Raising the Next Generation of Founders At this year’s SXSW EDU, VentureLab founder Dr. Cristal Glangchai sat down with Audrey McLoghlin, founder of the apparel brand Frank & Eileen, for a fireside chat on a critical mission: raising girls who see themselves not as future employees, but as future…

Empowering OST Leaders with the Missouri Afterschool Network

By VentureLab

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We were thrilled to join OST Leaders and program directors from across Missouri and Kansas at the Kauffman Foundation Conference Center to provide hands-on strategies for building an entrepreneurial “climate” within their programs.

3 Classroom Brainstorming Strategies To Unlock More Ideas

By VentureLab

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Traditional brainstorming often favors the loudest voices and settles for the first “good” idea. To foster true innovation, move from generating ideas to growing them.

🐝 Build an Air Bee & Bee: Think Like an Eco-Entrepreneur!

By VentureLab

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Welcome to Air Bee & Bee, an ESTEAM® entrepreneurial learning experience designed to spark divergent thinking and environmental empathy.

Beyond Brainstorming: Teaching Divergent Thinking Skills to Students

By VentureLab

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Students often default to safe, “right” answers — but creativity thrives when they generate many possibilities first.

Learning, Connection, and Innovation with New Mexico Out-of-School Time Network

By VentureLab

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Bringing Learning to Life Through Workshops at NMOST’s 2026 Spring Into Summer Conference We had a fantastic time connecting with educators and program leaders at the NMOST’s Spring into Summer Conference, hosted by the New Mexico Out-of-School Time Network. This annual gathering brings together out-of-school time (OST) professionals and advocates from across New Mexico to…

Northern Recharge 2026: Empowering Afterschool Professionals Through ESTEAM & Mindset Workshops

By VentureLab

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VentureLab was honored to lead two interactive sessions at UAN’s 2026 Northern Recharge focused on cultivating entrepreneurial mindsets in youth and the educators who serve them.

Why “Entrepreneurial” Brain Breaks Are a Game Changer

By VentureLab

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Activating Discovery Mode Through Playful, Creative Problem-Solving 6 Entrepreneurial Brain Breaks to Turn On Discovery Mode and Reset Learning: One of the world’s most iconic toys of all time wasn’t born in a boardroom or from data crunching — it emerged from simple, playful moments of observation. While away from her busy role as Mattel…

Empathy Activation Cards

By VentureLab

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The Power Skill For Idea Generation Our Empathy Activation Cards are designed to nurture the crucial empathy mindset. By prioritizing empathy, we empower students to move beyond surface-level brainstorming and generate solutions rooted in real-world impact. When students lead with this human-centered mindset, they don’t just “invent”—they solve. It is the essential bridge between a…

Why Empathy Matters in Entrepreneurship Education

By VentureLab

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Empathy isn’t just a “soft skill.” It’s a measurable driver of creativity and idea generation.

This Is Where Bold Youth Ideas Win Big: Introducing the Mott Million Dollar Challenge

By VentureLab

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VentureLab is thrilled to help spread the word about the Mott Million Dollar Challenge, a once in a lifetime national pitch competition for kids and teens in grades K–12.

Building a Statewide Youth Entrepreneurship Ecosystem: Meet Aaron & Mark, VentureLab Certified Advocates in Missouri

By VentureLab

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VentureLab is proud to celebrate Aaron Banks and Mark Cowsert of the Missouri AfterSchool Network (MASN) for expanded opportunities for young people across Missouri to experience entrepreneurial learning.