Closing The Confidence Gap With a Growth Mindset
A growth mindset is a winning mindset. There is no downside to a girl believing that she has the capacity to grow her intelligence and
July 7, 2017
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Allowing Girls to Tap Into Their Potential
When we encourage girls to change their mindset, rather than simply to get good grades, we open up a world of possibilities for them. In
July 4, 2017
Girls, STEAM, & Growth Mindset
Full STEAM ahead: What happens to the girls who could go on to study and work in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and
June 30, 2017
Home School Resources: Teaching A Youth Entrepreneurship Curriculum
Many parents are finding that traditional public school options are inadequate for their children’s education. Some opt to take their child’s schooling into their own
June 28, 2017
Overcoming Fear of Failure for a Chance at Success
Our mindset and the way in which we think affects how we think. The celebrated psychologist Carol Dweck has written about mindset in her research
June 27, 2017
What Does Neuroscience Tell Us About Rewiring The Brain?
Our potential needs to be unleashed. And in children, that comes from encouragement as well as challenges. Girls need to be pushed and told that
June 20, 2017
Without A Growth Mindset, Girls Limit Themselves
Many girls who are straight-A students are often discouraged from subjects where they achieve less than an A. As a result, these gifted girls assume
June 16, 2017
Growing Neural Pathways- Brain Development in Girls
The more you challenge your brain, the better off you are. Our brains want to be challenged, and we need to instill this sense of
June 13, 2017
Lighting the Spark: Retraining Young Girls to Excel
Redefining failure and encouraging a growth mindset is crucial in shaping our daughters’ path to success. By teaching girls that their brains can change, grow, and embrace challenges, we cultivate their confidence, persistence, and resilience. VentureLab aims to empower girls through entrepreneurial education, sparking their potential and equipping them to live impactful lives.
June 9, 2017
Teaching a Confidence Mindset So Girls Learn From Failure
Our motivation to teach girls an entrepreneurial mindset and can-do skills is not only about gender equity, but our nation’s future. Our global leadership depends to a great extent on the ability of our entrepreneurs to create companies and jobs out of innovations in technology. That is the genius of our economy, but also its vulnerability. We cannot become complacent. We need new, young, courageous, growth-minded entrepreneurs—men and women—to start and build the businesses of the future.
June 6, 2017
Change is a Sign of Growth
At VentureLab, we strive to empower girls and kids of all backgrounds and circumstances (and the adults that teach, and love them) to think entrepreneurially
May 24, 2017
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