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August 16, 2022
Welcome to the VentureLab blog, your hub for innovative entrepreneurial education resources and inspiration. Explore engaging ESTEAM articles, discover free educational resources (hands-on activities and downloads) , and get inspired by classroom and individual success stories from our community.
Introducing our all new Story Starter Generator
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!
August 9, 2022
Meet our panelists from June’s Youth Virtual Pitch night
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!
August 3, 2022
16-year-old Kartik’s pitch for his invention, SugarJet
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!
July 31, 2022
Kellee’s pitch for her customizable jewelry business, Kellee’s Little Things
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!
July 25, 2022
13-year-old Myiah’s Mocha Beans Boutique Pitch
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.
July 21, 2022
Venture Forward with an Entrepreneurial Mindset
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
July 19, 2022
Getting Resourceful with the Egg Drop Challenge
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!
April 10, 2022
3 Tips to Increase Diversity in Entrepreneurship
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
April 9, 2022
Build a Toy Business Activity
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!
December 15, 2021
11 Public Speaking Tips for Youth (and Adults!)
We’ve compiled a list of public speaking tips that can help both youth and adults become more confident, persuasive speakers.
December 6, 2021
Marshmallow Challenge Activity
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
November 14, 2021
Free Resource: Empathy Coupons
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.
October 24, 2021
12 Free Resources for Practicing Creativity
The essential first step of creativity is believing you’re creative. That might take practice! That’s why we’ve gathered these 12 great creativity resources for youth and adults.
October 8, 2021
Build a Worm House, Think Like an Entrepreneur!
In this activity, youth will build a home for a worm whose house has flooded, using only ordinary materials! But what does building a worm
September 29, 2021
A letter from VentureLab’s founder
No matter a girl’s age, background, or experiences, I believe they have the power to change the world. Let me show you how. The born
September 21, 2021