Print Your Own VentureLab Mindset Stickers!
Celebrating these mindsets as you spot them is a great way to help youth cultivate entrepreneurial thinking. At VentureLab, we’ve found a fun and easy way to recognize and celebrate: stickers!
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Mindset of the Month: Problem Solving
Entrepreneurs go looking for trouble, but not in the way you’re thinking. They are actively looking for opportunities to invent new ways of doing things or improve upon what already exists. This type of problem solving is PROactive. Our mindset of the month is problem solving: proactively developing creative solutions to the problems around you….
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But Why? Curiosity Activity
Curiosity is an essential trait of entrepreneurs. At its most basic, curiosity can be as simple as asking “Why?” But you don’t have to stop with your first question! Sometimes the true answer requires asking “Why?” multiple times. The But Why? technique provides a framework for student curiosity that helps them discover underlying cause of…
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Mindset of the Month: Curiosity
Following our curiosity nurtures crucial underlying strengths like resilience, adaptation, and problem-solving. So, how do we increase the entrepreneurial mindset of curiosity?
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Mindset of the Month: Resourcefulness
Resourcefulness is being able and willing to “do more with less.” How do you inspire resourcefulness in your youth? Find out in this blog!
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Home School Resources: Teaching A Youth Entrepreneurship Curriculum
Looking for comprehensive Home School Resources: Teaching Youth Entrepreneurship Curriculum? VentureLab offers an array of tools, activities, and strategies tailored for homeschool educators. Empower your young learner with entrepreneurial skills, right from the comfort of home.
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Embracing Failure with the Tower Challenge
We know that cultivating a mindset of embracing failure doesn’t happen in an instant. It takes consistent practice. Each moment of failure is an opportunity to engage in the cycle of learning and improvement. (Learn more about this and the process of embracing failure on our blog!) Designers, engineers, and entrepreneurs know this process as…
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Practical Financial Literacy with the VentureLab Business Builder
In 6 easy steps, The VentureLab Business Builder helps you think through all the important parts of your business, test your plan, and create a business model!
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Build a Worm Home for the Holidays
In this activity, you’ll build a home using everyday materials for a worm whose house has flooded. But what does building a worm home have to do with entrepreneurship? You’ll be inspired to use empathy to consider the worm’s needs. As you work, you’ll be creative, adaptable, and resourceful to build a home with ordinary…
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Entrepreneurship & Self Awareness: My Entrepreneurial Self Activity
Discover the “My Entrepreneurial Self” activity on VentureLab, aimed at empowering youth to uncover and develop their entrepreneurial traits. This exercise encourages self-reflection on personal strengths and skills, essential for nurturing an entrepreneurial mindset.
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Exclusive VentureGirls Excerpt, Plus Get to Know Each Other Activity!
Looking for ways to empower girls in your life? We’re sharing this exclusive excerpt from VentureGirls, written by our founder Dr. Cristal Glangchai, on the importance of advocating for girls in STEM fields and beyond! Plus, don’t miss our mentorship activity to help you think about how to build rapport and a relationship with your…
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3 Ways to Nurture a Growth Mindset
Entrepreneurs know they can do anything and improve at anything because their brains grow as they learn new things and practice new skills!
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Financial Literacy for Kids
Discover a ton of activities to teach financial literacy for kids in our VentureLab Youth and Caregiver Workbook!
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4 Free Courage Activities
Entrepreneurs have to be brave. They must try new things, talk to new people, take risks and solve problems that others are afraid to tackle. This is called courage!
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3 Free Adaptability Activities
Entrepreneurs don’t always know what challenges they will face. They have to make changes when problems come up and find new ways to make their ideas work. This is called adaptability.
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Get Resourceful with the VentureLab Workbook
Entrepreneurs come up with clever solutions to challenges. This sometimes means using unlikely materials or trying unique solutions. We call this resourcefulness.
