A review of the most recent Teenpreneur Challenge event held in Birmingham, UK.

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The Teenpreneur
Challenge
22nd November 2014
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Teenpreneur
Event Review
One of our most exciting programmes that we deliver each year
is the Teenpreneur Challenge. Inspired by a programme that our
colleagues Albert and Comfort Ocran have been running in Ghana for
a number of years, Teenpreneur is all about developing
entrepreneurial mindsets and attitudes in our youth.
A recent study by ‘Unltd’ showed
that 54% of young people today are
thinking about having their own
business as oppose to pursuing a
traditional career path. This is not
surprising. In fact it’s a change in trend
that is in line with both national and
economic conditions which in forcing
many adults and young people to think
of creative ways to make a living for
themselves, on their own terms so to speak.
At Teenpreneur we pride ourselves on giving young people
access to established entrepreneurs that have come from similar
backgrounds and that have achieved significant success in their
business field. We have seen time and time again that young people
that take part in Teenpreneur leave the event feeling empowered,
inspired and dreaming of doing things they have never before thought
possible.
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At our most recent Teenpreneur event the guest speakers were:
Jamie Dunn - International Speaker and
Entrepreneur
Justice Williams MBE - Keynote
Speaker, Entrepreneur
Tony Sealey OBE - Businessman,
Multiple McDonald’s Franchisee
Daniel Anderson - Award winning
Actor and filmmaker
Students attended from Aston
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Manor Academy, North Birmingham Academy and Kingsbury Sports
College.
Here’s what a few of the students had to say about the event..
“I have thoroughly enjoyed the program. The quality of the venue was
fantastic and the speakers were extremely useful and motivational. This will
definitely help me if i decide to go into my own business. I cannot recommend
this highly enough.” S.Austin
“This experience has benefited me a lot in terms of motivating me and it
was very inspirational hearing people’s stories. It shows you can become anything
no matter your past or qualifications.” H. Ali
“This program really motivated me. Being surrounded by people with
similar dreams as me is more than amazing. I absolutely loved it.” M. Omer
“The experience encourages me and other people to be on my own
business. I want loads of other young people of this generation to do this and
learn about young businesses because this experience was great.” T. Fullwood
“I think this was a great opportunity for e to get advice on how to shape my
future. Very inspiring.” N. Clarke
“I thought this was going to be boring but it wasn't it was inspirational and
fun. It boosted my confidence and helps you find courage within yourself to do
great. If you're interested in business then you'll love it. I also learnt off people
that started their business at our age and sold it for a lot of money.” A. Kabran
Teenpreneur will be back in 2015. Keep checking back to our website for
updates.
You can also see video footage from the event by visiting
www.emerge-leadership.com/teenpreneur
For more information about Teenpreneur, to get students from
your school involved please email errol@errollawson.com
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