Learning Independence through Entrepreneurship

Young people say earning big money and having independence from an overbearing boss are prime factors in starting their own businesses.

That’s according to the seventh annual “Teens and Entrepreneurship” survey, a nationwide poll.

About 60 percent of those polled say they are interested in starting their own business. About 700 teens between the ages of 13 and 18 participated in the poll.

The strong interest in business is a good sign, because it's through operating a business that kids get powerful lessons about how money works. Just doing a financial statement teaches volumes: it's not how much money we make, it's how much money we get to keep.

Think about it. What if we managed our personal finances with that level of understanding?

Entrepreneurship is a highly effective avenue for teaching about personal finance. Our programs use this method with great success.

Footage of 2007 Camps

Check out footage of camps from last year:

Camp Fair 2008

The Money Academy will have a booth at this years Camp Fair at Palmer Events Center this Saturday (1/26/2008) from 10 AM to 6 PM.

Spring Break Camp - Adventure in Business!

Announcing

Camp Enterprise

March 12 - 16

8:30 - 3:30

\ ent-er-priz\

n : 1. readiness for daring action : INITIATIVE

2. a business organization

Become a young entrepreneur for a week!

Start a business doing what you LOVE!

Then learn how to turn that money into more money!

Activities include:

• Local Entrepreneurs sharing their secrets of success.
• Field Trips to Austin homegrown businesses on the Dillo.
• Creating and developing your first business that you can start right away.
  

When: March 12 - 16, 2007

Who: Ages 8 - 15

Times: 8:30 to 3:30

Where: Casa de Luz campus, 1701 Toomey Road

Tuition: $250

Campers will be developing a business idea delivering a good or service, creating a marketing plan, analyzing expenses and potential profit, determining how to invest the profits. All this, couched in an environment of play and exploration.

Participants will realize a new understanding of how money works in their lives and develop their own sense of self-worth.

Camp Enterprise is a program of The Money Academy

Gayle Skiera, Director
Phone: 443-8851

Email: gayle@themoneyacademy.net

Register online at http://www.themoneyacademy.net/

Announcing the Second Session of

Camp Enterprise

August 7 – 11, 8:30 - 3:30


\ ent-er-priz\ n :

1. readiness for daring action : INITIATIVE
2. a business organization

· Become a young entrepreneur for a week
· Start a business doing what you LOVE
· Then learn how to turn that money into more money!

Activities include:

· Local Entrepreneurs sharing their secrets of success.
· Field Trips to Austin homegrown businesses on the Dillo
· Creating and developing your first business that you can start right away.

· When: August 7 - 11
· Who: Ages 8 - 15
· Times: 8:30 to 3:30
· Where: Parkside School, 1701 Toomey Road
· Tuition: $220

Snack provided. Please bring a lunch.

Campers will be developing a business idea delivering a good or service, creating a marketing plan, analyzing expenses and potential profit, determining how to invest the profits. All this, couched in an environment of play and exploration.

Participants will realize a new understanding of how money works in their lives and develop their own sense of self-worth.

Camp Enterprise is a program of The Money Academy

Gayle Skiera, Director

Ellen Hickman, Instructor
Phone: 443-8851 Email: gayle@themoneyacademy.net
Register online at www.themoneyacademy.net

Soup Anyone?

David Ansell, the famous "SoupPeddler", spent a morning with us. He told the story of his business beginnings, and all the ways he has grown his company. We got to see the bicycle that started it all, and heard funny stories from David about his unique business. Then we enjoyed some of his great vegetarian chili.

Let's Get Down to Business!

Enterprise Plants business owners working on product preparation.




There are always innovative new ways to do things, and sharing those ideas makes the business better.




The marketing team made some interesting signs that really let people know what we were up to. The signs got potential customers interested in our business and told them our mission statement.



On Tuesday, we jumped on the Dillo and went downtown to Wahoo's Fish Taco restaurant to learn from Gary and Jourdan.



They shared the story of how they got started with their franchise and their plans for the future of their business.

We had a fabulous lunch at Wahoo's, then got back to "business" getting ready to start selling plants the next day.





The market research team located plants at a reduced price to purchase for our business, and sent the Camp Director shopping. The product development team was busy designing our product packaging and recipe cards.

Enterprise Plants, Production

Here you are producing your product.

You all worked hard, and sometimes with stinky substances, and made alot of containers of herbs to sell. The product planning (determining how many plants and which ones) was done well, because we had just the right combination and just the right amount.

Please post your comments and memories.