Creating a Business Culture from High School..if not before

[Don1]

.... And literally breeding entrepreneurs and fostering business development. High School years are far too valuable to be wasted merely on rote learning, swotting and doing standardized tests of dubious 21st Century value

Finland take a bow -- Nuff props

JA may be on the way via WhizzyLabs™ & WhizzyNet™ should Jah bless

Opening a Startup High School in Finland

There are several program-specific high schools in Finland which specialize in subjects such as visual arts, music, sports and drama. During the course of Fall 2017 a new high school will be established specializing in startup culture. The founders of the idea consist of the founders of startup event Slush, HundrED and educational provider Otava Academy.

“Regardless of the name, the main focus of the high school is not only in the startup culture. It’s more about wanting to evoke the interest of students and giving them the opportunity of doings great things within a variety of fields. It can be charity, science or art, you name it,” explains Marianne Vikkula, the CEO of Slush.

One interesting feature of Startup High School is that it isn’t an actual physical building that you attend lectures at. All of the teaching will take place either online or in different learning environments beyond the school gates.
“Our goal is that every Finnish high school could become a Startup High School in the future. We want every student to be able to attend the lectures at Startup High School despite their physical location,” says Saku Tuominen, the Creative Director of HundrED.

[Paul Marin]

D1 - I HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR YEARS!!!! It is RIDICULOUS that the entire world, no matter what your discipline, requires business knowledge. Doctors, lawyers, plumbers, etc. etc. are business people. YET, high schools are STILL not requiring BASIC ACCOUNTING as a requirement. I have seen it here on this forum before, where well meaning people argue "business" not knowing the difference between cash accounting and accrual accounting. It is unbelievable to me, and one of the reasons I think countries that don't fix this will fall behind.

[Assasin]

and that is why I say Tourism must be taught in school. Most school teach business but not entrepreneurship, Don't look at tourism as visitors arrival but look at each one of them as client who can expand our production, our market, our employment without even exporting a product.

[Don1]

D1 - I HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR YEARS!!!! It is RIDICULOUS that the entire world, no matter what your discipline, requires business knowledge. Doctors, lawyers, plumbers, etc. etc. are business people. YET, high schools are STILL not requiring BASIC ACCOUNTING as a requirement. I have seen it here on this forum before, where well meaning people argue "business" not knowing the difference between cash accounting and accrual accounting. It is unbelievable to me, and one of the reasons I think countries that don't fix this will fall behind.

Accounting is def important if a country wants to create a culture of entrepreneurship.... 1000% agree

Our programs don't currently have an accounting module. They're all focused on science & technology...ALL with a student competition as the fulcrum to drive excitement and engagement.

So what we're creating is a culture centered around making valuable 21st century-ready products and services, experience in team building, advanced STEM skills e.g. software programming & engineering design...

...i.e. A startup business culture where students compete at a high level nationally & internationally with industry-recognized benchmarking

Wikkid tings dat...anywhere inna di whirl...much less likkle JA