Canadian Entrepreneurs: Born or Made?
As the chief financial officer of a start-up company, Kevin Fan has learned a thing or two about cash management.
Never count the money while people are talking to you, for example.
Wise advice – from a 12-year-old.
Kevin is a Grade 6 student at Ottawa’s Knoxdale Public School in west-end Ottawa. He and his class have spent the past four months launching a company as part of Entrepreneurial Adventure, a hands-on program that exposes 3,000 Canadian kids a year to the world of business.
... Many business schools, including Ï㽶ÊÓƵ and the University of Toronto, now offer special entrepreneurship programs.
Some of the key attributes of successful entrepreneurs – creativity, optimism and daring – may be innate. But schools can certainly channel students and create environments where it’s safe to try, and fail.
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