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SCI Guild is making a science trading card game for kids 6-15. While it is being built, my 16-year-old co-founder and I are publishing science videos, science games, and science facts, and a blog about interesting science stuff. Plus, the SCI Guild store features toys and games that deliver real science along with real fun.Categories
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Category Archives: student
So, What Is Steve Up To, Anyway?
By now some of you have heard that I have decided to leave the Innovation Center. I have waited to discuss this publicly until the Innovation Center made an organizational announcement, which they did yesterday. Here’s what’s up. First of … Continue reading
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Entrepreneurial Entrepreneurship Teachers – Part 5, Karen Gillie
So one day four years ago I received a message to contact Karen Gillie at Anthis Career Center. She wondered if I’d be willing to let a student interested in entrepreneurship visit me for a job shadow. That student was … Continue reading
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Entrepreneurial Entrepreneurship Teachers – Part 4, Joyce Vogely
If only we had proof (or at least an example) that teaching entrepreneurial skills in Middle School leads to entrepreneurship careers later in life. Wouldn’t that be cool? Well, read on! I had the pleasure last year of being invited … Continue reading
Entrepreneurial Entrepreneurship Teachers – Part 3, Dustin Walls
What kind of person is best equipped to teach entrepreneurship? That’s easy. Someone who is a successful entrepreneur. That describes Dustin Walls of Carroll High School. Dustin has owned and operated a commercial cleaning business for 25 years while teaching … Continue reading
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Entrepreneurial Entrepreneurship Teachers – Part 2, Jennifer Galloway and Vanessa Wyss
A couple of months ago I was invited to speak to the kickoff event of a great project at Churubusco Middle School. Each and every 8th grade student would be creating a business plan. Is that cool or what? They … Continue reading
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Entrepreneurial Entrepreneurship Teachers – Part 1, Riley Johnson
Over the past few years, I’ve had the pleasure to see some absolutely wonderful teachers in action. They act entrepreneurial themselves, and as a result they find and cultivate the entrepreneurship in their students! I have 6 teachers in mind … Continue reading
Jumpstart260 Brings Fort Wayne Entrepreneurs Together
Hey, what just happened here!? Yesterday, the newly revived Jumpstart260 filled the upstairs room at 816 Pint and Slice with entrepreneurs. Yes, you read that right. Filled. Entrepreneurs. Downtown Fort Wayne. I’m guessing there were 50 people there – I … Continue reading
Culture Hacking in Fort Wayne
It seems like more and more of what my friends and I are doing today can be defined as “culture hacking”. I didn’t invent the phrase. I read it here: http://adamfeuer.com/blog/2011/11/20/culture-hacking/. What is culture hacking? Adam writes, “Culture hacking at … Continue reading
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A Good Week for My Collaborations
It has been a productive week for me. First, I launched a new collaboration together with my best friend’s boy, Gary Coker. Those of you who read this blog know that I am an advocate for youth entrepreneurship. Well, now … Continue reading
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Bye, Steve Jobs – Hello, New Young Entrepreneurs
So, by now everyone knows that Steve Jobs has died. The world is talking about what he accomplished in a remarkable life. I’d like to focus your attention on not WHAT he and Steve Wozniak did, but WHEN they did … Continue reading
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