Teens prepare to be Future Bosses

During my stay in California, I have visited different schools and educational institutions as well as educational programs. One of the most remarkable in my opinion was a program for future entrepreneurs Future Boss. 

600 high school students applied for the program, 30 best were selected, only 20 finished the program, presented their business plans and 3 of them won ipads and 1000, 500, 250 dollars as the winner also got a chance to attend an entrepreneurial event.

During 3 days students got loads of information on entepreneurship - financial literacy, what it means to be your own boss, types of personalities, marketing, how to create a business plan etc etc etc. After these days, students had to present their business ideas and business plans in front of jury (even the major was among them, but students found it out after the presentation was over)

It was amazing to see how these teenagers grew up in these 3 days. Starting from shyness to speak in front of the public to presenting themselves as CEO of different companies, their eyes were shining, they very inspiring and creative. 

In Russia we also have such kinds of programs. But there are a couple differences. First of all – target audience. In Russia it is mostly university students (starting from 18), in this competition kids were high school students (15-17). During the competition the idea of importance of education was promoted, kids were encouraged to enter colleges and universities.

Also, one of the greatest feature of the program is that a lot of people are informed about it by different ways of marketing (contact local teachers, google ads etc)

As a follow up, Miguel announced a next competition for the participants of all the FutureBoss programs and the price is 100 000 dollars. It is a great opportunity for the kids to pay for their college and even if they don’t win – it is unique, amazing and useful experience which allows kids to broaden their minds. 

Also, you you can read an article about this competition.