Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Young Entrepreneur Fundamentals

The ABC of Entrepreneurship

A: Abilities and Skillset of the Entrepreneur and Business Team

B: Business Idea Generation, Development and Strategic Plan

C: Cash Flow Requirements and Projections

The ABC Entrepreneurial Skills Framework shows the personal capacity and traits both of the entrepreneur and business team required to start up and run a small business. Teaching materials have also been developed with a focus on application of alternative pedagogies and assessment techniques to help develop entrepreneurial skills to promote business start ups.

The Student Entrepreneurship Programme

This initiative provides student and teaching materials, to foster entrepreneurship within the second and third level educational sectors in Kerry. A model is presented as a framework to contextualise the business start up process and outline the range of support required for curriculum development. This uniqueness of this programme is attributed to the active involvement of key regional entrepreneurs in its design, implementation and evaluation.