A newly appointed Minister of Youth asked me two weeks ago, what child and youth policies foster entrepreneurship later in life? Although not statistically valid, of the two dozen cases of entrepreneurs around the world that I have published a large number of them remembered early childhood experiences that strongly impacted their entrepreneurial drive. Here is what I wrote:
1. Directly impact children, and get the parents as a bonus. It is fantastic to devote a portion of your policies for children to planting the seeds of the entrepreneurial spirit in children. That is a great and inexpensive long term investment, but there can be a surprising short term payback: by "infecting" kids with entrepreneurship, the parents may get excited about entrepreneurship for themselves, too.
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Author: Daniel Isenberg
