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Collaboration
Tomorrow's Entrepreneurs
Building an enterprise culture
| Presenters: |
Angela Christie
Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand
IPENZ) - Techlink Project Manager |
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Julian Moore
New Zealand Trade and Enterprise |
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Wayne Duncan
Venture Southland |
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Tony Falkenstein
Chair of Onehunga High Business School Board / Onehunga High School |
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Helen Smale
NZ Marine Farming Association Inc. |
Key Points
- Entrepreneurial skills can be developed. They are important for our future well being.
- There is a range of different approaches. Ideas come from individuals, businesses, associations etc. Try your own ideas. Your ideas will be as good as anyone else's ideas - just get on and do it.
- Building an enterprise culture requires collaboration with individuals, businesses, councils, and schools.
- Businesses can provide:
- role models
- money
- infrastructure
- opportunity for real life experience
- professional development for teachers
- resources
- business knowledge.
- and skills.
- There are a number of ways to measure success.
- Media has a key role in promoting the value of positive business role models.
- New Zealand is always in the top three places of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor for starting businesses and at the bottom of the Monitor for continuation of businesses after 5 years. Lack of training is the reason for our low place.
- We need to get the message to the community and schools that successful business is the way to create the social benefits we want.
- Schools can teach entrepreneurial skills as specific courses or as add-ons to other curriculum areas.
- School pupils at all levels of ability respond well to real-short-term business projects.
- Practical business-related projects provide a way of shifting the mindset of teachers.
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