Business Taster Workshop for kids 10 – 17 years old

Do you have a budding entrepreneur on your hands? The Maker2Market Business Taster workshop will give your child to the tools and confidence they need to develop and launch their own product and share it with the world at the Old Bus Depot Markets on 21 July 2024.

Workshop days (2 days) | Wednesday 17 – Thursday 18 July
9:30am – 4:00pm
Spend two days in the workshop @ Canberra Universities’ Faculty of Arts & Design. Your child will explore their passion, create a business and get ready to share it with the world on market day. Over these two days your child will get the opportunity to:

  • Problem-solve and gain an understanding of key business concepts

  • Identify an ideal customer with a problem you want to solve

  • Prototype and then create a hand-made product from scratch

  • Create a logo using online software

  • Pitch, critique, and present

  • Conduct market research

  • Create up to 20 products to take to market day through an intensive Maker session.

  • Develop a product costing and hone financial literacy skills

Market day (1 day) Sunday, July 21 from 9.00am - 2.30pm
Your child will spend the day at the Old Bus Depot Markets in Kingston, where they can test their product and develop skills including:

Develop merchandising and customer sales skills

  • Talk about their product wit real customers

  • Test the viability of their product and understand the concept of demand

  • Participate in a real market day experience to test products with real customers at Old Bus Depot Markets, Kingston (Cbr).

  • Have a better understanding of how small businesses operate

Ready to invest in their future? Bookings available via the EDII website: Maker2Market Business Taster program is in Canberra + Sunshine Coast (QLD) Australia. (edii.com.au)

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