Pyeongchon Science and Technology High School – Schumpeter Entrepreneurship

Schumpeter Entrepreneurship Program

A hands-on startup education program for high school students that uses the Schumpeter board game to explore entrepreneurship and creative destruction,

and guides students in turning everyday problems into startup ideas.

Program Outcomes

• A total of 8 classes and 132 students took part.
• ★★★★★ 4.4 rating

"After finding problems in everyday life and thinking about solutions, I feel that if I keep thinking this way as I go through life, I can apply the same approach to my career and daily life and achieve better results."

"The entrepreneurship class went beyond simply learning how to make money. It felt like a process of building the skills to lead future society. Seeing the connections with fields such as management, marketing and design helped me shape my career path more concretely."

Program Content

Students learn about entrepreneurship through Schumpeter's concept of creative destruction,

and experience industrial change and startup opportunities through board game activities. They then develop their ideas in detail,

all the way through writing and presenting a final business plan.

Understanding Entrepreneurship

• Understanding Schumpeter's concept of creative destruction
• Experiencing how industries change and new opportunities emerge
• Learning the basic structure of a startup through a board game

Problem Discovery & Idea Generation

• Identifying inconveniences at school, in daily life and in the local community
• Defining problems to solve from the customer's perspective
• Generating and refining startup ideas

Planning with Generative AI

• Expanding startup ideas and defining service concepts
• Generating ideas for names, logos and promotional copy
• Reviewing drafts for brand direction and the business plan

Deliverables

• Final business plan
• Names and logos created with generative AI
• Presentations and mock investment sessions to build creative thinking and presentation confidence