On-Site Startup Camp at School

Schumpeter Entrepreneurship Program

A hands-on entrepreneurship 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

• 15 members of the school's startup club took part.
• ★★★★★ 4.5 points

"Sharing views with my friends on different problems and working through them together really stuck with me. Rather than learning about startups only in theory, these concrete activities using an actual program were genuinely helpful."

"Whenever I thought about starting a business, I always had unanswered questions about the specifics. Through this class, the various programs and the funding activity helped me resolve those questions."

Program Content

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

and experience industry change and startup opportunities through board game activities. They also develop their ideas in detail

and go on to write and present 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 and Idea Generation

• Exploring 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 shaping service concepts
• Brainstorming 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 to build creative thinking and presentation confidence