Startup Camp On-Site at Schools

Schumpeter Entrepreneurship Program

A hands-on entrepreneurship program for middle school students that uses the Schumpeter board game to teach entrepreneurship and the concept of creative destruction,

and guides students in turning everyday problems around them into startup ideas

Program Outcomes

• [ 2 ] classes and [ 31 ] students took part in total.
• ★★★★★ 4.9 rating

"I had never really been interested in starting a business, but this activity sparked my interest. I realized that starting a business doesn't have to be something grand. If you start by trying to fix small things in everyday life and keep building on that idea, before you know it, you could actually start a business."

"Today's class made me more interested in entrepreneurship, and I want to learn more about it. Knowing that it's about making life more practical and convenient, not just for me but for other people too, I feel proud just from doing activities like this."

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 then refine their ideas, write a final business plan and present it.

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 organizing service concepts
• Brainstorming names, logos and promotional copy
• Reviewing drafts for brand direction and business plan writing

Deliverables

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