Creative entrepreneurs Year level Year 7 – 10 Duration 90 minutes Cost $240 per group (up to 32 students) Audience Secondary Through a range of dynamic activities, students will explore how entrepreneurs take their passions and turn them into successful businesses. Using case studies of Western Australian entrepreneurs, this program will unpack the journey of success and identify skills and assets that enabled their business to thrive. Working as a team, students will then develop their own idea into a business opportunity. Register Your Interest Student experience Students will: Explore examples of entrepreneurship in the Innovations gallery Undertake a pre-visit activity to identify personal interests that could be grown into a business Learn how to leverage existing assets into a functioning business plan Develop an entrepreneurial elevator pitch Look at case studies of significant Western Australian entrepreneurs Skills development This program links to the following strands of the Western Australian Curriculum: Year 7 Digital technologies / Design and Technologies Characteristics of entrepreneurs, including the behaviours and skills they bring to their businesses (e.g. establishing a shared vision; and demonstrating initiative, innovation and enterprise (ACHEK019) Consider components/resources to develop solutions, identifying constraints (WATPPS40) Humanities and Social Sciences Characteristics of entrepreneurs, including the behaviours and skills they bring to their businesses (e.g. establishing a shared vision; and demonstrating initiative, innovation and enterprise (ACHEK019) Year 8 Digital technologies / Design and Technologies Development of products, services and environments through the creativity, innovation and enterprise of individuals and groups (ACTDEK030) Consider components/resources to develop solutions, identifying constraints (WATPPS48) Year 9 Digital technologies / Design and Technologies Apply design thinking, creativity and enterprise skills (WATPPS56) Development of products, services and environments, with consideration of economic, environmental and social sustainability (ACTDEK041) Humanities and Social Sciences The nature of innovation and how businesses seek to create and maintain a competitive advantage in the market, including the global market (ACHEK041) Year 10 Digital technologies / Design and Technologies Apply design thinking, creativity, enterprise skills and innovation to develop, modify and communicate design ideas of increasing sophistication (WATPPS64) Social, ethical and sustainability considerations that impact on designed solutions, complexity of design, and production processes involved (ACTDEK040) Register Your Interest