Grow in Entrepreneurship
Between classes and startup stress, entrepreneurship is no easy feat for high school founders. Learning to build resilience becomes the key to pushing through.
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When I started my journey with 1THING, I didn’t know I would be handling a brand on my own. A brand which I feel would lie at the core of the knowledge base for our design network. I never expected this to happen. But then again, start-ups.
Most people prefer a predictable life over one wrought with uncertainty. But in the world of entrepreneurship, you have to be adaptable and willing to experience change.
Timeliness, precision, and low cost are baseline expectations, the necessary foundation. On top of this foundation, you must add value to the top line. How can finance leaders do all this with fewer resources?
Your start-up will only become a successful business with the right preparation - a good startup checklist. This may sound simplistic; however, careless preparation is the most common reason why many initially promising businesses fail to flourish. There are many hurdles on the path to a successful business concept, but most can be overcome.
So how did I become a high school entrepreneur? Here are 4 tips to get started from the lessons I learned while building my own startups in high school:
Test your entrepreneurial mindset with these questions, and learn how to grow your entrepreneurial mindset. This can be your key differentiator between a successful startup and an unsuccessful one.
Never have I felt more behind than when I first started learning how to code. When I went to hackathons or coding competitions as a complete beginner—not knowing anyone else in the community—I felt like I didn’t quite belong. Most of the people in the tech space were male, and as a female with limited experience in programming, I felt like I wasn’t meant to be there.
Here are the 3 key learnings from our LaunchX experience that my team and I have applied to these business pitch competitions:
