EPIC Youth : Cultivating Entrepreneurial Changemakers

Beth Goldstein
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EPIC Youth : Cultivating Entrepreneurial Changemakers

Welcome to the podcast EPIC Youth: Cultivating Entrepreneurial Changemakers where we provide ideas and tactics that teachers, youth development professionals and parents can use today to  cultivate tomorrow's entrepreneurial changemakers. The host, Dr. Beth Goldstein is the Senior Director for Academic Strategy at Babson College's Youth Impact Lab, where she works with experts around the world who are helping youth increase their agency, confidence, and resiliency by strengthening their entrepreneurial mindsets. 

Episodes

  1. APR 10

    Unveiling the Roots of Creativity and Entrepreneurship

    Lets dive into the revolutionary educational approaches at the New England Innovation Academy. Featuring insights from Lily Fu and Baldev Singh Rawat, this podcast explores how to cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset among youth. Emphasizing real-world problem-solving, innovation, and human-centered design, it reveals strategies for educators, youth development professionals, and parents to empower students with confidence, agency, and resilience. From pioneering school stores to global...

    40 min

  2. MAR 27

    Educators Creating Entrepreneurial Impact in the Classroom

    In the questioning process, comes creation. Teachers need space to innovate and cultivate students who have critical skills that allow them to solve problems. It is important that teachers see themselves as entrepreneurs in the classroom. As teachers begin to embrace this role, they are in a stronger position to cultivate youth with the agency needed to address sticky local and global problems.Yo Emprendedor Mesoamerica InvestmentsLincoln School

    43 min

  3. MAR 13

    Lessons in Entrepreneurship Part Two - Born Entrepreneurs: Insight from High School Changemakers

    Lessons From Costa Rican Youth Deploying their Passions to Improve LivesBuilding upon the insight shared by their parents in part one of this podcast, listen to 3 high school students from the Lincoln School in Costa Rica share what they learned growing up in entrepreneurial homes. Mark Music, Filipo Fonseca, Gloria Garita (GiGi) Calderón each share what inspired them, what they learned as they launched different ventures and how their parents and school supported their ability to see obstacl...

    41 min

  4. FEB 28

    Lessons in Entrepreneurship Part One - Parenting Entrepreneurs: Sparking Innovation and Resiliency

    How to inspire entrepreneurial thinking throughout their children's lives?Parents play a key role in strengthening their children's entrepreneurial thinking. Learn from 3 parents in Costa Rica who are engaged in supporting their children's passions and commitment to being changemakers and how they helped them overcome fear and failure on the road to success. As one parent shared, make sure your children know that you either win or you learn on the journey. Chris Music, Alfredo Fonseca, Gloria...

    43 min

  5. JAN 30

    Empowering Changemakers in Southeast Asia

    This episode, Empowering Changemakers in Southeast Asia, features a conversation with Bangkok University entrepreneurship professor Uli Guelich about the value of entrepreneurship and resiliency in emerging countries like Thailand. Dr. Guelich shares how gender equality exists in the business community in Thailand, which is unique compared to other countries where she has worked and lived. She also shares her views about the importance of integrating entrepreneurship into all courses, not jus...

    28 min

  6. JAN 30

    Sparking an Entrepreneurial Mindset with Guest Jodie Woodruff

    How to Get that Spark Going: One Student at a Time?Join Dr. Beth Goldstein in a compelling conversation with Jodie Woodruff, a pioneer in integrating entrepreneurship into public education. This podcast delves into the transformative power of entrepreneurship education in public schools, highlighting the innovative Met model that fosters real-world learning and business creation among high school students. Discover how this approach not only equips students with entrepreneurial skills but als...

    24 min

  7. 11/07/2023

    Designing Mindshifts in Entrepreneurial Thinking with Guests Wendy Acosta and Maria Marta Merino

    How Will You Create Mindshifts in the Youth You Work With? Join Beth, Wendy Acosta and Maria Marta Merino from the Lincoln School in Costa Rica, A Babson Academy Youth Impact Lab partner as they explore integrating entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial thinking and acting at the Lincoln School as they help their educators, coaches and students develop an understanding of the role that failure, resiliency, and empathy play in being an entrepreneurial changemaker.Learn about Babson's methodology...

    29 min
  8. Making a Difference through Entrepreneurial Thinking with Cheryl Kiser

    11/01/2023

    Making a Difference through Entrepreneurial Thinking with Cheryl Kiser

    How Will You Cultivate Youth with the Confidence to Create Social Impact?Listen in as Beth speaks with Cheryl Kiser, Director and founder of the Institute for Social Innovation at Babson and founder of the Youth Impact Lab, Babson College. Together, they look at the entrepreneurial mindset, putting that into practice and giving that practice to young people in under-resourced communities as one of the greatest strategies for success and wealth creation and in helping young people lead a...

    28 min
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Welcome to the podcast EPIC Youth: Cultivating Entrepreneurial Changemakers where we provide ideas and tactics that teachers, youth development professionals and parents can use today to  cultivate tomorrow's entrepreneurial changemakers. The host, Dr. Beth Goldstein is the Senior Director for Academic Strategy at Babson College's Youth Impact Lab, where she works with experts around the world who are helping youth increase their agency, confidence, and resiliency by strengthening their entrepreneurial mindsets. 

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