This year, four senior phase students (Weronika Jasinska, James Kennedy, Antonina Kwiecinska and Daniel Kwiecinski) will take part as a team in the START Entrepreneurial Programme run by the High School of Glasgow.
About the programme:
This is a pioneering project-based learning programme that brings the experience of participating in a startup business incubator to Scottish schools. START takes pupils on an exciting journey from initial problem-spotting to early-stage investor presentation, igniting entrepreneurial ambition and culminating in a pitch competition that offers internship prizes.
START has a strategic partnership with Scottish EDGE, Scotland’s biggest startup funding competition, to connect volunteers from their alumni community to our pupil startup teams. This means that our young people are supported by those who have a wealth of recent experience in the entrepreneurial journey to pass on, and this, again, fulfils a key aim of the National Strategy for Economic Transformation to connect the world of startup enterprise with schools. Mentoring creates an outsized positive impact on young people, inspiring them to consider possibilities previously unimagined.
How it works:
The program replicates the process of a startup incubator, guiding pupils through five learning loops.
These loops include team working, problem spotting, customer engagement, prototyping, business development, branding, and pitching.
The program concludes with a "Pitch & Vision Evening" where teams present their developed business ideas.