I just wanted to share an experience I had last week.  I was invited to be an ‘expert’ on a panel of business people who spent a day with Clifton College students helping them to prepare and pitch a business idea.  During the day the ‘dragons’ were asked to meet with the students on three occasions.  The first and second time was spent coaching and supporting them with their idea and the third to listen to a pitch on their idea.

The day was really rewarding and the students seemed to get a lot of value from it.  In some cases this was their first experience of meeting anyone from the business community. 

Those that won pitches were given real life money!


The day didn’t require any preparation from the experts, we just turned up and helped out.I’d encourage anyone that can spare a day to put something back, to get in touch with Working Knowledge.

These kids are our future and hopefully we may just have encouraged some entrepreneurial spirit.
 

Visit: http://www.workingknowledge.org.uk/ for more info.