What Is Educational Entrepreneurship?
An educational entrepreneur is a visionary thinker who creates a side hustle that may in time become a main hustle. They sometimes work alone, they sometimes work in collectives, they often start as grassroots entities which scale up to become small enterprises.
What Is a ‘Teacherpreneur’?
Teacherpreneurs are classroom experts who teach students regularly, but who carve out time, space, and reward to incubate and execute their own ideas – just like entrepreneurs! Sometimes this leads to them staying in the classroom for longer as their passion project keeps them inspired and engaged, sometimes this leads to them leaving the classroom to support education in a different way.
How Are Educational Entrepreneurs Leaders?
Education entrepreneurs use leadership skills to communicate with other professionals, clients, and colleagues. Their leadership skills help them make decisions about the company and lead teams with confidence. They also use leadership skills when overseeing other professionals and making decisions about their strategic priorities.
Key Questions to Reflect on as an Educational Entrepreneur
- What do you care about?
- What are you good at?
- What does the world need right now?
- What could you get paid for?
- How could you contribute to education beyond working in a school/ college?
- How do you want to work moving forwards?
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