Innovation
“Buy a Bottle… Save a Bee.” Meet Mikalia! At the age of four, Mikalia Umer combined her newfound fascination of bees (after being stung twice in the same week) with her grandmother’s flaxseed lemonade recipe to start Me & the Bees Lemonade. Not only has she created a social enterprise that uses local honey to […]
At Startup Skool, we often define an entrepreneur as ‘a person who seeks to profitably solve a problem the world has by operating their own business.’ We are fortunate that in today’s world, anyone with enough passion and drive can dive headfirst into entrepreneurship – some with fewer obstacles than others. Sadly, this opportunity wasn’t […]
In recent years, entrepreneurship has become much more accessible to anyone with a good idea. There are amazing accelerator options in Vancouver like Launch Academy or Wavefront that focus on providing technology entrepreneurs with support & mentorship. There are also courses young entrepreneurs can take at university and through organizations like Futurpreneur that provide resources […]
It’s safe to say that at Startup Skool, we watch a lot of Ted Talks. Maybe too many Ted talks (if that’s even possible). We thrive on the passion, energy, and innovation of the thought leaders- and ultimately, the power of their ideas to change lives. Recently, we came across a Charles Leadbeater talk […]
