“Summer anxiety” expressed as
- “there’s so much I want to do”
- - summer job hunting
- - the realization that the summer can be long, tough, sweaty, and penniless
Recognize this?!
Be cool!
There’s a remedy!
Want to be your own boss?
Want to set up your own job?
Want to earn money?
Do you enjoy challenges?
Do you have ideas, long to bring them to life, looking for a challenge?
Summer Entrepreneur is your chance! If you are in upper secondary school then you, alone or together with a friend, can run your own business during the summer.
As a Summer Entrepreneur you receive help getting started, in developing your ideas and support to “do your thing”. You’ll learn plenty about enterprise and entrepreneurship, and have fun doing it.
THE PROGRAMME INCLUDES:
· One-week kick-off with skilled motivators who’ll help you build a sound platform for you and your business.
· Skilled advisors and coaches who follow you and your friends along the way.
· Networks and mentors who’ll help you succeed.
· Insurance
· Start capital
· Wind-up activity
Simply put, create your own summer job!
Still interested?
The programme may have an opening near you!
If not, then contact one of the clever people who carries some weight in your municipality. Why not the mayor (go straight to the top!), someone at the business development office, education office, job centre, school, recreation centre Your first challenge might be organizing a group of friends and getting the programme up and running. Just Do It!
150 ideas
“Sounds good, and fun too, but I don’t have any ideas
Write a list of things you like to do, things you’re pretty good at.
For example:
“fixing stuff”
“helping people”
“singing”
“swimming”
“playing football”
“organizing things”
“making people laugh”
“taking care of animals”
“writing”
“keeping things tidy”
“shopping”
“sewing”
“arranging gigs”
“Sounds fine, but I still don’t have any ideas”
Okay, have a look around! There are people who need things, from you!
What do they seem to need?
“Getting the garden tidied up”
“Learn to swim ”
“Coffee and cakes in unusual surroundings”
“A helping hand”
“A website”
“Live music while waiting for the train”
“Freshly-baked bread on the caravan door on a sunny, summer morning at the campground”
Give them some thought. Talk with people Combine your ideas with new ones, mix and match. One + One = Four.
But most of all, don’t let anything stop you from moving ahead.
If you still haven’t come up with an idea for your summer entrepreneurship, don’t sweat.
The Summer Entrepreneur programme has extremely skilled motivators and advisors who are trained to bring forth your ideas and identify your skills and resources, if it’s what you really want.
