{"id":32,"date":"2021-05-05T18:59:58","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T18:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/innovation-incubator\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2026-02-02T18:01:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T18:01:53","slug":"youth-entrepreneurship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/innovation-incubator\/youth-entrepreneurship\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth Entrepreneurship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-umflint-templates umflint-template-default\"><div class=\"wp-block-umflint-jumbotron jumbotron jumbotron-fluid jumbotron-page-large  mb-3\" style=\"background-color: rgb(255,255,255);\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-umflint-card card card-default \"><h1 class=\"card-header\"><span style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-secondary-color\">Young Sharks Program<\/span><\/h1><div class=\"card-body\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <img 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Mott Foundation, UM-Flint\u2019s Office of Economic Development &amp; Community Engagement<s> <\/s>developed the Young Sharks and Junior Sharks programs for student entrepreneurs in grades three through eight and their teachers. The curriculum blends entrepreneurship, economics, and innovation into existing K-12 curricula. \u00a0Participating teachers attend a professional development workshop led by the curriculum co-authors<s>.<\/s> and the Office of Economic Development &amp; Community Engagement team. Teachers then work throughout the school year\u00a0to guide students through all stages of the entrepreneurial process, helping students progress from initial ideas to launching a business and culminating in a pitch presentation. These students then compete in a county-wide event where they present their business ideas.<br><br>The Young Sharks program empowers students by developing their leadership skills and creativity and motivating them to take initiative. It also provides them with essential soft skills such as communication, teamwork, and problem-solving.<br><br>The curriculum was developed by Terry Groves, former K-8 social studies curriculum chair at Grand Blanc Community Schools, along with Paula Nas, David Merot and Nic Custer from UM-Flint\u2019s Office of Economic Development &amp; Community Engagement. In addition to these team members, the entire OED &amp; CE team plans and hosts the annual pitch competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"University of Michigan-Flint, Young Sharks\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QXt2_lUJBuQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light h-auto\" style=\"min-height:50px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-white-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-2 mt-4\">\n\t\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-secondary-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-secondary-background-color has-background mt-5 mb-5\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3e2b6c5f0f5ed341fc6e94bd087df2a4\">What are the Goals of the Young and Junior Sharks Program?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The Young Sharks program has been designed with the needs of students and educators in mind.<br><br>In addition to learning the fundamentals of creating a business and the relevant economics and business concepts, participating students develop the skills associated with the entrepreneurial mindset, such as teamwork, problem-solving, persistence, risk-taking, creativity, and curiosity. Students who participate in the Young Sharks program learn to be creative thinkers and problem solvers and develop a clear understanding of the steps to becoming an entrepreneur, all while learning grade-appropriate social studies, economics, math, and literature content. Learning these skills at a young age allows the students to develop a foundation for critical thinking and adapting to new learning opportunities with greater confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Young Sharks and Junior Sharks were developed by a team with experience in the areas of K-8 social studies curriculum development, economics content, and entrepreneurship training.\u00a0The lessons have been designed to address the needs of teachers who are faced with a limited amount of time in the school day, so lessons integrate economics, math, science, and language arts content into the entrepreneurship material.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light h-auto\" style=\"min-height:50px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-secondary-background-color has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-2 mt-4\">\n\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mt-3 mb-4 has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2e12531d3f68fff54215a1bf3933096b\">How Do the Young Sharks and Junior Sharks Programs Work?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Elementary school teachers participate in a professional development workshop that is co-facilitated by the authors of the Young Sharks curriculum. Those teachers who choose to adopt the curriculum in their classroom are provided with the complete set of lesson plans, student worksheets and activities, display boards, and support from the UM-Flint facilitators. Students in those classrooms form teams that generate business ideas in four categories: inventions, services, performing arts, and visual arts. Each team of student businesses creates a business pitch presentation and display board. Participating classrooms will select one winning business team to compete in the pitch competition and all participating student businesses will display their presentation boards during the event.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover h-auto mb-3\" style=\"min-height:50px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-primary-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-2 mt-4\">\n\t\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-1bd4f3f50d2b91073c1d5d19cd62f674\">For additional information, please contact Paula at <a href=\"mailto:pnas@umich.edu\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-secondary-color\">pnas@umich.edu<\/mark><\/a>.<br><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-row row mt-3\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-4\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-row row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a30d9de97a02&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a30d9de97a02\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www-s3.umflint.edu\/wp\/blogs.dir\/83\/files\/2025\/02\/Flint_YoungSharks06.jpg\" alt=\"Young kids smiling and laughing at a table. 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