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Entrepreneurship

Setting up a business involves knowledge of patents, products, advertising, marketing, customers, and economics. This topic covers all this and famous New Zealand and overseas entrepreneurs like Richard Branson, and Sam Morgan. SCIS no. 1870075

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Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg

This is a caricature of Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder, and CEO of the popular social networking site, Facebook. Currently one of the world’s youngest billionaires, Zuckerberg has a net worth of 62.7 ...

Inventions, patents, and trademarks

Patents and trademarks An invention is a new device or process. A patent is a property right granted (by the government) over an invention. The owner of the patent has the exclusive right to use th...

Chew Chong, Taranaki entrepreneur

Entrepreneur, Chew Chong, was an early Taranaki entrepreneur.

Alexander McGeorge

A biography of a gold-dredging entrepreneur, Alexander Crow McGeorge.

Jake Millar – millennial entrepreneur

Jake Millar – millennial entrepreneur

Jake Millar began his first start up when he was just 19 years old - and it's now worth millions. At just 21, Jake is about to launch his vision on American soil. He speaks to Wallace about what ma...

Richard Branson

Richard Branson

Caricature of Richard Branson, UK entrepreneur and businessman. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

New Zealand entrepreneur, Peter Beck, operates Rocket Lab.

Start-ups

What do start-ups need to thrive and survive?

Māori entrepreneurs

Early Māori entrepreneurs in the Rotorua tourist industry.

Auckland bridge gets bungy

Auckland bridge gets bungy

Commercial bungy jumping began in 1988 after Kiwi entrepreneurs, A. J. Hackett and Henry van Asch developed their innovative idea (and rubber bungy cords) with the help of Auckland university scien...

Hair roll advertisement

Hair roll advertisement

Advertising is very important in business as it informs potential customers about a product and encourages them to purchase it. It is also important that advertisements appeal to their target audie...

Sample of Nescafe coffee

Sample of Nescafe coffee

Everyone likes to get things for free. That's why providing a free product sample is a popular method used by entrepreneurs to encourage customers to buy their product. Providing free samples of a ...

Tribute to Steve Jobs

Tribute to Steve Jobs

This cartoon shows an Apple iPad with a heart shaped bite out of the apple icon. It is a tribute to Steve Jobs, who died in 2011 from pancreatic cancer. Steve Jobs was the co-founder of Apple, the ...

The ins and outs of being a young entrepreneur.

Jake Millar is a young New Zealand entrepreneur.

Kids Think Design

This website promotes design thinking in children.

This site covers aspects of money like earning, saving, and spending, etc.

7 entrepreneurs who beat the odds

Article about entrepreneurs who overcame hardship and achieved success.

World-changing New Zealanders

New Zealand inventors, designers, and innovators.

What is social entrepreneurship?

The concept of social entrepreneurship.

The making of a young entrepreneur

Gabrielle Williams, a young entrepreneur, tells us her story.

Supply and demand explained in one minute

A one-minute video explanation of supply and demand.

Eleven famous entrepreneurs of all time

History's most famous entrepreneurs, from past to present.

Kidpreneurs blog

Interviews with kids who have started successful businesses.

The school fair

A lesson plan for planning and running a school fair.

Entrepreneurship

Images related to entrepreneurship.

Pictures and slogans

Techniques that writers use to persuade an audience.

Teenager start-ups

A list of current teenage start-ups.

Seven Teens that made it big before 21

How did these teenagers become successful at such a young age?

School fair ideas

A gallery of images related to school fair ideas.

EPIC – Britannica School

Business costs and benefits available through Britannica School, EPIC. School login maybe required.

Africa’s women mean business

Women have long been underestimated and underutilized in many societies, including across Africa. Now, through hard work, global commitments, and localized training initiatives, women entrepreneurs...

Education for Enterprise

TKI’s Education for Enterprise (E4E) page includes extensive resources around planning and teaching enterprise skills in primary and secondary schools.

How to write a business plan

Free templates for both start-ups and growing businesses.

Ten young entrepreneurs New Zealanders should know about

Ten Kiwi business moguls aged 30 years or under that are promising good things for the future of New Zealand business.

Ngā umanga – Māori business enterprise

Te Ara story about Māori enterprise, including the history and issues faced.

Young enterprise

A range of programmes, games & units of work free to New Zealand schools.

Rangatahi Business Challenge

Supported by Te Puni Kōkiri and run by Young Enterprise Trust, the Rangatahi Business Challenge series aims to encourage rangatahi to learn about business and enterprise.

Insight: unleashing the potential of South Auckland

A group of South Auckland entrepreneurs say there needs to be more support for new business ideas, and creative talent if the social and economic potential of the area is to be unleashed.

Ten amazing kids who became self-made millionaires.

When some kids are busy playing sports, or playing online games, these kids decided to do something else.

Find more information on this topic on EPIC. Databases recommended: Britannica School; Australia NZ Reference Centre, Gale Global Issues. Login maybe required.

Young entrepreneurs support child and youth wellbeing

The recent Young Enterprise Scheme national finals celebrated the entrepreneurial successes of secondary students from around the country, with many of the initiatives focused on improving child an...

Ngāti Toa entrepreneurs

Budding Ngāti Toa entrepreneurs get ‘world class’ training.

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