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title: "Budding Entrepreneur — A Story to Help Children Discover Entrepreneurship"
url: "https://books.playgoventure.com/3/newsletter/205/budding-entrepreneur-a-story-to-help-children-discover-entrepreneurship"
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# Budding Entrepreneur — A Story to Help Children Discover Entrepreneurship
The new movie Champions featuring a team of athletes with special needs reminded me of a book I have to offer to parents and teachers — it's free and I've included it here.
This is the backstory of why I wrote the book.
Way back in 2012, my kids were aged 7 and 4 — old enough to begin learning about something I feel is important — entrepreneurship.
Why? Because I believe that entrepreneurship is more than just running a business. Entrepreneurship is a mindset that empowers individuals to take control of their own future and helps them realize personal goals and objectives. It's about freedom, lifestyle, self-confidence, family, community, and more.
**I wanted my children to discover this mindset.**
At the time, I had already created a number of entrepreneurship education resources that were used in thousands of schools around the world — including software simulations and a board game. But these resources were better suited for teenagers and adults — my kids were too young.
I thought a book might be the best way to start. So I looked for a very simple book I could read to them or that they could read themselves. A book that would help them begin to discover the entrepreneurial mindset as early as possible.
But I couldn't find one.
I found a couple of books to help kids start lemonade stands, but the content was too specific and detailed. (By the way, a lemonade stand is a *great* learning experience for kids — I highly recommend it.)
**It's said that necessity is the mother of invention, so I wrote my own book.**
A friend and talented photographer (Wendy Gouthro) had recently taken photos of my children and I felt that I could easily repurpose those for a simple book (but I changed their names since it's a work of fiction). Custom illustrations would have been great, but I just wanted something quick and easy.
At the same time, on-demand print publishing was starting to get popular, so this project would also help me test out that service.
Within a few weeks, my first (and only) children's book was born — ***Budding Entrepreneur*.**
I gave the ebook away for free on the Apple iBookstore app. I posted it there hoping that others may find value in it. I never paid much attention to it, but I just checked the stats and it's been downloaded 5,600 times — not bad.
With the subsequent popularity of self-publishing, I'm sure there are many more entrepreneurship books now available for young children — if you know of any good ones, please share them in the comments below.
> To make my book more accessible, I just converted it to a PDF and you can get it for free here — GoVenture.net/be
I hope you may find it helpful. And, if you're wondering why a movie triggered me to share this post, you'll have to read the book to find out.
> *The entrepreneurial mindset is one of the most meaningful gifts we can give to the world.*
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I'm Mathew Georghiou and I write about how games are transforming education and learning. I also share my experience as an entrepreneur inventing products and designing educational resources used by millions around the world. More about me at Georghiou.com