Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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Preparing for Success in Marketing, Management, and Entrepreneurship

Do you have a creative mind? Are you able to work collaboratively and solve complex problems? Tomorrow's generation is said to be a generation of young entrepreneurs turning ideas into reality and using those ideas to spur positive change in the world. The Innovation and Entrepreneurship pathway has adopted the INCubatoredu program which provides an authentic experience where students will learn from real entrepreneurs and business experts in addition to their instructor. Through this program students will learn business, marketing and finance foundational skills while at the same time having the opportunity to explore their passion. Students work in collaboration with their team to develop and test hypotheses on their own business concept and learn to adapt it accordingly. 

As noted from INCubatoredu, "students demonstrate their learning through explanation, interpretation and application of content to their team’s real business idea. Principles and process from the LEAN movement help students test their thinking. From concept to Minimum Viable Product to Pitch, students are hypothesizing, testing, adapting and learning. Importantly, they work and learn in teams."

Career Opportunities 

  • Entrepreneur
  • Business Consultant
  • e-Commerce Marketing
  • Sales Manager
  • Product / Brand Manager
  • Promotion Coordinator
  • Advertising Media Buyer
  • Research and Development
  • Communications
  • Marketing Manager
  • Customer Service

Career Skills Developed

  • LEAN Process and Principles
  • Management Principles and Techniques
  • Professional and Technical Sales
  • Integrated Marketing Communications
  • Digital Marketing and Management
  • Strategic Entrepreneurship
  • Adaptability, Collaboration, Communication Critical Thinking, Creativity, and Problem Solving

Program Highlights

  • Students participate in the national technical organization BPA where they can compete at the local, state, and national level. 
  • Students learn the importance of working as a team, yet will be responsible for individual work as well. 
  • Students work with real entrepreneurs as mentors and coaches throughout the learning.
  • Students have the opportunity to pitch their business concepts to "friendly sharks" with the possibility of receiving actual funding. 

Suggest Skill Set

  • Divergent Thinking
  • Analysis
  • Initiative
  • Persistence
  • Observation
  • Planning
  • Organizing ​
  • Scheduling
  • Questioning
  • Self-Motivated
  • Teamwork
  • Open-Mindedness
  • Listening​
  • Listening
  • Critical Observation
  • Constructive Feedback
  • Idea Exchange
  • Cooperation
  • Confidence

Additional Features

  • At the junior level, students learn business and design fundamentals through the operation of a t-shirt store where students process orders, develop t-shirt designs, meet client needs, print and complete -t-shirt orders.
  • Opportunity to receive funding for business concepts.
Click HERE for the Slides.
Pictured are images from the 2022 Innovation and Entrepreneurship Pitch Day. The Franklin Heights Team KickGuards was chosen as the winner.

Past Pitch Night Winners

  • 2017 Grove City's Team Dynamic X
    • (Note: Franklin Height's team Frostwear was awarded a domain name for their website as well as a certificate by a judge to continue to help pursue their product idea.)
  • 2018 Central Crossing's Team Odd Jobs
  • 2019 Westland's Team SolCase
  • 2022 FHHS Team KickGuards
Below are pictures of our Innovation and Entrepreneurship students from both Grove City and Westland High Schools.
References

Programs. (n.d.). Retrieved January 03, 2017, from http://incubatoredu.org/programs/#incubatoredu-hs