At the heart of our programs lies our vision to create the Change Makers of tomorrow.
We cannot be prouder in sharing the stories of our young and adult achievers who have excelled and proved their knowledge and skills in financial literacy and entrepreneurship.
These results prove to you that even a 9-year-old can learn to start their own business that delivers on social responsibility too.
Kudos to our Change Makers!
CURRENT RECORD = $859 IN 2 HOURS WITH WELMAK BREADS
NAMES: Avery & Edyn
AGE: 9 years old (both)
AMOUNT RAISED: $ 507
NAMES: William, Elizabeth, Lauren, Matteo, Aryan and Kishen
AGE: 10 - 11 years old
AMOUNT RAISED: $ 859
LESSONS LEARNED: Started their own bakery that sold over 100 baguettes in less than 2 hours. How to start your own business. Focus on quality, How to raise money for a charity you believe in, How to make your own product, Designing Marketing Collateral (banners, posters, business cards), Business Planning and more.
AGE: Grades 4-6
AMOUNT RAISED: $ 256
LESSONS LEARNED: Started their own Mobile Chocolate Stand delivering hot cocoa to kids in school. Setting up a business. How to talk to customers. Customer Service, Creating an Online Store, Getting permits and permissions for business. Product Pitches, Designing Marketing Collateral, Business Planning and more.
AGE: 8 - 16
AMOUNT RAISED: $ 778
LESSONS LEARNED: Created their own version of "Blue Lemonade" to sell on the IBM Campus. Aced the challenge to create a catchy product that was Instagram pretty. How to launch a business. Business Jingles, Customer Service, Crowdfunding, Product Pitches, Launching a Pop-up Store, Designing Marketing Collateral, Business Planning and more.
AGE: 10 & 11
AMOUNT RAISED: $ 396
LESSONS LEARNED: Created their own pop up lemonade stand where they used ice to illustrate the melting ice caps. Crowdfunding, Product Pitches, Sales! Designing Marketing Collateral, Social Media Marketing, Setting up an Online Store, Business Planning, Launching a Pop-up Shop and more.
AGE: 7-16
AMOUNT RAISED: $ 547
LESSONS LEARNED: A pop up store that quite literally brought traffic to a hold on Bayview. Crowdfunding, Product Pitches, Benefits of pre-selling, Becoming influencers and how influencer marketing works. Launching a Pop-up Store, Designing Marketing Collateral, Business Planning and more.
AGE: 9-11
AMOUNT RAISED: $ 547
LESSONS LEARNED: Created their own pop up store selling produce that they had grown themselves. Aced the challenge to sell nutrient rich fish poop by selling 15 jars of it for $5 each. Vertical Farming, Making money while saving the environment, Customer Service, Product Pitches, Launching a Pop-up Store, Designing Marketing Collateral, and more.
AGE: 8-10
AMOUNT RAISED: $ 653
LESSONS LEARNED: Created their own online chocolate company & pop up store by learning how to make the finest Belgian Chocolate with Canada's top Chocolatier, Laura Slack. Preparing Gourmet Chocolates, Product Pitches, Designing Marketing Collateral, Learning that quality matters and more.
NAMES: Miquela, Pete, Jeanne, Carole & Padina
AGE: Adults
PORTFOLIO APPRECIATION: Learnt how to manage money. How to start saving and manage a budget. How to start investing in stocks and other products.
PORTFOLIO APPRECIATION: 30%
LESSONS LEARNED: Analyze stocks before you buy, Read about the company, listen to the news everyday.
AGE: 11 & 13 years old
PORTFOLIO APPRECIATION: 50% in 5 days
LESSONS LEARNED: Sometimes the best investments are the ones you have to find! Learnt how to manage money, Investing in Foreign Makets, how to track foreign stocks, understand the problems with Chinese Debt, how to understand the impact of news on your portfolio.
AGE: 12 years old
PORTFOLIO APPRECIATION: 30% in 5 days
LESSONS LEARNED: So many things can impact your portfolio. It's best to really see all the moving pieces. Learnt how to manage money, invest in stocks, the risks of investing in penny stocks, bitcoins, impact of global warming and free trade on stocks.
AGE: 16 years old
PORTFOLIO APPRECIATION: We stop counting how well they did after they beat us many times in the challenge.
LESSONS LEARNED: Think before you spend. Options and Futures trading, foreign stocks, structuring products, mutual funds and so much more.
Available for Grades 4 and up.
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