Teach kids entrepreneurship today for their success tomorrow | Brian Weisfeld | TEDxLAHS

It's important to instill entrepreneurship in youth--along with the boldness to act and innovate. This could start with something as simple as opening a lemonade stand as a child, and will build good characteristics and habits. Brian Weisfeld is a youth entrepreneurship advocate and author who has been building businesses his entire life. As a kid, he bought gummy bears and hired his friends to sell them. As a teen, he sorted baseball cards, babysat, and sold mixtapes. As an adult, he helped build well-known companies including IMAX Corporation and Coupons.com. Brian co-authored Penguin’s forthcoming You’re The Boss: A Kid’s Ultimate Guide to Starting Your Own Business to inspire kids to start their first businesses and to empower them to think like entrepreneurs. Brian is the co-author of the Macmillan-published The Startup Squad book series and founder of The Startup Squad Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to teaching entrepreneurship to girls from underserved communities. Brian has spoken to thousands of kids and adults on three continents during his career and was featured on Good Morning America for his work. Brian lives in Silicon Valley with his wife and two daughters. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@pamelafeldman4752]

Excellent speaker! Interesting topic. He makes some very good points regarding the direction of our educational system and what skills kids truly need to learn.

[@donnalinda9313]

The way you explained that concept was so clear and engaging.

[@susanmary579]

The energy in this video is infectious!

[@chloeanna1262]

Your passion for this topic shines through!

[@adaadah7472]

I loved how you incorporated the message through your talk!

[@marialily9649]

Loved how you use the art of storytelling!

[@karenlisa5664]

This made my day! Can't wait to see more content like this!

[@avagrace4401]

You nailed it, Brian!

[@alliealma4442]

So imperative for people to know this.

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This was such a creative take!

[@miaella369]

Keep up the great work!

[@LanzaSara]

Bla bla bla. People need to be afraid of risk. They need to STUDY the market, run numbers and see if something if feasible. Otherwise is just delulu stuff and bankruptcy.