[SiliconBeach] Brainwash the kiddies.

2009-10-08 Thread Casey Butler
Hi everyone, I noticed that the Lifeguard Paper mentions the vital role that universities can play as “a breeding ground for entrepreneurs”. I was thinking, people don’t go to university until they are around 18 or older. What happens before this? Perhaps we need to start “breeding”

[SiliconBeach] Re: Brainwash the kiddies.

2009-10-08 Thread Shaon Diwakar
Sri, Thinking about our shared heritage here as children of migrants in Australia - risk taking was frowned upon because our parents only knew one way of making money, become a doctor, engineer or economist and work for The Man (TM); work really hard, go up the ranks and make the $$$. This

[SiliconBeach] Re: Brainwash the kiddies.

2009-10-08 Thread Phil Evans
Hi all. I think you guys are on the money. The good news is that this is already happening, but more (as always) is required. First up, there is a mob called Young Achievement Australia (http:// www.yaa.org.au/) that is all about year 11 students setting up companies, making someing, selling

[SiliconBeach] Re: Brainwash the kiddies.

2009-10-08 Thread Rebecca Paget
Hi All, Quick introduction: my name's Rebecca Paget and I was introduced to the group by Eduardo Chavez - thanks Eduardo! I'm not a techie, but love the passion of the entrepreneurship scene, and web-based business is an area which appears more accessable to me. My educational background is in

[SiliconBeach] Re: Brainwash the kiddies.

2009-10-08 Thread Casey Butler
It's interesting to hear other peoples' stories. Based on what everyone has said so far it seems that there is a message that is (I'm assuming) well-heard in SV but quite alien here: Failure is constructive if you learn from it and iterate. It's not a bad thing. Risk is ok and if you're willing

[SiliconBeach] Re: Brainwash the kiddies.

2009-10-08 Thread Sam Lai
2009/10/9 Mark Burch m...@markburch.net The concept of a high school in which the entire expectation is “You will start companies” and not “You will get a job (and work for the man)” rocks my world. That’s the only kind of high school I want to send my son to. I hope there’s one like this