61% of Tipp Children Dream of Entrepreneurship
A major survey showing the aspiration of 11 and 12 year olds who had participated in a classroom business has revealed that 61% of Co. Tipperary children have high aspirations to become entrepreneurs in the future. 69% of girls and 54% of boys in the county expressed an interest in being entrepreneurs when they grow […]
Primary School Children Choose Entrepreneurship
60% of eleven and twelve-year-old Irish children say that they would like to be an entrepreneur in the future, according to a major new survey of 8000 children who spent 12-16 weeks creating classroom businesses in the Junior Entrepreneur Programme in 2019. 60% of girls indicated that they would choose entrepreneurship as their career, according […]
Tipperary Junior Entrepreneurs Complete their projects
24 schools in Tipperary are completing their projects for the Junior Entrepreneur Programme. They’re part of more than 600 schools throughout the island of Ireland who have signed up for the programme which was co-founded by Tweak.com founder and entrepreneur CEO Jerry Kennelly. The free nationwide programme gives children between the ages of 11 […]
12 Year Old Children Make Classroom Sales Of €220,000 With JEP
The Junior Entrepreneur Programme (JEP) has launched its 2019 recruitment programme, inviting primary schools across the island to participate in its entrepreneurship programme. The programme centres around primary schoolchildren in 5th and 6th class learning about entrepreneurship and launching classroom businesses. The businesses range from clocks to games to books and solutions for everyday problems. JEP) […]
Jerry Kennelly says graduates from Irish institutions ‘not job ready’ and has his say on Dublin-based tech giants
Serial entrepreneur Jerry Kennelly was the speaker as 50 entrepreneurs from the West Cork area attended the inaugural Ludgate First Tuesdays event, an exclusive networking event for entrepreneurs on the 4th of July at the Ludgate Hub, Skibbereen. It was the first in a series of events to be held at the Hub. Kennelly, who […]
Entrepreneurs Call on Primary Schools to Sign Up to Junior Entrepreneur Programme
Many of Ireland’s most successful entrepreneurs are calling on primary schools nationwide to participate in the Junior Entrepreneur Programme. The free nationwide programme gives children between the ages of 10 and 12 years a real insight to the business world, by enabling them to convert their commercial ideas into real business opportunities, complete with management […]
